What is the Academy Gala and why is it now a favourite for fashion spotting?


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Zoe Saldana attends the Academy Gala in Los Angeles. Photo: Reuters

Once upon a time, there was the Oscars: the most star-spangled red carpet event of the year. Then the Met Gala became the “Oscars of the East Coast”, an even more eye-popping entrance outfit event.

And now there is the Academy Museum Gala, which only four years in is starting to look a lot like... well, the Met Gala of the West Coast.

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