Every year, the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts the Met Gala to raise money for the Institute. This year the theme, "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the the Catholic Imagination," is based on the Institute's new exhibit that looks at the influence of Catholicism in fashion.
Met Gala 2018
![George and Amal Clooney arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala (Met Gala) to celebrate the opening of “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” in the Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri)](https://gdb.voanews.com/b632c773-ebe9-4e72-9e65-392abffd49ce_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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George and Amal Clooney arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala (Met Gala) to celebrate the opening of “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” in the Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri)
![Singer Katy Perry attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination exhibit on Monday, May 7, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/79f70318-80d7-4d44-a332-5e9b67181889_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Singer Katy Perry attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination exhibit on Monday, May 7, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
![Singer Rihanna attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination exhibition on Monday, May 7, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/773b155b-f3ad-4038-83c3-18b5da0df7ee_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Singer Rihanna attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination exhibition on Monday, May 7, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
![Singer Jennifer Lopez attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination exhibition on Monday, May 7, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/bc522b29-a9f0-49ae-a34e-eaa2b2a3a367_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Singer Jennifer Lopez attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination exhibition on Monday, May 7, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)