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The Irish at the Met Gala: from Anna Wintour wearing Irish design to A-list attendees, here’s how the Irish were represented on the night

Northern Irish designer Jonathan Anderson created a roster of attendees’ looks while other Irish names made their Met Gala debut

L-R: Anna Wintour wearing Loewe by Jonathan Anderson, Barry Keoghan wearing Burberry and Alison Oliver wearing Loewe at the 76th Met Gala in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fashion’s biggest night returned to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art last night for the 76th edition of the Met Gala.

Both a glam affair and a fundraiser for the Costume Institute, the wing of the museum dedicated to preserving fashion and costume design, the gala serves as the primary source of funding for the Costume Institute’s department.

This year’s Costume Institute exhibit is ‘Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion’ which examines how technology can refresh old, ...