Met Ball Fashion 2014

Every year when the Met Ball comes around, I can't help but stalk the fashion. Each year there is a new exhibit that inspires the theme of the event (last year was punk, the year before "models as muses") and this year was Charles James: Beyond Fashion. Charles James was a British born fashion designer who is owed a lot for the look of ball gowns today. He was known as "America's First Couturier" at a time when Paris was dominating the fashion scene. His gowns often showed off a woman's figure in sexy silhouettes. His career took off in the 20's and he continued to work until his death in the late 70's. How stunning and glamorous are the gowns below??

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With all of that in mind, a perfect look for this year's Met Gala would include a big, gorgeous ball gown with a figure hugging silhouette reminiscent of something that could come from the 20's-50's. So that's pretty broad, which is why we had a wide array of dresses and styles. A couple of fashion mavens who were right on theme include Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, Anna Wintour's daughter, Bee Shaffer, model Liu Wen and Sarah Jessica Parker (to name a few). Below are a few of my favorites. 

Stella's Girls - Stella McCartney hit a home run with dresses/outfits for Reese Witherspoon, Rihanna, Kate Bosworth and Cara Delevigne. Although Rihanna and Cara's outfits weren't exactly on theme, they looked gorgeous.

Bee Shaffer - when you're the spawn of Anna Wintour, you're going to look fabulous and get the theme just right. The dress looks like it could have come right out of one of the vintage pictures above.

Ladies in Red

 Allison Williams

Lake Bell

Sarah Silverman

 Topshop Girls (Kendall Jenner, Chanel Iman, Jourdan Dunn and Toni Garn)

Nicole Richie (love her vintage glam and her purple hair)

Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen looked like they could be the models in the first picture with Charles James - loved Ashley's ensemble, didn't love Mary Kate's but I think I liked it more than most people

This dress fit Olivia Munn like a glove and she was one of the few wearing yellow

SJP in Oscar de la Renta was flawless. This dress is SO her

Navy Babes

Marion Cotillard

Dakota Johnson (love the dress, hate the gloves)

Blake Lively looked flawless

Posh and Becks

Liu Wen looked stunning - what a dress by Zac Posen

Who were your favorites??

Metropolitan Museum Gala 2013 Fashion

Last night all of the fashion bigwigs turned up at the Metropolitan Museum's annual gala. 800 of the industry's top dogs rubbed elbows and showed off some of the year's most exciting fashion moments.This year's exhibit was called "Punk: Chaos to Couture" and some stars certainly took that theme to heart including Miley Cyrus, who wore a mesh dress and spiked her short hair, and Anne Hathaway, who dyed her short brown hair platinum blonde for the event. Anna Wintour, editor in chief of Vogue and chairwoman of the event took the theme to new heights by going all out with the decor.

My favorites of the night included Nina Dobrev, Anne Hathaway, Rooney Mara (this theme could not have been more perfect for her) and I actually enjoyed Kim Kardashian's floral ensemble (gasp! yes I'm one of very few who liked KK's outfit). Fashion don'ts from the night came from Gwyneth Paltrow, who was drowning in a horrible pink gown, and Katie Holmes who wore a boring and unflattering white dress.Amber Heard looked stunning in red and the Knowles sisters looked fierce as usual.

Images from Vogue.com and HuffingtonPost.com