at the met
Chris Benz and Julie Macklowe
Gwyneth Paltrow
The scene at the Met Ball
FaShion Fete The chic and glamorous gathered uptown for the Met’s Costume Institute Ball
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ports fans have the Super Bowl, Hollywood has the Oscars and fashion lovers . . . we have the Met’s Costume Institute Ball. Last month, New York (and Hollywood)’s chicest donned their Monday best for the year’s most glamorous fashion parade. Supermodels, A-List stars and the highest of high society rocked the red carpet to celebrate the launch of this year’s exhibition, “Impossible Conversations,” a celebration and juxtaposition of two of the fashion world’s most treasured designers now . . . and then, Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada. Fashion doyenne Anna Wintour once again put together hony, the world’s most glamorous nt A o el m Car tz and Swizz Beanthony tableau vivant, while reportA La La edly making sure that Kim Kardashian did not attend with date Kanye West. From the red carpet to the ultra-exclusive after-parties, here’s a peek at who went and wore what to the year’s hottest party. ✦
Hamish Bowles and Lena Dunham
Andrés and Lauren Santo Domingo
Selections from Schiaparelli and Prada’s collections
Prabal Gurung and Olivier Rousteing
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Wendi Murdoch
Diane von Furstenberg and Barry Diller