Here's What Being A Met Gala Co-Chair Actually Means And What This Year's Co-Chairs Have Worn Before

This yr ’s co - president are three people who have undeniably made their mark on the Met Gala rug — and Chris Hemsworth .

This year’s “Garden of Time”-themedMet Galaco-chairs areZendaya,Jennifer Lopez,Bad Bunny, andChris Hemsworth.

As the Met Gala is the primary fundraiser for the museum’s Costume Institute, the co-chairs work onpublicizingand representing the event. Once everyone is inside the Gala itself, they usually give a speech to everyone (if previous years tell us anything). They receive an increase in publicity for co-chairing the event, but beyond that, it’s not entirely clear what their responsibilities are.

Here are all of Zendaya’s previous Met Gala looks:

2015’s China: Through the Looking Glass

2016’s Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology

2017’s Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between

2018’s Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination

2019’s Camp: Notes on Fashion

Here are all of J.Lo’s previous Met Gala looks:

2004’s Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century

2006’s AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion

2007’s Poiret: King of Fashion

2008’s Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy

2010’s American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity

2011’s Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

2012’s PUNK: Chaos to Couture

2021’s In America: A Lexicon of Fashion

2023’s Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty

Here are all of Bad Bunny’s previous Met Gala looks:

2022’s In America: An Anthology of Fashion

Here are all of Chris Hemsworth’s previous Met Gala looks:

Seriously, if anyone can explain Chris’s presence this year…

Keep an eye out on May 6 for BuzzFeed ’s Met Gala coverage .