Met Ball

Here are some trends and interesting tidbits that we took note of as the celebs, models, and designers made their way up the Metropolitan Museum’s steps at last night’s Met Ball honoring the the work of the late Alexander McQueen and celebrating the Costume Institute’s retrospective of his work.

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McQueen gowns spotted on the red carpet

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Guests wearing event co-chair Stella McCartney’s designs

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Pro-athletes who traded in their jerseys for tuxedos (or, in Serena Williams’ case, Oscar de la Renta–the others were Amar’e Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony, and Tom Brady)

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Amazon Launches a Flash Sale Site: The new members only site–a la Gilt and Rue La La–called Myhabit, will host four to six sales each day beginning at noon at up to 60 percent off retail price. The site launches today and scheduled brands include Elizabeth and James, Vena Cava, and Betsey Johnson. {WWD, subscription required}

Inside the Costume Institute Gala: You’ve seen all of the red carpet photos, but Vogue‘s WIlliam Norwich takes you inside the Met for the exclusive party. {Vogue}

Giorgio Armani Designed Vestments for a Bishop: Monsignor Domenico Mogavero wore his designer robes to a church inauguration on the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria where Armani has a home. {Telegraph}

PPR Acquires Volcom: The California skate and surf company joins Puma as part of PPR’s growing mass market division. {WWD, subscription required}

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Editors, designers, celebrities and models turned it out on the red carpet at last night’s Fashion Oscars, aka the Met Ball. Unlike the real Oscars, this is a red carpet where people who really know and care about fashion take risks. As last night’s gala celebrated “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty,” the McQueen retrospective opening at the Met’s Costume Institute this week, many attendees honored the late designer by wearing his incredible creations (some even got ready in them in the windows of Barneys). But of course, there was also Chanel, Balenciaga, Lanvin, Gucci, Givenchy, Valentino, etc.,

Click through to see who made our picks for the best dressed of the night.

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With the royal wedding finally over, the fashion world moves on to the next big event on the fashion calendar: the Met Gala. The gala celebrates this year’s Costume Institute exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, on view from May 4 through July 31. “Alexander McQueen was best known for his astonishing and extravagant runway presentations, which were given dramatic scenarios and narrative structures that suggested avant-garde installation and performance art,” Andrew Bolton, Curator for the Costume Institute said in a release. “His fashions were an outlet for his emotions, an expression of the deepest, often darkest, aspects of his imagination. He was a true romantic in the Byronic sense of the word – he channeled the sublime.” The exhibit celebrates the late designer’s iconic work, featuring over 100 pieces of ready to wear from the McQueen archives, and approximately 70 accessories.

What we’ll all have our eyes on though are the McQueens that walk the red carpet of the Met tonight for the gala, and the daring and lucky fashionistas that showcase the late designer’s pieces (and creations by his successor/royal wedding designer Sarah Burton). In advance of tonight’s fashion Oscars, here’s our fantasy list of the 10 dresses we’d like to see walk the carpet, and who we’d like to see wear them.

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Lauren Santo Domingo Gave Birth Yesterday: It’s a boy! {Page Six}

Watch the Trailer for L’Amour Fou The documentary about Pierre Berge’s relationship with Yves Saint Laurent opens in NYC on May 13th and in select cities on May 20th. {W magazine}

Armani and Alberta Ferretti at the Royal Wedding: Prince Harry’s date Chelsey Devy will don a blue Ferretti gown while Lady Frederick Windsor will wear a gunmetal Armani creation. {WWD, subscription required}

Meet Amar’e Stoudemire’s Stylist: Rachel Johnson is responsible for making the Knicks forward the most stylish guy off the court. {NY Times}

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Tommy Ton Talks: It was Anna Dello Russo’s idea to put the bloggers in Dolce’s front row, also Tommy Ton named his blog Jak & Jil because it indicated men and women. {Models} Jaloux: If you have trouble with vintage, take some inspiration from these women, one of whom’s dripping in vintage Hermès. {Style} Bad [...]

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Emblazoned on the cover of WWD today is a picture of Katy Perry wearing a chiffon puffy confection at the Met Ball last night. I had to look more closely to see what exactly was going on with that dress, and of course by now we all know that it was covered in LED lights. [...]

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“I couldn’t pull off your dress,” Ms. Sevigny said to Ms. Santo Domingo, “and you couldn’t pull off mine.” –Overheard by Cathy Horyn at last night’s Met Ball.

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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 [...]

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Peter Dundas is in New York. “Just spotted Dundas outside MILK. Maybe shooting campaign? Couldn’t tell who he was with. Only noticed him cause he’s basically a walking upside down mop, a very tall mop,” writes a tipster. So why is he here? A) To shoot Pucci’s AW10 campaign, in which case who’s starring? Can’t [...]

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The Met’s Costume Ball is little more than a month away, and rumors have finally started to swirl. It’s the first ball under Sylvana Soto-Ward’s reign as Vogue‘s Director of Special Events, Oprah’s hosting and Gap is sponsoring. Gap’s sponsorship means money, but if it were any other brand it’d also mean serious red carpet [...]

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The thing about Balmain’s party dresses is that if they weren’t made quite so skillfully out of of such exquisite fabrics and crystals etc., they’d run the risk of looking downright trashy. Christophe Decarnin’s perfected the tight sexy thing and made it work among the fashion crowd because, well, it’s so well done—which makes the [...]

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