• Anna Wintour, the former Vogue editor in chief, has been a staple of the Met Gala since the 1980s.
• Wintour has been chair of the gala since 1995, deciding who gets invited to fashion's biggest night.
• Wintour's Met Gala fashion has changed since she first attended.
It's hard to picture the Met Gala without Anna Wintour.
Vogue's former editor in chief has been synonymous with the most talked-about fashion event of the year for over three decades. She first co-chaired the fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in 1995, and she's been at the helm as chairperson since 1999.
Wintour, now 76, helped make the gala the world-renowned event it is today — and more lucrative. The cost of individual tickets for the Met Gala rose from $2,000 to $75,000 under her tenure; a table for 10 starts at $350,000.
Wintour doesn't control every aspect of the gala, of course. Amy Odell, the author of "Anna: The Biography," told the Italian women's publication Grazia in 2016 that Wintour doesn't choose the theme, which is often the most hotly anticipated element of the event.
However, Wintour decides who gets an invite, and she is known to approve almost every outfit A-list attendees wear on the Met Gala red carpet.
And Wintour, of course, arrives at the event in designer looks as well. Take a look back at every look she has worn for fashion's biggest night.
