The biggest night in fashion is just around the corner! We're talking about the Met Gala, of course, where celebrities strut down the red carpet, donning haute couture for us to judge from the comfort of our own couch. Formerly known as the Costume Institute Gala, the Met Gala or Met Ball is an annual fundraiser dedicated to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. The gala was officially founded by fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert in 1948. Attendees of the early galas were exclusively members of New York's elite or the city's fashion industry. But that changed in…