Met Ball 2015 Guest List, Theme, Start Time And Social Media: Who Will Be At The Met Gala?

Each year, hundreds of celebrities and fashion designers gather for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual fundraiser in New York City. Known as the Met Gala or Met Ball, the event kicks off Monday evening at 6 p.m. at the Met, which is located at Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street in Manhattan.

This year, the spring 2015 Costume Institute exhibit is dedicated to Chinese fashion, which is the theme of the gala. Hong Kong billionaire Silas Chou will host the event. “Hunger Games” actress Jennifer Lawrence, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, Anna Wintour, Wendi Murdoch and Gong Li will serve as co-chairs. Tickets were priced at $25,000 each.

The Met Gala’s guest list was published by Racked on Monday. The star-studded event will reportedly be attended by Rihanna, Julianne Moore, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Seth Meyers, Katy Perry, Harvey Weinstein, James Corden, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Chastain, Claire Danes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugh Dancy, Colin Firth, Livia Firth, Anne Hathaway, Neil Patrick Harris, Ethan Hawke, Dakota Johnson, Blake Lively, Spike Jonze, Ryan Reynolds, Baz Luhrmann, Sienna Miller, Marcus Mumford, Carey Mulligan, Rita Ora, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Florence Welch, Ivanka Trump, Allison Williams and Reese Witherspoon.

Attending designers are Christopher Bailey, Tory Burch, Sarah Burton, Georgina Chapman, Kenneth Cole, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, Peter Copping, Francisco Costa, Domenico Dolce, Stefano Gabbana, Alber Elbaz, Alberta Ferretti, Tom Ford, Valentino Garavani, Nicolas Ghesquière, Lazaro Hernandez, Carolina Herrera, Dee and Tommy Hilfiger, Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Michael Kors, Karl Lagerfeld, Derek Lam, Ralph Lauren, Jenna Lyons, Stella McCartney, Alasdhair Willis, Jack McCollough, Tamara Mellon, Gilles Mendel, Marcus Wainwright, Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Thakoon Panichgul, Zac Posen, Miuccia Prada, Raf Simons, Riccardo Tisci, Giambattista Valli, Dries Van Noten, Donatella Versace, Diane von Furstenberg, Alexander Wang, Vera Wang, David Neville and Jason Wu, according to Racked.

Organizers of the ball are attempting to ban all forms of social media from the event, and Vogue is creating a documentary that will cover this year’s ball. However, the museum’s Twitter account announced that it will be streaming “select moments” from the evening on Periscope.