The Tamesis
Approximately 450 guests attend the Met Gala each year, and nearly as many work behind the scenes. Included in this group? Escorts escort all of the night’s star-studded attendees from the tunnel to the red carpet, and are responsible for organizing, moving, or caring for many of the night’s attendees, many train.
Blake Lively, the unofficial queen of the Met Gala, made a triumphant return to the red carpet in a 13-foot train that required a team of four to help her out of her Sprinter van. Elsewhere, Madonna’s Saint Laurent look was accompanied by seven waiting ladies who followed the singer from her car to the top of the steps of the Met.
In fact, members of the team, including Alison Ward Frank, senior vice president of talent at Condé Nast, and Karla Otto were stationed at the tunnel entrance and under tents for just this purpose: to avoid any train wrecks.
Here’s a roundup of our favorite behind-the-scenes fashion moments.
