The Met Ball 2012

Wednesday 9 May 2012


Diane Kruger in Prada

The Costume Institute Gala, more well known as The Met Ball, is the annual ball that celebrates the opening of The Met's fashion exhibit. Described as the fashion industry's Night of Nights and considered as the fashion world's best red carpet event by the fashion press worldwide, the event is organized and hosted by Vogue and the costs are shared by Vogue and Chanel. Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour oversees even the smallest details and especially the list of celebrity invitees. 

This year's theme was dictated by the exhibition that opened yesterday - Prada and Schiaparelli: Impossible Conversations and the guests did their best to be at the height of the event. Flowy floor length gowns, mini dresses and tuxedos were the true stars of the night. Among my favorite gowns were clearly the bold colored ones, such as Diane Kruger's purple wonder, Diana Agron's green frock and the canary yellow Versace dress worn by Mad Men's January Jones. However there were a lot of other beautiful dresses out there. Here's my selection of the best dressed celebrities. Look out for the eye candy at the end!


Dianna Agron in Carolina Herrera

Amy Adams in Giambattista Valli

Cameron Diaz in Stella McCartney

Carey Mulligan in Prada

Claire Danes and husband in J. Mendel and Prada

Cate Blanchett in Alexander McQueen

Kate Bosworth in Prada

Lana Del Rey in Joseph Altuzarra

Gwyneth Paltrow in Prada

Florence Welch in Alexander McQueen

Rooney Mara in Givenchy

Emma Roberts in Escada

January Jones in Versace

Anna Wintour and daughter in Prada and Erdem

Sofia Vergara in Marchesa

Hilary Swank in Michael Kors

Scarlett Johansson in Dolce & Gabbana

Heidi Klum in Escada

Anja Rubik in Anthony Vacarello

Lily Collins in Valentino

Ed Westwick

Chase Crawford

This ball looks like a fairy tale! What's your favorite dress?

Photos: Kevin Mazur/WireImage

26 comments:

LILA MOONLIGHT said...

Cate B and Lana DR were the best dressed of the night for me. Amy Adams is shining with her gown and hair too. The worst is Anja R. Heidi K's outfit is disappointing this time.

Outside Looking In said...

Love Anna's simple white dress and LOVE her daughter's Erdem. Also love Sofia's, Scarlet's and Cate's. This is a great selection--hadn't seen most of these!

Steph Yt. said...

OMG everyone looks STUNNING love the color of Diana Agron's dress. Have you seen Camilla Belle's dress? She looked absolutely stunning!
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Hmm unfortunately, i have no idea whether this suit is from the conscious collection. But great eye either way! :)
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Ceciliette said...

OMG!! The man candy at the end was worth it! Hahahhaha i´m totally a CHuck fan!
About Cameron.. wht´s up with that Crazy for MAry' hair???
And Rubik dress is a little bit too much.

xx

Athina Valyraki said...

the two escada dresses I think were the best and of course Jones's yellow versace was amazing too! Really nice re-cap, thanks for sharing!

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My Fashion Bug said...

I love this gala, i enjoy so much watching all those pretty dresses.. but some of them are pretty bad, i hated anja rubik dress, well not so much the dress but her leg hanging out like that... the men looked pretty good!
xx
mariale
My Fashion Bug

the chilicool said...

Love Diane Kruger's dress!!!!

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devorelebeaumonstre. said...

so pretty!


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Flavia Flanders said...

Dianna Agron was gorgeous, love her dress choice.
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Amy said...

I LOVED That purple dress until I saw the bottom of it! And the green so stunning, I love that color.

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ilovetrends said...

Thanks for you comment on my blog :)
My favourite was Diane Kruger, she looked amazing!
xoxo

Imke said...

Those last two, hmmm! The dresses aren't as pretty as always, but they look pretty! :)

And you should def go see The Avengers, it's worth it!

Xo, Imke

Marissa D said...

i vote for diane kruger!shie is so FAB

Sammie said...

wow anja rubik is almost naked :) i think there were lots of very very nice looks at the metball,but there were also some horrible dresses and stylings,ashley olsen looked like a grandma :)


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Virna ĂŤvinna said...

Ed e Chace me tiram o fĂ´lego, hahaha =P

Antonella Leone said...

fantastic dress <3

margaret cruzemark said...

I think Diane Crouger looked like a goddess in this dress. Unlike Beyonce who is a piece of sh...!!
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Unknown said...

Love Diane Kruger's dress!! I love this gala!
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Call me M said...

I'm not impressed with most of the outfits! Although I really liked Rooney Mara's, January Jones,and Emma Roberts'. But I find Anja Rubik's dress, hideous. Especially with that waist bone sticking out. So ugly!

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Michelle Lee said...

omg love the first dress

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momto8 said...

wow..how beautiful!! really fun to look at.

Unknown said...

Everyone looks so amazing..
I hope I can wear such dress someday in my life..
We'll see hahaha!

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Outside Looking In said...

Hello?? You've been gone a while. U ok?

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I think everyone look beautiful, the dresses are amazing.

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