What Is The 2019 Met Gala Theme? Celebs Will Have To Decide What "Camp" Means To Them

The celeb event may still be away, but the most important details about it were just revealed. What's the 2019 Met Gala theme is having been announced – and it'll definitely grab your attention. The theme, "Camp: Notes on Fashion," is inspired by writer Susan Sontag's famous 1964 essay, "Notes on 'Camp." "And no, she was not talking about camping in the outdoors. Instead, her piece of art is a "love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration." But it gets better, Harry Styles will also be co-chairing the show for the first time ever.

Along with Styles, the other co-chairs will be Lady Gaga, Serena Williams, Gucci Creative Director Alessandro Michele, and, of course, vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour.

Andrew Bolton, Curator for the Costume Institute, which describes the notion of "camp" to vogue as "style without content." He added, "[Camp] "It's more popular in its pluralities-political camp, queer camp, camp camp, the conflation of high and low, the idea that there is no such thing as originality."

For those who are still alive, Bolton further explained to vogue that the word "camp" derives from the French verb "to camp," which means "to strike an exaggerated pose."

None of the three celebrity co-chairs (Williams, Styles, or Gaga) have yet to make a public statement about the honor.

For Gaga, Styles and Williams, this will be the first time to take on such iconic roles. Gaga's position as co-chair might seem the most obvious: she is, after all, known to strike an exaggerated pose. Williams' entry into the event might be surprising to some, since she's a professional athlete rather than an entertainer, but it's a welcome change. Williams has long been an activist for women's rights on and off the court.

As for Styles, the singer is known to be somewhat of a style maven. On the same day that the Met Gala theme was announced (Oct. 9), vogue posted on article on Styles' outfit, as snapped by paparazzi while he was at Narita Airport in Tokyo. Styles were "dressed in a layered layers of black and white pallet," he said, "by Edward Barsamian of Vogue.

The unfortunate aspect of getting to know the theme of the Met Gala is so early that you have so much to go to. The 2019 Met Gala will take place on May 6, 2019. That will also be the date that the exhibition will be released by the Costume Institute.

to The New York Times, Bolton further explained the goal of "camp" as a theme, and even claimed that "Trump is a very camp figure."

He said, "We are going through an extreme camp moment, and it is very much in the nature of the cultural conversation, especially for marginalized cultures."