The Met Ball

Another year and another Met Ball. Yes is it all about what everyone is wearing - a chance for the fashion elite to don their ball gowns and tuxes, but let's not forget what happens once they ascend the stairs and disappear into the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Last year was a poignant one, celebrating the tragically short but nevertheless incredibly work of Alexander McQueen. I was lucky enough to see the exhibition when I was in New York last summer, it was pretty great and pretty surreal to be in the presence of not only such beautiful and interesting clothes, but also such renowned talent. 

This year the museum decided to show the work of not one but two designers: Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada. The exhibition, entitled Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations, will run up until August 19th - a mere 7 days before a will be in New York - I'm missing it by a week!! For all the details visit the Met's website, which features the 'conversations' between Schiaparelli and Prada directed by Baz Luhrmann.

But back to the red carpet - there were many feathers, a few capes, and a whole lot of metallic. Diane Kruger always is a vision of perfection, and always a favourite of mine. Not only is she just so damn stunning but she never fails to look elegant and stylish. Last night she wore a Prada gown with an ostrich-feather hem in a vibrant shade of purple. 

Brit Marling, center, in Valentino, with designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli

Camilla Belle in Ralph Lauren.