The 2016 Met Gala red carpet: Fashion meets technology at star-studded soire

Didn't score an invitationtothe Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual Costume Institute gala last night? That's OK; neither did anyone else who isn't fashion royalty or(at the very least)Rihanna-level famous.

The Met Gala is, by and large, the most exclusive party of the year in New York City,one that requires a personal invitation approved byVogue'sAnna Wintourto attend, regardless of whetheryou can afford a$30,000 US ticket.

Some call it"the Super Bowl of fashion," or "fashion prom," whilepublicistPaul Wilmotrefers to the event as "an ATMfor the Met." With more than $12.5 million raised for the museum's Costume Institute last year alone, he's not entirely wrong.

Co-chaired by Wintour,Taylor Swift,Idris Elba, and Apple's chief design officer, Jonathan Ive, the theme of this year's gala was more about looking forward than looking back upon the Costume Institute's roughly35,000 pieces spanning seven centuries of fashion.

They called it"Manus xMachina: Fashion in an Age of Technology" a theme that some guests took more literally than others.

Fromchainmailgowns to Madonna'sbutt, the red carpet sawsaw more than its fair share of head-turning looks thisyear.Replay our liveblogbelowto see more ofhow celebrities, style icons, politicians and tycoonsinterpreted the 2016 Met Gala's futuristic theme.

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