n the gleaming halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on that September evening in 2021, amid the flash of cameras and the swirl of designer gowns, few could have predicted that a single white dress would become the center of a years-long political and ethical controversy. The annual Met Gala, long a showcase of fashion and celebrity culture, had become an unexpected battleground where progressive politics, ethics rules, and the complex machinery of Congressional oversight would collide in ways that continue to reverberate through the corridors of power today.
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