The Met Gala is known as the Oscars of the fashion world.
When New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its doors for the annual event, A-listers clamber to be snapped on its famous steps dressed head to toe in show-stopping designer looks.
While their reality TV roots might be at odds with the stars of modelling, film and music at the event, the Kardashian family have become a staple of the glamorous celebration in recent years.
Kim, Kylie, Kendall and even momager Kris Jenner have all made at least one appearance at the prestigious bash.
Sisters Kourtney and Khloe have been persistently snubbed at the event, being forced instead to watch from the sidelines.
However, this all changed at the 2022 bash.
The duo made shock appearance at the fashion extravaganza after host Anna Wintour made a major U-turn with her guestlist.
Kourtney was invited alongside her rocker beau Travis Barker while Khloe attended the event solo for the first time ever.
In recent years it has been speculated that Khloe was actually 'banned.'
Sources claimed that Vogue's Editor in Chief Anna Wintour regarded the middle Kardashian sister as 'too C-list' for her elite soirée.
When Khloe missed the event again last year, she responded to one fan who dared ask her directly if the persistent rumours were indeed true and she had been blacklisted by fashion supremo Wintour.
"Absolutely NOT true," hit back a defiant Khloe.
Despite not actually making it to the event in previous years, Khloe and sister Kourtney have both showed their support to their siblings who did merit a place on the guestlist.
In 2021 the pair shared admiring snaps of Kim and Kendall strutting their stuff on the red carpet to their respective Instagram pages as they watched from home.
"I seriously can not get over how incredible my sisters look tonight!!!! I’m dreaming of them," Khloe tweeted.
While Khloe and Kourtney have had a very long wait for their invites, they might find some comfort in the fact that sister Kim had to wait until 2013 to finally make her debut - and even then she attended as Kanye West's plus one.
And after waiting years, Kim admitted her first appearance was a disaster as she sobbed on the way home thinking 'nobody wanted her there.'
Kim, who was pregnant with her first daughter North at the time, said she felt she didn't look her best in her Givenchy gown.
"I was Kanye’s plus one & so nervous! I didn’t know anyone & I’m sure no one wanted me there lol. I did my own lipstick & the colour is so off. I went home & cried after of insecurity," she recalled.
The star also said she was humiliated after leaving the special night to discover that she was the subject of a number of cruel memes about her outfit.
Twitter trolls compared her floral gown to a sofa and an outfit worn by Robin Williams' character in Mrs Doubtfire.
However, despite drawing some criticism Kim later had a change of heart about her ensemble, "This is one of my fave looks now," she admitted.
The SKIMS mogul considers one of her greatest fashion moments at the event as her 2019 outfit, which was custom made by the House of Mugler.
Kim squeezed into a printed latex dress that was adorned with crystals to give the impression she had just emerged from the ocean.
"Mr. Mugler hasn’t designed in 20 years & made me the most magical dripping wet dress & printed latex dress w crystals! I have to pinch myself, I am attending the Met Gala while on the cover of Vogue!!! God is good!" she later gushed.
While Anna's true feelings on the Kardashians remain to be clarified, she has previously been very honest about which celeb she would never ask back to the Gala.
The Vogue editor made the admission during an appearance on James Corden's The Late Late Show in 2017 with the comments resurfacing earlier this year.
Anna was given the choice of eating a pickled pig’s trotter or asking a question about who she would not invite again during a game of Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts.
James quizzed her: "Celebrities from all walks of life are desperate to get a ticket. Everyone from Beyonce to George Clooney attends.
"So, my question is, who would you never invite back to the Met Gala?"
Giggling but wasting no time in sharing her answer, Anna replied: " Donald Trump."
