--- title: Met Gala Red Carpet: How to Watch Live description: The 2016 Met Ball will take place on Monday, May 2, 2016 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. canonical: https://time.com/4312661/watch-met-ball-red-carpet-live/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-29T19:14:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:59.619Z og:title: Here’s Where You Can Watch the Met Gala Red Carpet Live og:description: Coverage will begin at 7 p.m. EST on May 2 og:url: https://time.com/4312661/watch-met-ball-red-carpet-live/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe80f4f14e9cd6dd/698891363c16397b9e45d0f1/rihanna-met-ball.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here’s Where You Can Watch the Met Gala Red Carpet Live twitter:description: Coverage will begin at 7 p.m. EST on May 2 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe80f4f14e9cd6dd/698891363c16397b9e45d0f1/rihanna-met-ball.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here’s Where You Can Watch the Met Gala Red Carpet Live  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 29, 2016 7:14 PM UTC  Rihanna attends the 'China: Through The Looking Glass' Costume Institute Benefit Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City. Rihanna attends the 'China: Through The Looking Glass' Costume Institute Benefit Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City.Karwai Tang/WireImage  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 29, 2016 7:14 PM UTC As the world’s [biggest celebrities](http://time.com/3852436/kim-kardashian-met-gala-2015-mina-gerges/?iid=sr-link2) get ready for Monday’s [Met Gala](http://www.vogue.com/tag/event/met-gala/), everyone else can rest easy knowing they won’t have to leave the comfort of their couches to see the [night’s best](http://time.com/3846476/met-gala-2015-gifs/?iid=sr-link2)— and [strangest](http://time.com/3846797/met-gala-memes-rihanna-kim-kardashian/?iid=sr-link4) — looks in real time. For the first time ever, [E! News](http://www.eonline.com/news/760400/e-is-bringing-the-met-gala-to-you-with-the-help-of-giuliana-rancic-olivia-culpo-more-stars) will air the gala’s red carpet live, with coverage beginning at 7 p.m. EST. This year, the ball — an annual event benefitting the Costume Institute — will feature a display of over 100 pieces of haute couture and ready-to-wear pieces, playing into the theme of “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology.” “Traditionally, the distinction between the haute couture and prêt-à-porter was based on the handmade and the machine-made,” Andrew Bolton, curator of the Costume Institute, [told _Vogue_](http://www.vogue.com/13360232/met-gala-2016-theme). “But recently this distinction has become increasingly blurred as both disciplines have embraced the practices and techniques of the other.” **Read More:** [Rihanna’s Met Ball Dress Inspired the Best Memes](http://time.com/3846906/rihanna-met-gala/?iid=sr-link1) Among the attendees will be [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/4299170/taylor-swift-favorite-tv-show-73-questions-vogue/), who was selected to co-chair the gala alongside Anna Wintour, Idris Elba and [Jonathan Ive](http://time.com/27094/5-ways-jonathan-ive-changed-your-world/), Apple’s Chief Design Officer. 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