Vogue has released a fawning video of socialist firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her enormous glam squad revealing how they put together the now-infamous 'Tax the rich' dress for her controversial Met Gala appearance. The magazine posted a 10-minute video late Thursday night documenting the Democratic congresswoman's preparations for fashion's big night out. The video follows AOC as she picks up a coffee from a Bronx Bodega while saying she is happy she has stuck to her 'roots', to meeting dress designer Aurora James for a fitting, and being glammed up by a team of hair and make-up artists on the big day before culminating in her arrival at the $35,000-a-head bash. AOC tells the cameras how she and James wanted to use the event to 'send a message' and says her attendance is about 'bringing more people into that conversation'. 'This moment is important as I want so many little kids out there looking at this knowing and walking out of this thing and saying I belong there too - I belong everywhere,' she says in the footage. AOC caused a stir this week after she attended the ultra-elitist Met Gala as a guest of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, sporting a white custom dress with the message 'Tax the rich' emblazoned on the back. Her decision to attend divided opinion with critics accusing the socialist of being a hypocrite and she has since been hit by at least two ethics complaints. AOC has defended her attendance saying it boosted Google searches about 'our f****d up tax code' and that it was her 'duty as a working-class woman.' Vogue has released a fawning video of socialist firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her enormous glam squad revealing how they put together the now-infamous 'Tax the rich' dress for her controversial Met Gala appearance The magazine posted a 10-minute video Thursday documenting the Democratic congresswoman's preparations for fashion's big night out She is seen getting her hair and make-up done as she says everyone involved in her prep is part of an underrepresented community Mystery solved! Museum comped AOC and her boyfriend's $35k tickets to the Met Gala The Office of Congressional Ethics was asked by a conservative group to launch an investigation of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for accepting free tickets to Monday's Met Gala, where she wore a custom gown that said 'Tax the Rich.' Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attended the the ultra-elitist, $35,000-a-head Met Gala as guests of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, DailyMail.com can confirm. In an ethics complaint, Thomas Jones, founder of the American Accountability Foundation, said he believes Ocasio-Cortez, who represents parts of the Bronx and Queens, broke House rules by accepting 'an impermissible gift' of free tickets to attend the annual gala. '[W]hile the individual's invitations may bear the name of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum has ceded control over the invitations to a for-profit company, specifically Condé Nast, and to its Chief Content Officer, Anna Wintour,' Jones wrote. He added that 'the New York Times outlines that the Met does not have control over who is invited to the event, but rather the for-profit company, is in control of who gets invited.' The Times reported that 'about 400 Chosen Ones' got to attend this year. According to House ethics information available online, members of Congress can only accept $100 worth of items per year from a specific source. In addition, Congress members can also borrow works of art — in this case the 'TAX THE RICH' dress AOC wore by Aurora James — as long as there’s a written agreement with the owner specifying it will be returned. The event was also attended by fellow New York Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. The prominent Democrats attended Monday night's star-studded event as guests of the museum. The $35,000 ticket proceeds go to the Met's Costume Institute, one of the only departments that doesn't receive government funding, to supports its exhibitions, acquisitions, and capital improvements. De Blasio's rep told Politico that he made the decision to attend the event, somewhat ironically, in an economic meeting 'months ago'. 'The mayor made the decision to attend months ago in one of his hours long economic recovery war room meetings led by Lorraine Grillo. He wanted to highlight a local designer who had been able to make it through the pandemic. 'It's a notable way to grab people's attention and highlight the return of the city's fashion industry jobs.' AOC was spotted leaving with Aurora James, the designer behind her 'tax the rich dress' and her boyfriend, Benjamin Bronfman - the heir to the Seagram's fortune. He is also the nephew of Clare Bronfman, who was accused of funding NXIVM sex cult with donations to Keith Raniere. AOC also left the party with her boyfriend, Riley Roberts, and James. She boasted to the magazine: 'The Met Gala is seen as elite and inaccessible...As a working class woman, [I] wanted to enjoy the event but also break the fourth wall and challenge the industry,' she proudly told Vogue at the event. On Tuesday morning, AOC boasted about the surge in Google searches for the words 'tax the rich'. She wrote on Instagram: 'Surge in people looking up and discussing our f****d up tax code is and how we fix it so we can fund childcare, healthcare, climate action and student loan forgiveness for all? Aurora James understood the assignment.' But she has been slammed for supporting the event by many who say she simply wanted to enjoy the limelight while trying to pass it off as a political protest in yet another example of her tone-deaf hypocrisy. AOC - who previously posed on the cover of Vanity Fair, drives a $35,000 Tesla and claims to be '100% grass roots from the Bronx' despite growing up in a wealthy NYC suburb. She wore a borrowed dress from Brother Vellies, James' celebrity-adored NYC label. The only jewelry she wore was a pair of $450 gold hoops from Mejuri and a $65 ring from the same brand. She didn't wear a mask, like many of the other guests. The event was for fully vaccinated guests only but the celebrities in attendance - who regularly preach online about COVID rules - ignored the guidance of the CDC and liberal states like California, where masks are recommended indoors regardless of vaccination status. Advertisement The video shows a large team of hair, make-up artists and designers all working on the socialist's look on the day of the star-studded bash. AOC insists that the Met Gala is 'not a replacement for my work day it is a supplement to my work day' as she says she has been working on the infrastructure bill that day. 'The Met Gala is going to be my after-work activity for the day,' she says. The lawmaker says everyone involved in her prep for the event is part of an underrepresented community 'Aurora and I spoke about this and we said from the very beginning we wanted every single hand involved in this process to be of and from the community and from communities that aren't always being centered and represented whether in fashion or politics,' she says. 'I'm just a super firm believer that when that happens people can really feel it even if they don't see it right off the bat.' James, who accompanied AOC on the red carpet, tells Vogue the 'most important part is she looks amazing and the message is clear and strong and powerful and needed.' The video begins days before the gala with AOC going into a bodega in the Bronx to pick up a coffee, chatting with the bodega owner and a woman off-camera who asks if she is 'making a movie'. The politician then walks along the streets of the Bronx saying hello to passers-by as she explains how she 'grew up here' and how 'it's really cool to be able to always stay home.' 'I grew up here and about 30 minutes north,' she says. 'My mom was a domestic worker so she cleaned houses and my dad had a small business over here but this is where my cousins and my uncle still lives. 'They're right over there and after college moved right back to the Bronx and I wanted to work with families and kids. 'It's really cool to be able to always stay home to be able to keep your roots here.' AOC tells Vogue that growing up in New York she has always seen the Met as 'a huge symbolic institution for New Yorkers' and recounted one time being among the people outside the Gala watching as the huge event began. 'The Met itself has always been such a huge symbolic institution for New Yorkers and I think coming back to the Bronx after grad school working as a waitress I remember especially one year as I was walking to work and the Gala was happening,' she says. 'I was one of those folks on the fence outside and I remember I always really felt 'man the Met is an institution that belongs to the people.' AOC says she believes the Met is an opportunity 'to have conversations about the communities we're from' and is about 'bringing more people into that conversation.' 'What are we doing if we are not constantly growing that table and bringing more people into that conversation?' she asks. 'This year's gala is the opportunity to have conversations about the communities we're from, geography, class, race, present events, climate change and in politics there's this classic adage that is 'the medium is the message'. And fashion is the medium. 'That's why it's important that we try to defend that medium when people try to diminish it.' She adds: 'I'm excited to use this opportunity to also send a message.' The footage then sees AOC excitedly meeting James in a lavish hotel suite two days before the Met for a dress fitting where they discuss their 'really creative, interesting challenge.' The congresswoman somewhat addresses the irony of the 'public institution' of the Met and the $35,000-per-head gala, saying that they 'decided to send a message' and came up with 'something spicy' 'I think we both thought this was a really creative interesting challenge which is how do we create this combination of a public institution of knowledge that is supposed to be for all people and how do you reconcile that with the glamor of the Met Gala?' says AOC. 'And so we decided let's send a message and Aurora brought herself and her advocacy and activism and creative genius and we got a little something spicy I think. 'We have to support not just our cultural institution and our city and as a New Yorker to be a kid from the Bronx or to be from lower Manhattan or Queens or Brooklyn or Staten Island, the ability to be able to freely walk into the Met and see some of the most prized possessions is something we have to protect.' The duo talk about the importance of black representation with James saying it is 'really powerful' that she and AOC - two women of color - are going to the Met red carpet. 'There are very few black female designers that are even CFDA members or that have walked the carpet at the Met so the idea that you and I could be doing this and also with the gown specifically this is really powerful,' she says. AOC responds that 'there is no way I would be dig this if I wasn't working with a designer like you.' AOC caused a stir this week after she attended the ultra-elitist Met Gala as a guest of the Metropolitan Museum of Art AOC with designer Aurora James at the star-studded bash. She sported a white custom dress with the message 'Tax the rich' emblazoned on the back The video begins days before the gala with AOC going into a bodega in the Bronx to pick up a coffee, chatting with the bodega owner and a woman off-camera who asks if she is 'making a movie' AOC tells Vogue she and James wanted to use the event to 'send a message' and how everyone involved in her prep is part of an underrepresented community It culminates in her arriving at the $35,000-a-head Met Gala which was attended by stars All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility