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It’s time for the Met Gala again, and if you’re feeling a little déjà vu this year, don’t worry, you’re not crazy. Traditionally, the annual event — oft described as the “Oscars of fashion” — takes place at the museum on the first Monday in May, but because of the pandemic, it skipped a year in 2020 and was held in September 2021 instead. Now, several months later, it’s back on for Monday, May 2, featuring the opening of the second half of a two-part Costume Institute exhibition on American fashion. Here’s everything you need to know before watching the red carpet, including what the dress code, “gilded glamour,” actually means.

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