The disability activist says she approached the fashion event with a very different attitude to most attendees

Sinead Burke poses during the Met Gala, an annual fundraising gala held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute with this year's theme 'Costume Art' in New York City, New York. Photo: Reuters

Sinead Burke poses during the Met Gala, an annual fundraising gala held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute with this year’s theme ‘Costume Art’ in New York City, New York. Photo: Reuters

“I’m running on steam today,” disability activist and writer Sinéad Burke said after attending the Met Gala on Monday evening.

Cavan-born Burke, who is CEO and founder of disability consultancy firm Tilting the Lens, wore a black fitted Christian Siriano dress to the opening of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual fundraiser.