Forget the Tribeca Film Festival. Last night, Hollywood took over Manhattan as the Met's Costume Institute celebrated fashion with its annual gala. This year's theme was "Model as Muse," and needless to say, the red carpet was a who's who of supermodels and star muses representing their haute couture designer counterparts.
The man, the myth, the legend — and his muse: Marc Jacobs and supermodel Kate Moss arrived arm-in-arm to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala. Obviously, Kate's sexy little silver number was designed by her date, and the jewels were courtesy of some guy named Harry Winston.
Madonna must've loved "Sex and the City: The Movie." Her Louis Vuitton and Anna Hu Haute Hoaillerie ensemble is oddly reminiscent of Carrie's wedding headdress. Or a giant scrunchie.
Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake looked like the king and queen of the Hollywood prom at the Met's Costume Institute Gala. Her ruffled red gown was Atelier Versace , while J.T. sported his own design, William Rast. No word on where he got those smart specs.
Rihanna's tuxedo look may be "androgynous chic," but there was no ambiguity about her performance with Kanye West at the gala last night. Welcome back, RiRi!
Anne Hathaway does her best to be poised on the red carpet in Marc Jacobs, despite her zipper getting stuck.
Pregnant Heidi Klum wears a Gilles Mendel dress made for two. Actually there's enough fabric for about 20 dresses…30 if you're dressing supermodels.
In custom Louis Vuitton and Carolina Herrera, respectively, Kanye West and Amber Rose look sharp (and shockingly tame).
Not one to be out-fierced, Tyra Banks poses on the red carpet in a Badgley Mischka dress and a hairstyle only her mother could love.
Gisele Bundchen, in head-to-toe Versace, came with her new hubby Tom Brady. Here she shoots a little "We come in peace, not packin' heat" signal to the paps.
Victoria Beckham arrives in a Marc Jacobs dress, Chopard jewels, Louis Vuitton shoes, and Lindsay Lohan-brand tanning spray.
Jessica Alba wore a Jason Wu-designed dress. Then her daughter attacked it with a glue stick and a bottle of sequins. She made it work, though.
Katy Perry channels Cleopatra in Tommy Hilfiger.
Proving you can wear white before Memorial Day, Marisa Tomei wears a vintage Adrian gown, a Tod's bag, Van Cleef & Arpels jewels, and Roger Vivier shoes. Essentially the designer equivalent of a "maneater."
Leighton Meester, in Louis Vuitton, wins some points for actually wearing a costume to the Costume Institute Gala. Now what the costume is, we're not sure. Some sort of paisley fairy?
Kate Beckinsale wears a Marchesa gown, which is basically an ice skater's unitard with a bachelor pad shag rug sewn onto it. Don't get us wrong — it's the prettiest unitard-rug-dress we've ever seen!
Blake Lively, in a Versace gown, puts her best leg forward.
Winona Ryder decks herself out in an all-black Marc Jacobs ensemble. Twenty years later, she's still our favorite little goth darling.
Is that yet another one of Matthew McConaughey's "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past"? Nope. It's just Ashley Olsen in a gown by The Row.
Mary-Kate Olsen wears a Christian Lacroix Haute Couture gown, nixing the simple look her sister sported (though we were secretly hoping for matching couture gowns).
Marion Cotillard was as good as nude in a shimmering Christian Dior gown, accompanied by Chopard jewels.
Once again, Hilary Swank proves it was her acting ability, not her fashion sense, that won her those two Academy Awards. (No offense to the Calvin Klein Collection gown and Harry Winston jewels!)
Kate Hudson, who glows in this stellar gold Stella McCartney gown, always looks so freakin' happy. Why even bother making good movies when you can just keep smiling away on the red carpet and still get paid?
Renee Zellweger puts on her sultriest pout while attempting to rock a moss green Carolina Herrera strapless dress.
Rachel Weisz wears a beautiful Vera Wang gown, though we're a little distracted by her Wet N Wild lipstick.
Rosario Dawson looks just peachy in Diane von Furstenberg and H. Stern jewels.
Cindy Crawford in a custom Versace blue metallic dress. Maybe it was custom-made for a stint on "Dancing With the Stars?"
Eva Mendes blows the camera a kiss. Somewhere, dress designer Calvin Klein winks and says, "Right back 'atcha, kid."
Ho-hum. It's just plain ol' Claire Danes in an Armani Prive gown. What else is new?
Kirsten Dunst arrives in a Chanel dress. We always wondered where embroidery went to die.
In custom Burberry Prorsum, Agyness Deyn seems to be getting excited for this week's big movie premiere, wearing Trekkie haute couture.
Kate Bosworth's black Stella McCartney gown with the lace turtleneck manages to be dowdy and sexy at the same time. Amazing!
Emma Roberts wears a darling red Atelier Versace dress, but it might be made out of more plastic than Donatella Versace herself.
Peek-a-boob! Eva Longoria Parker wears Diane von Furstenberg and her favorite handmade necklace (couldn't let such a beautiful old bike chain go to waste).
We love it when the daughter of a rock star and a groupie is the one to bring a little class to a star-studded event. Liv Tyler is simply statuesque in this navy Stella McCartney gown.
Selma Blair wears a very unique Marc Jacobs dress — his personal interpretation of "Starry Night."
Elizabeth Hurley, with her husband Arun Nayar, wears an Elie Saab Couture gown. In case you want to crash the party, next year remember to hide under Hurley's dress.
Bar Refaeli wears Marchesa, or as we like to call it, "that sexy little moon woman dress."
Ivanka Trump wears a Brian Reyes gown and jewelry of her own design. We're glad she's finally found the calling of every billionaire's daughter: jewelry designer. Next up: handbags!
Amber Valletta wears vintage James Galanos — and yellow eye shadow to match! She may be the only woman in the world who can get away with yellow from head-to-toe.
Supermodel (and wife of David Bowie) Iman supports a little local New York designer. You may have heard of her — Donna Karan?
Rachel Bilson wears her favorite Forever 21 dress. Okay maybe it was Bally with Cartier jewels, but come on, Rachel, step it up.
Donatella Versace and Allegra Versace are both wearing — wait for it — Versace!
For the "Model as Muse" Gala, Bradley Cooper, in Dolce & Gabbana, got into the theme by bringing his very own model. That's real commitment, Brad.
Brooke Shields wore a Calvin Klein Collection gown with matching blue nail polish. She must miss watching "The Blue Lagoon" on TBS every other weekend as much as we do.
January Jones shimmers in a gold Michael Kors minidress. We're sure men are going mad for her little number, just mad!
That's model Karen Elson in Chanel and musician Jack White in Edward Scissorhands Collection. (Okay, maybe we made that second one up).
Carla Gugino wears a Kenneth Cole "Watchmen" dress. She likes to watch men watching her in it. Get it? Ba-dum-chhh!
Elizabeth Banks wears a stunning Alberta Ferretti minidress. Had her hairstylist spent as much time on her highlights as Alberta spent on the dress, this might have all come together.
Bruce Willis and his wife, Emma Heming, in Donna Karan, walk the red carpet. Shockingly, Demi, Ashton and the rest of the fam were nowhere to be found. The exes must've pulled straws for this event.
Emmy Rossum wears a backless Carolina Herrera dress. Too bad she's too wholesome for back tats; this could've been an awesome look on Angelina Jolie.
Speaking of tattoos, old-timey supermodel Claudia Schiffer's Atelier Versace gown looks like an elaborate work of tribal body art.
Molly Sims wears a Dolge & Gabbanna outfit. The raw fabric is 100 percent NASA spacesuit.
Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr wears a Jil Sander dress. Her dress was falling apart, but no one seemed to care. Not even her boyfriend, Orlando Bloom. So weird.
Karolina Kurkova wears a Richard Chai dress and a Tom Binns and Loree Rodkin bangle that probably weighs more than she does.
Kerry Washington wears a Louis Vuitton dress, though we think she may have stolen it from Madonna's '80s couture vault.
Bono and his wife, Ali Hewson, were in town, so they figured they'd just swing by the Met. No biggie.
Apparently, Anna Friel was with Kerry Washington when they raided Madonna's old wannabe wardrobe.
Paulina Porizkova wears her favorite orange muumuu. Oh, the outfits supermodels can get away with.
Rose Byrne wore a yellow Marc Jacobs gown and inventively accessorized with an old black telephone cord around her waist.
Ed Westwick wears a Dior Homme suit. That's French for "Dior man." In case you were wondering, Ed Westwick is the man.
Newbie supermodel Jessica Stam wears a Rodarte dress, the ultimate in decoupage couture!