Met Gala 101: Who gets to go and how much does an invite cost?


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The Met Gala is regarded as one of the most photographed events in the world for its head-spinning red carpet arrivals. Photo: Instagram/Vogue

It started in 1948 as a society midnight supper, and it wasn’t even at the Met.

Fast forward 70-plus years, and the Met Gala is something totally different, one of the most photographed events in the world for its head-spinning red carpet – though the famous carpeted steps of the Metropolitan Museum Of Art (known as just the Met) aren’t always red.

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