Anna Wintour's Blacklist: These Stars Will Never Attend the Met Gala

While the Met Gala is an event that celebrates fashion at its highest level, not everyone can count on an invitation. In a world where prestige counts more than anything else, even the biggest names can find themselves off the guest list — all because of one woman.

In a world where red carpet equals divine dazzle, the Met Gala remains the most coveted event of the year. Hosted for nearly 80 years at New York’s monumental Metropolitan Museum of Art , it annually attracts the cream of the crop of pop culture, fashion, media and business. But just because your name is on the covers of magazines doesn’t mean you’ll be among the invited guests. Anna Wintour – editor-in-chief of American Vogue and the undisputed queen of style – rules that guest list with an iron fist. And she doesn’t hesitate to cross off even the most influential.

Many people may have still been hoping that former "Oscars of Fashion" regulars would one day return to the red carpet, but that will definitely not happen with Donald Trump .

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The US president had been a regular at the gala for years – until Wintour decided his values ​​were incompatible with the spirit of the event. When asked during an appearance on "The Late Late Show with James Corden" who she would never invite to the Met Gala, she uttered his name without a moment's hesitation. A clear, unequivocal veto.

Other names on the blacklist are no less controversial. Tim Gunn, the fashion mentor on "Project Runway," learned that even an innocent anecdote can have serious consequences. After he publicly recounted Anna Wintour being carried down the stairs by security, he was banned from the guest list—for good.

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Also surprising was the absence of Naomi Campbell , a runway icon and perennial attendee. Despite her public appreciation of this year’s theme—“Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”—the model didn’t appear at the Met, a move that was seen as a result of her frosty relationship with Wintour, which reached a fever pitch last year when the editor snidely called out her for her habitual lateness in a speech from the stage.

Not all the major absences are the result of the ban, however. Some stars have opted out of attending, discouraged by the atmosphere of the event. Amy Schumer, in her own style, has called the Met Gala a "farce for costumed assholes," where no one really wants to be there and everyone pretends to have a good time.

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Likewise Tina Fey and Zayn Malik , who publicly expressed their dislike for the "vanity and posturing" on the fashion red carpet. Gwyneth Paltrow, although she managed to return to the gala after the controversy, did not hide that her memories of attending were rather unpleasant - "hot, crowded and no magic".

The MET Gala is more than a show of extravagant stylings – it is a closed club, where you do not enter for your name or fame, but for the approval of the queen of fashion. For 30 years, Anna Wintour has been building her own world of glamour, where the rules are clear and mistakes are remembered. In this world, even the brightest stars can lose their shine… before they even make it up the stairs.