The Met Ball, or the Costume Institute Gala as it’s officially called, is the Oscars of the fashion world. The annual gala celebrates the opening of the Metropolitan Museum’s (The Met) fashion exhibition at the Costume Institute in New York but the red carpet bash attracts the great and the good of Hollywood. Who can forget the Met Ball 2011 where Madonna (pictured) shared a table with Sir Paul McCartney, Stella McCartney and Marc Jacobs, or Lady Gaga’s Met Ball performance? And then there’s the after-parties… Stay tuned to the latest Met Gala 2017 news and pictures here.
The Met Ball is always a fantasia of fabulous costume dresses. Head-to-toe glamour is order of the day, but for this elegant annual occasion we can never wait to see how they make it suit the theme. Click on for the best dresses of all time.
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