Falling this year on Monday 1st May 2017, the annual Met Gala is the most anticipated fashion event of the year and sees the biggest names from the worlds of acting, music and fashion gather for the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's spring fashion exhibition in New York. Each year the dress code is dictated by the subject of the exhibit, and it seems like the 2017 red carpet will be the most avante-garde yet.

After months of rumours, it was confirmed back in October that Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo, creative director and founder of Comme des Garçons and owner of the Dover Street Market stores, will be the theme for 2017. Kawakubo will also be an honorary chair at the Gala alongside Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams and Vogue's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.