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Katherine Heslop

Rita Ora teases Met Gala appearance with showgirl look in tribute to Karl Lagerfield

Rita Ora has teased her Met Gala appearance as she rocked a showgirl look.

The singer, 32, posed up a storm in sunglasses, a black and white corset and pink shawl, as she prepared to attend the fashion world's biggest night out.

Every year stars from the runway to the silver screen head to the opening of New York's Costume Institue's Annual Fashion Exhibition and every year they are asked to follow a particular style theme.

Past themes for the fundraising event include In America: An Anthology of Fashion, Camp: Notes on Fashion and Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, which saw some of the best fan reactions.

Rita with the designer, who is being honoured at the MET Gala (Getty Images)

This evening, the theme is in honour of the late Chanel creative director and fashion designer, Karl Lagerfeld, who passed away in 2019.

On Instagram, the Never Let you Down singer once again wore a corset with a black tulle skirt, which the late designer made for her, and she wore in 2016.

The star shared several pictures of herself in the outfit, and one from 2016, posing with Karl.

The singer is getting ready to walk the red carpet at the Met Gala (Rita Ora/Instagram)

In the caption, Rita wrote: "In memory of Karl I had to bring back this custom piece he made me for a Chanel show performance I did with him in Monaco back in 2016. See you tomorrow!!"

Earlier this month, Rita, who is set to perform during the Eurovision semi-finals, upped the fashion stakes again when she attended the Prince Trust Gala event in New York, along with celebs such as Kate Moss and Sienna Miller.

She struck a stylish silhouette in a fitted white floor length gown paired with white opera gloves, and she swept her hair up into a dramatic updo on the top of her head.

The rich and the famous are set to walk the red carpet at the Met Gala, but some names have either been uninvited or opted to give the shindig a miss.

It was rumoured that the Kardashians, specifically Kim, were banned from the event after it was revealed that Anna was "cracking down" on invitees and the Kardashian-Jenners "didn't make the cut," according to Page Six.

Kim was reportedly "very unhappy" at the news of her "lost" invite and another insider claimed there was a "huge misunderstanding."

It's rumoured the Kardashians are not invited to the Met Gala this year (Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)

However, Kim has teased her attendance with an Instagram post that showed her preparing her outfit that's said to be "one of the most talked about."

"Had a date with @choupetteofficiel in Paris," she wrote. "We spent some time in @KarlLagerfeld's office to get a little inspiration for the Met."

Meanwhile, comedian Amy Schumer has slammed the event as a "farce" and said everyone dresses "like a bunch of f***ing a**holes".

"I don’t like the farce.…We’re dressed up like a bunch of f***ing a**holes. I don’t like it. I have no interest in fashion.…I don’t care," she told Howard Stern in 2016.

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