The Met Gala 2016: What can one expect?

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have already jetted into New York City with their brood for this year's Met Gala. Photo: Getty Images

• How the fashion world's biggest party, the Met Gala, is directed down to the last thread

Fashion's greatest night of nights is upon us once again where the crème de la crème dress to the nines in a bid to outdo each other for front page coverage at one of the most exclusive parties in the world – so much hyperbole, but there's really no other way to describe the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have already jetted into New York City with their brood North, 2, and Saint, 5 months, ahead of Monday night's red carpet action. The publicity aficionados have been milking up pre-ball coverage by getting out and about as much as possible in the Big Apple.

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Kris Jenner's cash cow has even been Snapchatting the results of her increased exercise regime, managing to drop 27 kilograms post baby to get down to 63.3kg ahead of the big night. Thus leading to speculation it'll be another super skintight number like last year's Roberto Cavalli piece, which really would be nothing new. Then again she could have Ye rustle her up something special from his homeless chic Yeezus collection.

One can really only guess what the famous faces and trout pouts might wear to mark the theme of "Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology". Last year, Rihanna interpreted "China: Through The Looking Glass" for a giant yellow omelette, while the aforementioned Kardashian confused the 2013's "Punk: Chaos to Couture" for a look previously only worn by Mrs Doubtfire or Irish politically incorrect motormouth, Mrs Brown. 

The hosts on the night are Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, Kanye's arch-nemesis Taylor Swift, creative director of the house of Louis Vuitton Nicolas Ghesquière and Apple's head designer Jony Ive. 

The big question on everyone's lips is whether Beyonce and Jay Z will rock up after she dropped the atomic bomb that was Lemonade last week. Photo: Getty Images

Surely Tay Tay will have used their meetings to ensure Ghesquière dresses her in one of his best creations. She recently told Vogue she'll go as a "robot with a sword", so something a la Bad Blood then?

One thing we definitely know is that former Disney princess, Selena Gomez will be on her arm.

"We are going together!" Gomez told Access Hollywood. "It's so fun; it's going to be the best. It's kind of prom for fashion."

But what about her boyfriend of a year, Scottish DJ Calvin Harris?

The big question on everyone's lips is whether Beyonce and Jay Z will rock up after she dropped the atomic bomb that was Lemonade last week. Her Givenchy Haute Couture number by Riccardo Tisci caused a stir last year, but it was sister Solange in that Giles Deacon disc number that really caught the eye. Well, she had to do something to take away from that elevator fight with her brother-in-law the year before.

Despite being in the middle of her Formation Tour, there is a gap in scheduling on May 2 in between Atlanta, Georgia, on May 1 and Raleigh, North Carolina, on May 3.

The Beehive are currently in prayer that she'll attend and dance up those steps with her Formation ladies at her heels.