What is the #MetGalaChallenge? Instagram users urged to copy famous fashion looks at home

Fancy trying your hand at recreating Rihanna or Lady Gaga's most outlandish looks? You could win a spot on the 'Vogue' website

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The most fashionable night of the year might be taking a hiatus for 2020, but that doesn't mean you can't recreate your own red carpet moment at home.

The annual Met Gala, which raises funds to benefit New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, was due to take place on Monday, May 4.

However, the sartorial extravaganza was called off last month, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

It is typically attended by the biggest names in entertainment, sport and fashion; the 2019 event attracted Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez and Katy Perry, to name just a few.

Don't mourn the star-studded affair just yet, though.

American actor and singer Billy Porter is calling on social media users to hold their own Met Gala at home, by recreating some of the bash's most famous looks using their own wardrobe.

The Pose star has teamed up with Vogue magazine, whose editor-in-chief Anna Wintour chairs the annual event, to launch the #MetGalaChallenge.

"The time has come for the challenge to end all fashion challenges," Porter says in a video announcing the initiative. "Pick an iconic Met Gala look from years past and recreate it in your home. It could be Rihanna, it could be Gaga, it could be ... me, but you best be creative."

He asked for all entries to be uploaded before Sunday, May 3, teasing that some may be republished on the Vogue Instagram account.

"Which ensemble you replicate, and what you use to make it, is entirely up to you – think outside of the box," the magazine added.

Winners must use the hashtag #MetGalaChallenge in their post, and a selection of entries will also be featured on Vogue's website.

Although Porter only announced the challenge on Thursday, April 23, entries have already started flooding in.

This year's Met Gala was due to have the theme About Time: Fashion and Duration, and be co-chaired by designer Nicolas Ghesquiere, Broadway star Lin-Manuel Miranda, actresses Emma Stone and Meryl Streep, and Wintour.