For some reason, I find myself thoroughly fascinated--for the very first time--by the annual "Met Ball," a fashion gala for the Costume Institute held this past Monday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The theme this year was "China Through the Looking Glass" and they dressed up two floors of the museum for it. Celebs were everywhere and it was quite a mix of them: top actresses like Julianne Moore, Kate Hudson, Jennifer Lawrence, Reese Witherspoon, Anne Hathaway and Sarah Jessica Parker; pop stars like Beyonce, J-Lo, Rihanna, Madonna, Katy Perry; numerous designers; Chinese actresses Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, and Fan Bingbing; and male consorts like George Clooney, P. Diddy, and Kanye West. All presided over by Anna Wintour, the grande dame editor of Vogue. I can only fantasize standing there in a tux off to the side, like a fly on the wall, nursing a drink and watching all these stars against a backdrop of Egyptian temples, Roman statues, and Renaissance paintings.
The women all look great and in the various pictures they seem to really be enjoying their own company.
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Here's one page with a lot of pix:
http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2015/may/05/celebrities-arrive-at-the-met-ball-2015-in-pictures
And a New York Times slide show:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2015/05/05/fashion/INSIDE-THE-MET-GALA.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-2&action=click&contentCollection=Fashion%20%26%20Style®ion=Footer&configSection=article&isLoggedIn=true&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=article
And a New York Times article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/07/fashion/even-the-stars-at-the-met-gala-get-star-struck.html?ref=todayspaper
There's tons more coverage. Just google Met Ball 2015 and you're off...
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