Costume Institute Gala 2008 "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy"

[sethii]

vids

in this one: Julia Roberts, George Clooney, J-lo, Naomi Watts, Eva Longoria, Fergie, Gisele
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zZmGLeGxR0s

scarlett
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aRG-e7Rc4iQ

photogs go crazy at olsen twins
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fsShkqBbKsQ

 

[honeyisle]

when i mentioned that i would cry if i ever spotted beyonce on a vogue cover, i meant that i would be crying out of utter disappointment.

That's what I thought you meant.

 

[style_savy]

Lily Donaldson @ Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, May 5, 2008
celebutopia

 

[Bahiyya]

Beyonce is musician
This isn't just about "fashion," the institute is high fashion, elitist, la creme de la creme, and for the most part something that the "average person" pays absolutely no attention. This gala is for the highly fashionable to get together and celebrate exactly that. It's not about bringing fashion to the average person.

Whaaaa? You must be talking about a different gala because the Met event was never that "high fashion" exclusive. In the past few years it's been getting more paparazzi attention so it's turned into another photo-op event for celebrities (and designers). And the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (let's not forget that's who is putting this on), in an effort to widen the donor pool (IMO), has courted that connection.

It's not even about Hollywood. Entertainers have moved beyond that into this crazy "synergy" mentality where an actor can be a singer can be a model (for a designer campaign) can be a designer (all those damn celebrity lines). And as the high fashion market has had to reach other demographics to survive and developing countries start to grab a bigger piece of the wealth, it will be global entertainers like Beyonce who will get their name out there. Notice how long it took for us to get pictures of any models beside Claudia Schiffer and Gisele? Or this mythical fashion creme de la creme? (Ok, I'll put my favourite Daphne Guiness on the list.)

 

[*ana*]

Lily Donaldson @ Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, May 5, 2008
celebutopia

omg i LOVE the jewelry.

 

[Urban Stylin]

anna got stuck in the packaging for her dress which was sent to her via fedex at the last moment

 

[harrietcamilla]

Vogues Best Dressed

1. Jennifer Connelly in Balenciaga

2. Wendi Murdoch in Christian Lacriox Haute Couture

3. Kate Mara in Zac Posen

4. Gisele Bundchen in Atelier Versace

5. Raquel Zimmermann in Thakoon

style

 

[harrietcamilla]

6. Joy Bryant in Pucci

7. Caroline Trentini in Vintage Thierry Mugler

8. Lisa Airan in Rodarte

9. Lake Bell in Balmain

10. Lauren Santo Domingo in Nina Ricci

style

 

[harrietcamilla]

11. Venus Williams in Carolina Herrera

12. Kate Bosworth in Vintage Chanel Haute Couture

13. Diana Taylor in Oscar de la Renta

14. Victoria Beckham in Vintage Giorgio Armani

15. Julia Roberts in Armani Prive

style

 

[harrietcamilla]

16. Liya Kebede in Johnathan Saunders

17. Lou Doillon in Marni

18. Samantha Boardman Rosen in Giambattista Valli

19. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff in Nina Ricci

20. Chanel Iman in Phillip Lim

style.

I have to admit this list seems to be Vogue favourites, Liya should be higher and the exclusion of Christina Ricci probably has something to do with her leaving early as she wasn't sat with her boyfriend.

 

[Ferdinanda]

Style.com is a big promotion for US Vogue period. Lisa A is wearing a similar design of Rodarte dress that Keira wore for the Antonement LA premiere, those girls are hot right now!

 

[izzie stevens]

that vogue's best dressed list is ridiculously inaccurate in my opinion.

 

[elly9]

i think the list is ok but i'd rank them differently

 

[Candy_lux]

the list is missing Karolina Kurkova and Christina Ricci

 

[Working Girl]

Where is Naomi Watts on that list. I loved her dress.

 

[Bahiyya]

^I was going to ask the same thing. And Zac Posen is way better dressed than the girl on his arm. Wtf. And how did Joy Bryant in that ugly 60s decor dress get anywhere near the list. Weird.

 

[thejarc]

Where're KK, Bee Schaffer, Claudia Schiffer, Eva Longoria-Parker, and Anna Wintour???

And WHY WHY WHY are Jennifer and Wendi #1,#2???

 

[baddabling]

poshhh

i'm sorry, but just... no

 

[after__eight]

No, that list sucks. Where is Camilla Belle? I like Kate Mara and Zac Posen, they match!

 

[Melly5525]

How the heck is Jennifer Connely number 1 in that boring Balenciaga dress, that baffles me, Christina Ricci, Bee Schafer, Naomi Watts, Kate Bosworth, anybody basically would have been a better choice!