Wednesday 6 May 2009

Best Dressed: The Costume Institute Gala 2009



Liv Tyler, Kate Hudson, Stella McCartney and Kate Bosworth, all in Stella McCartney. 

The A-list's most fashionable stars were out in force for the Metropolitan Museum's 'Model as Muse' Gala in New York, hosted by Marc Jacobs and Kate Moss. Celebrities including Claudia Schiffer, Anne Hathaway and Helena Christensen dressed up in their finest threads to celebrate the opening of The Costume Institute's annual exhibit at The Metropolitan Art Gallery.

This year's exhibit, entitled 'Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion' draws on the relationship between designer and muse in the last 60 years. 

It's no wonder Justin Timberlake looks so proud, girlfriend Jessica Biel stole the show in this gorgeous red gown by Atelier Versace


Claudia Schiffer impressed in Atelier Versace

Co-host Kate Moss in gold lame by Marc Jacobs and a turban by Stephen Jones



I love this sixties-inspired look on Anne Hathaway. Her high maintenance hair style perfectly plays on the exaggerated style of her Marc Jacobs dress...And those Van Cleef and Arpels jewels don't look bad, either. 


Alex Wek looked simply stunning in fuschia. 

Diane Kruger does it again in Chanel Haute Couture

Sasha Pivovarova wowed in Giambattista Valli


And the jury's out...

The excuse for this cringeworthy fashion blunder? Some are suggesting Rihanna was attempting to make a provocative statement of female empowerment....Well, that's great, but could her stylist not have picked her up those D&G trousers in the right size? Whoever said feminism had to be so ill-fitting?


Gisele Bundchen looks like she misjudged the occasion in this sparkly blue number byVersace...Maybe better suited to a night out on the town than fashion's starriest night of the year? 


For someone who - most of the time - exhibits such faultless and understated style, you have to wonder what made Helena Christensen opt for this trashy looking diamante number? Her pink Zac Posen frock is less supermodel, more glamour model...Did she borrow it from Jordan?? Or maybe the producers of Strictly Come Dancing?


Surely, if there was ever an occasion to dress up, this was it? Winona Ryder looks lacklustre in a black dress, black opaques, black shoes and er, black clutch. Who's it by? Marc Jacobs, apparently...although I'd have bet that she whipped it off the rack at Century 21. 

Who would have thought that Marchesa could look so bland? For some reason (perhaps that she hasn't changed her hairstyle in the last 5 years) Kate Beckinsale fails to shine in this feathered creation by the fashion duo. 

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