TAVI Gevinson and I are emailing at night: 11pm my time; “free period” at school hers.

It’s known as one of the most glamorous red carpets of the year, with movie stars, models, and even the occasional athlete putting on their most fashion-forward outfits for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala.

AS editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, Glenda Bailey has seen some pretty fantastic things — “epic moments,” she calls them.

What?

They range from the Dalai Lama to the inventors of the Blackberry, from terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela.

Sir Richard Branson and Bernie Ecclestone are among Britain's elite number of 12 billionaires.