The Met Ball By the Numbers

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13. At least 13 white looks including Whoopi & Andre, Taylor Swift & Jessica Biel in Ralph Lauren, Kirsten Dunst in Rodarte for Gap, and Emma Watson in Burberry
2. Two pairs of pants on women: Alexa Chung’s Phillip Lim tux and Tina Fey’s ill advised jumpsuit.
8. Marc orchestrated eight looks: Leighton Meester, Greta Gerwig, Rachel Zoe, Lily Donaldson, and Nicole Richie wore Marc Jacobs while Rachel Bilson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Abbie Cornish chose Louis Vuitton.
6. Six cases of drag queen-like makeup. There were probably more, but you can pick your own six.
4. Diane Kruger chose a white long sleeved column dress from Calvin Klein, while Lindsay Vonn & Stam chose the same silhouette in purple, and Marion Cotillard’s Dior just sparkled.

Tags: Alexa Chung, Gap, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Met Ball, Rachel Zoe, Ralph Lauren, Rodarte, Taylor Swift

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Comments [15]

Gabby says:

@ 3:57 AM / 04 May 2010

Emma Watson looked gorgeous. Her white dress is my favorite.

K-Stew was one of the ones in the drag makeup.

Leila says:

@ 4:21 AM / 04 May 2010

emma watson, alexa chung, and gwen stefani, favorites.

thanks for this great post

Leila, ninunina.com

Ian says:

@ 5:08 AM / 04 May 2010

Most people at the Met Ball looked horrible…! I was TERRIBLY disappointed this year.

Where was the fucking drama?!?!

maria says:

@ 10:44 AM / 04 May 2010

Where was Leighton Meester?
she was supposed to be marcs guest

she always wears something interesting, it would have been fun to see her

musings_from_a_mall says:

@ 12:34 PM / 04 May 2010

i agree.overall very underwhelming…more high school prom than fashion gala.

KMC says:

@ 1:29 PM / 04 May 2010

I was very disappointed. Even most of models didn't pull it off. What the hell was Doutzen wearing, she looked like she'd regressed back to Child hood dressing up in fantasy wear from Children's films. Blake Lively was practically tangoed, way over the top with the tan. Lily D while not her usual style kind of pulled it off in my opinion, as did Natasha Poly. While I love Burberry, I hated Emma Watson's dress, it wasn't too bad at the top, but it went all wrong with that slit, CHEAP is the word it screamed. Gisele looked like a hooker ! Coco Rocha's was just funny, I dread to think what her wedding dress will look like if that's her idea of a nice dress. Overall, not impressed. Last year's was so much better.

Art_Star says:

@ 1:56 PM / 04 May 2010

So boring this year and too many skanky looks. The only people who impressed me were M.I.A., Chloe Sevigny and Jessica Stam. Stammy really werqed it. Julianna Margulies looked pretty decent too, as always. But overall, not impressed!

Ian says:

@ 3:07 PM / 04 May 2010

Strange the everyone thinks either WAAAAAAAAAAAAY over the top or WAAAAAAAAAAAY too fucking Plain Jane, cuz I agree. Most people fell very, very far on one end of the spectrum or another.

What happened to the days when Naomi Campbell would wow us with her long white shift and white fur stole? Or Kate Moss would come in some slinky, TASTEFUL number? And for God's sake…in the name of all the is freakin holy…why the HELL does Anna Wintour CONTINUE to look dry and drab every fucking year? And this year, of all years, was the worst! The Chanel was cute, but such a plain, plain, drab choice. You're the fucking Queen Mighty High Mistress Mother Superior of Fashion, and you look a wretched mess? Come on, Anna…I expected much more. Tut, tut.

I think that Blake Lively looked good, although some don't agree with me. Actually, I think she had one of the best looks of the evening, even if it was a tad bit short in the leg.

Brooke Shields looked especially boring in that drab Michael Kors. He's a joke of a designer to me now. He's guilty of the very same thing he accuses the Project Runway hopefuls of – basic silhouttes (sp?) with embellishments (the embellishment being Brooke Shields, in this case).