What exactly goes into the Met Gala seating chart?
And that’s just the beginning of that. Kiernan and his team also quickly deliberate where, exactly, tables are placed in the dining room. This is partly due to aesthetic reasons: the setting of the Met Gala changes each year, and therefore, the greatest composition does it too. Everyone needs to have a clear vision of the scene, for example. And, well, maybe not a clear vision of their ex. “We are trying to think a lot about the lines of view and where people have sat in the past. And we try to make sure that someone does not look in the eyes of an old flame,” said Kiernan.
It is a task that she approaches with the greatest planned precision. Perceived VogueThe conference room is a massive foam board, affixed with individual velcro tabs. (Lilah labels “as Kiernan calls them, who are appointed in honor of their inventor, VogueThe own Lilah Ramzi is “practically indestructible”, known as Kiernan.)
The list of Met Gala guests changes every year, which means that the Met Gala seats are also doing it. However, Kiernan holds an archive of each on which she worked, involuntarily creating a fascinating archive of pop culture in the process. “There have been a lot of versions of seats over the years,” said Kiernan, laughing. “It’s fun for me to look back, to see who was invited, who was sitting next to whom, and to remember the collaborations that could have gotten out. They are almost few time capsules of what was going on every year.”
