What is the Met Gala? Everything you need to know about the 2017 Met Ball from celebrities attending, to the evenings theme and of course the dresses

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian attend the Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology Met Gala 2016 [Getty]

The Met Gala is an annual fundraising event loved by celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Rihanna, Selena Gomez, Gigi Hadid and Beyoncé.

Known also as the Met Ball and held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City, the Met Gala is one of the highly anticipated fashion events of the year.

Each year the Met Gala has a theme …