Anna Wintour hits the red carpet in Prada at the 2012 Met Ball held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (May 7) in New York City.

Anna Wintour hits the red carpet in Prada at the 2012 Met Ball held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (May 7) in New York City.

Anna Wintour hits the red carpet in Prada at the 2012 Met Ball held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (May 7) in New York City

Anna Wintour hits the red carpet in Prada at the 2012 Met Ball held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (May 7) in New York City.

Anna Wintour hits the red carpet in Prada at the 2012 Met Ball held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (May 7) in New York City.

The 62-year-old Vogue editor-in-chief was joined at the annual gala by her daughter Bee Shaffer (in Erdem).

Earlier in the day, Anna attended the press preview of the exhibit.

This year’s Costume Institute Gala Benefit – celebrating the opening of the Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations exhibition – is co-chaired by Carey Mulligan, Anna, and designer Miuccia Prada.