Met's Costume Gala. Fashion Face-Off

Rihanna in Dolce & Gabbana. (very butch... how she doin')


As celebrities went into a frenzy to get the most desirable frocks for last night's Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala to celebrate the opening of the “Model as Muse” exhibit, the event was not without drama. The work of famed fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa who has had a long, storied history of working with models was excluded from the show. Naomi Campbell, who has been Azzedine's muse for 23 years, opted not to attend the gala because of this reason.

Here's a round up of the fabulosity that strutted down the red carpet.



Ciara in Pucci.

Iman in Donna Karan.


Heidi Klum in Gilles Mendel.


John Galliano and Marion Cotillard in Dior.

Elizabeth Hurley in Elie Saab.

Anna Wintour's daughter Bee Schaffer in Nina Ricci.

Ivanka Trump.

Andre Leon Talley. WTF!

Tyra Banks.

Kate Bosworth.

Kirtsen Dunst in Chanel Haute Couture.

Ashley Olsen in The Row.

Mary-Kate Olsen in Christian Lacroix couture.

Anne Hathaway in Marc Jacobs.



Madonna in Louis Vuitton.

Justin Timberlake in custom William Rast and Jessica Biel in Versace Atelier.

Gisele Bundchen in Versace.

Anna Wintour editrix Anna Wintour.

Co-hosts Marc Jacobs and Kate Moss in custom Marc Jacobs.


While one may think this the Met Gala is just a think where "famous" people take fashion risks, it's important to note that the gala is the precursor to an actual event - the Model As Muse exhibit.

Here's an inside peek at whats-a-doing.

The exhibit itself is spectacular. It opens with life size elephant cut outs and a mannequin wearing Dovima's Avedon Dior. A hallway of Irving Penns pays tributes to the originals - Suzy Parker, Lisa Fonssagrives, Dorian Leigh and co. There are New Look coats and dresses, Charles James and a Madame Gres. You turn the corner to David Baileys, iconic images of Twiggy and Veruschka wielding her shotgun. Music blares, "Talking 'bout my generation," and the mannequins wear Cardins, Paco Rabbanne link dresses and a YSL Mondrian. Then it's onto Lauren Hutton, Rene Russo, Jerry Hall and unreal Helmut Newton photographs before turning the corner to Versace clad models carrying, seriously, broken champagne bottles. Lastly, the supermodels and the '90s in a graffitied room stocked with Marc Jacobs' Perry Ellis, Ellen Von Unwerth photography and mind-boggling pictures of Kate.


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