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[Anna] How he can create a dream, create a fantasy.

It s a kind of theater.

The Met Ball is the Superbowl of social fashion events.

The star of this evening is Andrew Bolton.

[Andrew] This show is meant to be controversial,

but I m not afraid of controversy.

[Anna] Andrew is the real visionary.

It s rare to find someone so creative

that they change the way you look at art.

This is the biggest show we ve ever done.

It s huge.

We want to be careful between the costumes

that we don t completely obscure the Chinese

works of art.

[Male] It s not Disneyland.

There is the perennial debate about whether fashion

can ever be art.

What we do is applied art.

I never, never dream that my clothes

should be in a museum.

You need the mixture of art (mumbles).

Anna s gift is to cross fertilize.

It s like a giant aquarium on that night.

Beyonce, Kim and Kanye, Chastain, Julianne Moore.

I thought he wasn t coming.

I know, but then he decided he wanted to come.

Okay, can you not be on his cellphone the entire time.

Loud and clear.

There s a lot of political hurdles.

Some of the topics at the exhibition is the dress theme,

could be interpreted as being racist.

This is just going to look like a Chinese restaurant.

We re honestly (mumbles) timeframe.

[Anna] We have a lot to do.

Rihanna, we can t lose her, right?

We just didn t realize how expensive.

[Andrew] We have basically two days to install

the whole exhibition.

We re driving everyone crazy.

I don t know what to do, we just don t the seats.

[Andrew] We just underestimated the scale of the show.

And then Jennifer Lawrence is.

Ladies and gentlemen, Rihanna.

(screams)

[Male] Wow.

[Male] Oh, my god.

Oh, my god.

Got a party tonight.

[Male] This is the queen of the night.

[Male] Sense of mystery and danger.

[Male] This room is a dream.

[Anna] I think passion should be recognized.

What s up, Met Ball?

(applause)

When it touches people and moves people.

I mean, what more can you ask from art?