Model as Muse @ The Met

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"

Marc Jacobs and Kate Moss in Marc Jacobs

LOVE the back!  Drapey back!!!

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First Paris and now NYC... Anyone want to pack me up in their carry-on and trot around the globe to peruse fashion exhibits?! Takers???

Tonight was the MET's Annual Costume Institute Gala.  This year the exhibit is entitled "Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion" and focuses on how social changes have defined our culture's view of feminine beauty which have been personified by the figures and faces of iconic models.  "Model to Muse" specifically captures the progression of these changes over a span of five decades from 1947-1997.  Magazine covers, various photographs and garments made famous by the models who strutted down the catwalk will be on display to characterize these diverse time periods and the constant evolution of beauty.  The exhibit opened today and runs till August 9, 2009.

Ashley Olsen in her own line, The Row

Again, drapey back (I'm a fan if you haven't noticed)!!!

Love that black, embellished chain going down her back... 

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With over 13 pages of photos on WireImage, you know the event huge.  And who wasn't there?!  Let's try to put things into perspective with a little bullet-point list (though this does not do justice!):

• The Planners:  Co-chairs Anna Wintour, Justin Timberlake and Kate Moss arrived with daughter Bee Schaffer, paramour, Jessica Biel and primary sponsor Marc Jacobs, respectively
  
• The Models: Tyra Banks, Bar Refaeli, Heidi Klum, Elizabeth Hurley, Cindy Crawford, Iman, Claudia Schiffer, Brooke Shields
• The Fashion Doyennes:  Stella McCartney, Carolina Herrera, Donna Karan, Donatella Versace, Tory Burch, Diane Von Furstenberg... And then there was John Galliano ;) 
  
• The Musicians: Rihanna, Madonna, Kanye West, Bono, Ciara
• The Actresses: Renee Zellweger, Eva Mendes, Anne Hathaway, Liv Tyler, Marisa Tomei
• The Starlettes:  Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Emma Roberts,  Katy Perry
• The Trump Card:  Donald and Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump and Ivanna Trump
• The Power Couples:  Tony & Eva Longoria Parker, Tom Brady & Gisele Bündchen
• The Attack of the Kates - Kate Beckinsale, Kate Bosworth and Kate Beckinsale 

Some of the fashion highlights/lows:

Our girl! Always the fashionista...Rachel Bilson in Bally

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Anne Hathaway in Marc Jacobs... What's up with her hair?

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Kate Beckinsale in Marchesa...Can't decide if I love/hate the train

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Rihanna in a Dolce and Gabbana tuxedo jacket and capris... Mixed feelings?

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Madonna in Louis Vuitton... Uhh... What was she thinking?!

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Again, I love Kate Hudson in her gold Stella McCartney gown

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Eva Mendes in Calvin Klein... Classy and sophisticated

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Kate Bosworth in Stella McCartney... So 50's chic in the red lipstick and black lace

(Bruce Willis likes it, I guess)
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No... I Am NOT Getting Hitched

But one of my best friends is getting married this summer... And she asked me to be one of her bridesmaids! I am so excited for her and can't wait to be part of her special day. With that being said, I don't know of anyone more clueless about weddings than I am. So when she needed help researching wedding gowns, I jumped the gun... Because THAT I can help with!

In the midst of my research, this dress caught my eye. It's KILLER! And I found it on eBay! What I really love about it is the back... Which makes this a consecutive post about off-kilter bows (Disclaimer: I have an obsessive personality when it comes to fashion and food). What I like about off-kilter bows is that they are delicate and feminine without being too fluffy or juvenile (Imagine a six-year old girl's dress for her piano recital). Photo credit: eBay