The Metropolitan Museum of Art ball is the highlight of the New York social calendar, and this year the event is honouring Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo and her Comme Des Garcons label.
Each year the Met Ball highlights a different costume theme and this year Japanese fashion legend Rei Kawakubo – founder of Comme des Garcons – is in the spotlight.
Singer Rihanna was among the invited guests at the benefit event for the museum’s Costume Institute, wearing a dramatic Comme des Garcon creation.
Guests – like Ruby Rose and Donald Glover – are encouraged to dress in keeping with the exhibition’s theme.
Once guests like Rita Ora go inside, they are out of public view at the event which includes dining and music.
Model and singer Rila Fukushima was among the guests.
Donatella Versace and Kylie Jenner were among the guests
The Rei Kawakubo exhibition, entitled Art of the In-Between, opens to the public on Thursday.
