What's So Mega About The Met Ball?

It’s the fashion event that makes global headlines, and this year’s theme – Catholicism – is set to stir up more controversy than ever.Victoria Moss takes a look at how the gala has gone from haute couture to political hot potato.

- Victoria Moss

A single ticket costs around $30,000 (about £21,615). A table at the dinner, in excess of $275,000 (about £198,138). Even so, there’s a waiting list to get in, and all attendees must be approved by Anna Wintour. Immortalised in Andrew Rossi’s 2016 documentary, The First Monday In May, New York’s Met Ball (or Met Gala, as it’s officially called) is fashion’s biggest, starriest night out. The theme of this year’s event, co-hosted by Donatella Versace, Amal Clooney and Rihanna, is ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’. It is potentially set to be one of the most debate provoking yet.