Archive for: Costume institute gala

Met Ball 2011: best dressed

Met Ball 2011: best dressed

We’ve just about recovered from the excitement of the Royal wedding with its vast array of stylish guests and, of course, Kate Middleton‘s breathtakingly beautiful McQueen gown – but the weekend hit us with more star-studded...

 

British fashion reigns at the Met Ball

British fashion reigns at the Met Ball

For an event that usually champions the best of American fashion, last night’s Met Ball saw a surprising amount of stars wearing gowns from British designers. Perhaps it was a nod towards last night’s honouree, the late Alexander...

 

Anna Wintour and Sam Cam launch the Met’s McQueen exhibition

Anna Wintour and Samantha Cameron gathered quite the crowd yesterday morning as London’s fashion press –us included – arrived at the Ritz for the unveiling of Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty – an exhibition held by the Metropolitan...

 

Gap dresses the red carpet

This year’s Costume Institute Gala in New York will be a little different than most: it’s hosted by Gap executive vice president of global design Patrick Robinson, and to celebrate, he’s teamed up with a handful of designers...

 

The Met Costume Institute Gala 2009: Cocktail Hour

Aside from crowd into a frenzy. Gisele Bundchen showed off her fabulous legs in a metallic blue Versace dess while Jessica Alba dazzled in Jason Wu (shame about the black tights). As for Helena Christensen in Zac Posen, I have no words. All...

 

The Met Costume Institute Gala 2009: The Gowns

Forget the Oscars. Last night NY was awash with celebs who scrubbed up and donned their best outfits for the annual Met Costume Institute Gala. Hosted by Marc Jacobs, Kate Moss and Justin Timberlake, the purpose of the event was to honour “the...

 

Costume Institute Gala: The event of the season

The Costume Institute Gala is tonight. It really is the event of the year, when you can watch the most glamorous starlets dressed in the most creative of gowns. This year the theme is ‘Model as Muse’ and there have been hundreds...