Costume Institute Gala 2011

I look forward to the Costume Institute Gala like it's my birthday; I love seeing Hollywood's stars rub elbows with New York's fashionistas, athletes and other people I'm not cool enough to know.

With that said, this year's gala (“Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty”) was kind of underwhelming to me. I didn't really love anything I saw save for a few outfits.

*Tears* It was so sad.

Okay, it's really not that serious. But this year's gala did leave me with a resounding "meh". Maybe I just have too much on mind to really appreciate anything. Either way, I found most of the outfits either incredibly safe and boring or incredibly ugly.

Let me stress that this is my opinion; I'm sure everyone has their favorites. But I like what I like.

Check out MY favorite look of the night.

No surprise here. Anyone who reads my blog regularly knows that I LOVE pretty much everything Diane Kruger wears.
I don't know what kind of juju she works, but she always wears outfits that work for her. She never looks like she's trying too hard or trying to follow trends.
Kruger wore Jason Wu with Van Cleef & Arpels jewels and a Jimmy Choo clutch.

Kruger with her dapper beau, Joshua Jackson. Hi baby!

Here were some other looks that caught my attention that night:

Shalom Harlow, in Marchesa, with Harry Winston jewels.
Kerry Washington, in Escada, with H.Stern jewels and a Swarovski clutch.
Chanel Iman, in Dolce & Gabbana.
Solange Knowles in Dries Van Noten. Please ignore the tranny makeup!

That is all.

Check out style.com, wonderwall.com and fashionbombdaily.com if you want to see what everyone from Lea Michele to Kanye West wore. Those are the sites I got the photos from.

Costume Institute Gala 2010: Funnest People to Attend Event With

I would have wanted to go with them. Or Lady Gaga and Marc Jacobs : )

Costume Institute Gala 2010

As many of you know, I look forward to the Costume Institute Gala every year. I was so excited when I moved to New York because I kept on thinking "I'll be in town for the Costume Institute Gala"! Why I thought this would make a difference is beyond me; it's not like I attended the event!

But, I do get to go to the exhibit that the event was honoring, American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity.

Anyway, I looked through the pictures (courtesy of people.com, style.com and ybf.com) and basically uploaded the ones that made me stop... for good and very bad reasons. Here's my round up. Make sure you check out the rest of the photos!

Sienna Miller's Pucci dress was hands down my favorite of the night.

Tom Ford - in his design- was my favorite male. But I love him so that's a given.

People really made a fuss about Tina Fey's jumpsuit.
I liked it. It's Yves Saint Laurent.
Jennifer Lopez in Zuhair Murad. This is the only ball gown I'm showing because I personally think, while beautiful, they are boring boring boring. Ball gowns are for the Oscars people; let's try something different. Must we all look like Barbie princesses?

Beautiful dress though.

On to the dresses that made me choke on my soymilk...
Katy Perry in Cute Circuit. Yes, it's a glow in the dark dress.

Rachel Zoe in Marc Jacobs. Yes, it's velvet.

Doutzen Kroes in Zac Posen. Yes, that is a whole lot of... tulle?

Demi Moore in Lanvin. Eh...
January Jones in Yves Saint Laurent. On one hand, she took a chance. On the other hand this is just awful. I don't understand the gloves...
Elizabeth in Gucci. I really don't think I need to explain why I don't like this...

Moving on to dresses I did like!

Zoe Kazan in Peter Som.
Stella McCartney in her own design. It's simple but it flatters her.

Jessica Szhor in Atelier Versace; it's the closest I came to liking a ball gown at the event...

Jessica Biel in Ralph Lauren Collection. Some people were bored with her choice; I was not .
Emma Watson in Burberry; she looked fresh.

As did Donna Karan in her own design.

Diane Kruger in Calvin Klein. How does she always get it right? I want her clothes! And her body. And her boyfriend...
Anna Wintour looked classy in Chanel Haute Couture but I love what her daughter Bee Shaffer wore: Balenciaga.
And Alessandra Ambrosio in Versace.

So the above are the dresses that made me stop and look. If you're into fashion, I encourage you to check out the other outfits people wore.

I actually kind of hate pointing out the dresses and outfits I disliked. I think more than any other event, the Costume Institute Gala is about "real fashion". It's about taking chances and having fun and celebrating fashion as a form of expression.

I also want to stress that just because I didn't care for something, doesn't mean it's ugly. They are often the most detailed, intricate, works of art.

I just happen to really dislike ballgowns unless they're short (I don't even think I would wear one to my own wedding).

But I happen to know that Jennifer Lopez is making a lot of "best dressed" lists.

To each her own.

Enjoy : )

Photos courtesy of People.com, Style.com, YBF.com

Today in Frivolity...

1. Word on the street is Lady Gaga is the cover girl for Vanity Fair’s September issue. Oh, the possibilities...

2. Taylor Swift is the new face of Cover Girl cosmetics. She’ll appear in TV, print and in-store advertising. She joins Rihanna, Drew Barrymore, Ellen Degeneres, Queen Latifah and Dania Ramirez. Smart move on Cover Girl’s part; people will buy anything from this girl. She’s like a Girl Scout.

3. Mandy Moore may be as sweet as pie, but she is not about to rough it. The actress, who is filming in New Orleans with the rest of the “Love, Wedding, Marriage” cast, was moved to the Ritz Carlton after she complained about the hotel they had to stay in. Kellan Lutz, Jessica Szohr, Jane Seymour and James Brolin stayed put though. So now Moore looks a bit like a diva.

4. Diane Kruger who has looked perfect every year she has attended the Costume Institute Gala, will be attending tonight’s event with Calvin Klein’s Francisco Cota. She’s also the face of Calvin Klein’s newest fragrance, Calvin Klein Beauty. Funny, I thought she’d be tapped to do something for Chanel...

5. RIP M2. The nightclub’s was shut down last week for allowing the sale of marijuana and narcotics and now their liquor license has been revoked indefinitely. Clubs here are like Hydras; cut down one, two more come up.

6. When news broke out last week that Gabriel Aubrey broke up with Halle Berry, many people asked, “who breaks up with Halle Berry.” According to People magazine, no one. The new story is Halle Berry “kicked him out months ago because he wasn’t pulling his weight in the relationship and she wanted to move on.” Does it matter?

7. Speaking of the Aubrey/Berry breakup, Page Six is in a tizzy because they weren’t the first people to announce the Halle Berry/Gabriel Aubrey break-up. But they totally would have been winners of the gossip shuffle if the people at 42West weren’t such punks! Calling the publicity agency a “school for liars”, they even brought up that time in 1992 (yep, they went all the way back) when 42West initially denied the whole Woody Allen, Soon-Yi drama. Oh no, the injustice of it all. Let it go Page Six, let it go…

8. It looks like Chelsea Clinton is embracing her inner Bridezilla; she told her dad he had to drop 15 lbs before walking her down the aisle. And President Clinton is already half way towards that goal! The things we do for family.

9. In sad news, Jean-Louis Dumas, CEO at Hermes International from 1938 till his retirement in 2006, passed away Saturday morning at the age of 72. He is survived by his two children.

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