The MET's Costume Institute Ball

Tonight, when Hollywood's crème de la crème invade Manhattan to attend the Costume Institute benefit ball, E! will be there. The cable entertainment channel has green-lit a first-ever special feature documenting fashion's equivalent of the Oscars. "The E! Met Special," as its working title goes, will air on May 8 at 8 p.m. and feature red carpet interviews by correspondent Giuliana Rancic with arriving celebrities and their designer dates. What's more, Mary Alice Stephenson and Bobbie Thomas will offer their commentary on this year's Superheroes-themed exhibition as the go through the history of the Costume Institute and define why the annual affair put on by the Metropolitan Museum of Art is so relevant to actors and fashion A-listers. The hosts will detail all the extra steps celebrity attendees take to get ready for their big night out, from wardrobe fittings to last-minute hair and makeup touchups, all leading up to the moment the actress steps out of her Town Car. But don't worry, given that this is E!, there will also be coverage of the night's best and worst dressed. {via FWD.com}

If you are anyone in NYC society you will be attending this event.