Daily Mail

Shameless sisters

They were fawned over at Vogue’s Met Ball. And they’re making millions flaunting their wealth – and bodies

- ALISON BOSHOFF

THE Met Gala Ball — an annual extravagan­za hosted at New York’s prestigiou­s Met Gallery by legendary U.S. Vogue editor Anna Wintour — is the biggest night in the fashion calendar.

Every year, the crème de la crème of Hollywood jostles for a place on the red carpet, wearing custommade designer gowns worth tens of thousands of pounds. Even an invitation means you’ve made it in the cut-throat world of fashion.

How astonishin­g, then, that all eyes this year were on a new set of It girls: two sets of sisters who attracted more attention than the rest of the stars put together.

Sashaying up the red carpet in barely-there dresses, they made establishe­d names such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Rihanna and even supermodel Gisele look almost prudish. Hardly an inch of their perfectly toned flesh was covered (ensuring as much attention as possible on social media).

Sheer fabrics, plunging necklines and thigh-high hems meant very little was left to the imaginatio­n.

The event was nothing short of a Coronation for these so- called Insta-models: Kendall and Kylie Jenner and Gigi and Bella Hadid.

So who are these sisters? Probably complete unknowns to anyone over 40, to the social media- obsessed younger generation they are four of the most famous faces in the world.

Where once celebritie­s were discreet and aloof, now they share every tiny facet of their lives in a modernday living soap-opera.

Together, they have 218 million followers on photo- sharing website Instagram — almost equivalent to the combined population of Britain, France and Germany.

As a result, they are like catnip to the fashion houses who are desperate to dress them in the hope that their legion of fans will then buy into the brand.

They’re feted by designers who realise that no one — and that means no one — can sell quite like they can. So just who’s who in this new ruling crew?

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