Met Gala tickets, which are invite-only, cost $75,000. Here's what that gets attendees.

There once was a time when even Kim Kardashian couldn't get an invite to the Met Gala.

Amy Odell, author of "Anna: The Biography," told Time in 2024 that an invitation is a "really huge signifier that you are 'in.'"

Vogue contributing editor and Met Gala organizer Eaddy Kiernan told Vogue in 2024 that the seating chart starts being prepped in December but ultimately comes together a month before the event.

"We really try to think very carefully about who's sitting next to each other," Kiernan said. "Our ideal pairing would maybe be two people who we think will just get on like a house on fire, but who may not even realize that they have a lot in common. So with each person, we really do take time to think, 'What will they talk about?'" she added.

Such access and quality seating have the potential to yield incredible business outcomes.

Here's Blake Lively at the 2018 Met Gala, which was themed "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination."

Guests of the 2019 Met Gala could enjoy "crispy sea bass hors d'oeuvres, bits of foie gras, or mini-BLT towers," the Associated Press reported.

Here's a tray of one of the signature cocktails served at 2023's Gala.

Pictured, guests viewed part of 2021's exhibit, "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion."

The Metropolitan Museum of Art reported that this exhibit included about 100 men's and women's ensembles from the 1940s to the present, each displayed in cases representing three-dimensional quilt patches. The exhibit was organized into 12 sections, exploring emotions like joy, wonder, desire, and nostalgia.

In accordance with 2023's theme, "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty," the tablescape was inspired by the wedding reception he hosted for Paloma Picasso in 1978.

Vogue reported the tables included "French linen napkins, varnished hand-painted candelabras, and bouquets with Red Command and Coral Charm peonies."

Like the decor, the evening's menu was also created with Lagerfeld in mind. It included "chilled spring pea soup with baby vegetables, lemon crème fraîche, and truffle snow, followed by Ōra King salmon with vegetable nage, asparagus, picked strawberries, and radish."

2023 Met Gala caterer Olivier Cheng told the publication, "There is a sophisticated elegance to these pairings, one we feel that he would have truly enjoyed."

And to drink, guests were offered wine and, surprisingly, Diet Coke, a favorite of Lagerfeld's.

Dessert included gold-dusted truffles, chocolate-dipped cape gooseberries, and an amaretto Semifreddo cone topped with a gold pearl, Vogue reported.

Bieber's denim-on-denim outfit is giving more Canadian tuxedo than "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion," but we'd still love to know how the room reacted to his performance.

The tradition of Met Gala performances started in 2010 with Lady Gaga singing "Bad Romance" as part of the year's "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity" exhibit.

Other notable performances include Frank Ocean's "Super Rich Kids" in 2014 and Madonna's "Like a Prayer" in 2018, per The Cut.

Vogue reported that she performed songs like "Juice," "About Damn Time," and "Cuz I Love You." She also played the flute alongside Sir James Galway for a duet of "Flight of the Bumblebee."

Here are rappers Cardi B, Bad Bunny, and Doja Cat striking a pose in 2023.

The Met Gala started hosting its annual after-party in 2010.

Celebrities often change into different looks before hitting another round of red carpets and events.

2023's after-party was hosted by Janelle Monáe.