The Metropolitan Museum of Art revealed on Monday that the annual high-wattage celebration of both fashion and celebrity, which was skipped last year due to the pandemic, would return in person, first in September and then in 2022 on the first Monday in May, as scheduled.

The galas will kick off a two-part exhibition, a survey of American fashion that will be on display for almost a year, with a "more private" edition on Sept. 13 this year and a larger one on May 2, 2022.

"In America: A Lexicon of Fashion," which opens Sept. 18, will commemorate the Costume Institute's 75th anniversary and "explore a new vocabulary of American fashion," according to the museum.

Part two, "In America: An Anthology of Fashion," will debut on May 5, 2022, in the museum's iconic American Wing period rooms, and will explore American fashion through partnerships with filmmakers, "displaying narratives that contribute to the dynamic and layered origins of those spaces." On September 5, 2022, both parts of the project will be completed.

The first gala, scheduled for September, will be smaller and will be held by implementing the government’s guidelines on the pandemic. The second gala, scheduled for May, will be bigger, in keeping with previous galas, which have averaged about 550 attendees.

The gala is a big charity for the Costume Institute, which relies on it for its primary finances. The gala was postponed until 2020, but fans were encouraged to participate in a social media competition to replicate favorite red-carpet looks.

The show, as always, will be the creation of renowned curator Andrew Bolton.

"Because of the pandemic, our ties to our homes and our clothes have become more sentimental over the last year,” he said in his speech. Part two will be released later this year "a collection of partnerships with American film directors who will imagine the unfinished stories embedded in The Met's period rooms to further explore the emerging language of American fashion.”

Other reported film associates include cinematographer Bradford Young, whose works include "Selma" and "When They See Us," production designers Nathan Crowley and Shane Valentino, and Franklin Leonard, a film executive and producer of The Black List, a list of top unfilmed screenplays.