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How the Irish infiltrated the Met Gala 2023, and the best looks of the night

Irish designers were well represented on the Met Gala red carpet, and the night’s usual affairs were punctuated by plenty of extravagant fashion

Billie Eilish attends the Met Gala 2023 wearing a custom gown by Dublin designer Simone Rocha

Today marks the Met Gala 2023 debrief day for those who worship. Last night’s gala event held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York was punctuated by references to the long-standing fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld, in line with the theme: Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.

There were pearl encrusted looks, starched collars, lots of tweed, and, looks which honoured Lagerfeld’s cat Choupette – a cat which has an Instagram account with 196,000 ...