The Evolution of 'Anna Wintour's Party'

NYT fashion critic Vanessa Friedman bears down on Vogue EIC's Met Gala fundraising wizardry.

VogueSept2013_CoverWhile the Daily News explored the Obama traffic jam angle and Page Six honed in on a Smartphone use directive, the New York Times has touched in its Met Gala Sunday A1 lead-up piece on an intriguing Hollywood angle.

CAA’s Bryan Lourd tells fashion critic Vanessa Friedman that a Vogue cover is the “gold standard” to which a great many A-list actresses still aspire to. The reporter meanwhile notes that every Tinseltown actress who’s co-hosted the Met Gala alongside Wintour, including Jennifer Lawrence this year, has graced the cover of the magazine:

By 1999, Ms.

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