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From Kim Kardashian to Frank Ocean: The most controversial outfits worn to the Met Gala

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The Met Gala is “fashion’s biggest night out” and Hollywood’s greatest excuse to dress completely out of the ordinary. Standard accessories include floating heads, green babies, capes, and canes, while furry catsuits, spikey head wraps, and stiff sculpture-esque garments are the norm. Year after year, a look book of bizarre glamour unfolds on the red carpet between spurts of simple tuxedos and clean-cut gowns.

Honouring the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, the event is, of course, a display of opulence, gathering and offering . But unlike the average black-tie gala, costumes and chaos are expected on the first Monday in May as the fashion emulates components of a brand-new spring exhibit - at least it’s supposed to. In other words, a healthy serving of whimsical elegance is warranted so long as it is understood to be on theme and . But as the years have gone by, it’s become overtly noticeable just how many attendees show up in void looks,

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