Your Met Ball Questions, Answered, In Our Afternoon Roundup

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Unless you've been hiding under the covers this past week, you're most likely aware that the Met Ball is tonight. To prepare, we've put together seven nuggets of information you should probably attempt to absorb before tuning in to the livestream on your computer.

· This is what Coco Rocha will be wearing [Racked National]
· Meet the woman who could have single-handedly supplied the exhibit [NYT]
· Anna Wintour will be approving Vogue staffers hairdos, too [Refinery29]
· Here are some Met Ball repeat attenders [The Cut]
· Also, Elsa Schiaparelli's "12 Commandments for Women" [Racked National]
· Bergdorf's window displays are a "tantalizing teaser" to the exhibit [Vogue]
· And, Miuccia Prada almost had to sit the whole thing out [Fashionista]