Rebecca Minkoff believes she was by no means invited to the Met Gala as a result of she as soon as broke one in all Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour’s guidelines.

The “Actual Housewives of New York” star admitted she made a “big mistake” by strolling into the identical elevator as the style icon 15 years in the past.

“That was the tip of my relationship with Anna,” Minkoff stated throughout Sunday’s episode of the “Two Ts in a Pod” podcast.

“You’re not allowed within the elevator with Anna. … I’ve been instructed that if she will get within the elevator, you’ll be able to’t get in together with her.”

Minkoff, 42, defined she was additionally together with her co-star Jenna Lyons, who was capable of journey in the identical elevator as Wintour, 75, since they had been internet hosting an occasion collectively.

The fact star admitted that she made issues worse by attempting to spark up a dialog with the British journal editor.

“I used to be like, ‘Hi there, how is everybody feeling at this time?’” Minkoff recalled. “[Wintour] simply regarded down. It acquired silent, it was awkward. I used to be like, proper, proper I have to’ve missed the memo someplace.”

“I’m nonetheless overthinking it 15 years later,” Minkoff added. “Perhaps that’s why I’ve by no means been invited to the Met Gala.”

Wintour reportedly oversees the visitor listing for the A-list occasion hosted yearly on the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork in New York Metropolis.

Attendees have to be personally invited and pay $75,000 for a ticket and $350,000 for a whole desk, per Time journal.

These invited must observe a costume code based mostly on the gala’s theme. Vogue introduced the 2025 theme will likely be “Superfine: Tailoring Black Fashion.”

What occurs contained in the star-studded occasion is unknown, as Vogue has a strict “no cellphone” coverage contained in the venue.

Some visitors, nevertheless, have skirted the principles, with Doja Cat breaking the smoking ban on the 2023 gala.

The “Streets” star was caught on video puffing on a vape pen whereas ready to be interviewed on the crimson carpet.

Coincidentally, days earlier than the extremely anticipated occasion, Wintour stated on “CBS Mornings” that the “greatest method to by no means be invited again” to the gala was by smoking.

Regardless of breaking the rule, Doja Cat was invited again to the 2024 occasion.