Is fashion important? The outfits at this year’s Met Gala in New York showed the industry at its most imaginative — but some believe that the party was a ridiculous waste of money.
Gala slammed for ‘absurd extravagance’
 NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 01: Jared Leto, dressed as Karl Lagerfeld's cat Choupette, attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 01: Jared Leto, dressed as Karl Lagerfeld's cat Choupette, attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)    Glossary
Metropolitan Museum of Art - The largest art museum in the Americas. It is in New York, USA.
Karl Lagerfeld - A German fashion designer who died in 2019.
Andy Warhol - (1928 - 1987), pioneering American artist. Warhol was a leading figure in pop art, an art movement that embraced popular culture like film, advertisements and fashion.
