2023 Met Gala: pearls, pregnancy reveals and a giant cat celebrate Karl Lagerfeld – as it happened

All the coverage from fashion's biggest night at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This year's theme was Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty. This blog is now closed

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And Anna Wintor - Met Gala mastermind - has arrived, arm-in-arm with British actor Bill Nighy (not the science guy).

Speaking of Lagerfeld's cat ...