The theme of last Monday’s Costume Institute annual Met Gala was selected to celebrate the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s ‘PUNK:Chaos to Couture‘ exhibition which runs until August. Consumers and the media tuned in to watch online; their comments on social networks displaying varying degrees of horror and amusement. As beautiful and normally preened A-listers made token and ill-informed references towards the street subculture, it made for cringeworthy viewing which has already spawned a series of viral memes (Robin Williams, you’re our winner).