Best Dressed - Met Ball 2013

Well, last night was the "Oscars" of fashion, the annual Met Ball gala for the Costume Institute.  This year's exhibition is "PUNK: Chaos to Couture".  From the pictures I've seen of the exhibit, it looks pretty weak, I feel like we've seen this before with the McQueen and the Anglophile shows of years past.  Time to do something completely different next year, please.  The red carpet looks were pretty weak too, not many brought the punk and those who did seemed a bit forced and random.  Anyway, here are the looks I liked (punk or not punk):

Naomie Harris in Donna Karan Atelier with an Edie Parker clutch (obsessed with these clutches) - hands down my favorite look of the night.

Jessica Pare in Jason Wu (with Jason Wu)

Blake Lively in Gucci Premiere

Honorable mention for actually bringing a punk vibe (in a high fashion way) - Sarah Jessica Parker in custom Giles, Philip Treacy headpiece and custom Louboutin shoes

What do you think?  Did you have any favorites?

Images via Style.com

Met Gala Best Dressed

I know you've probably seen these a few times already in the ol' blogosphere, but here are the looks I loved from the Met Costume Institute Gala last night. (pssst - a little secret, I'm trying to figure out how to plan a trip up to NYC to see this exhibit before it closes in July.  I mean I'm such a McQueen fan, I don't know how I could not see it.  The only issue is that next few months are jam packed, so it's not looking good.  But I'm gonna try, try, try.)

Gisele in Alexander McQueen

Amanda Brooks in Giambattista Valli

Taylor Swift in J. Mendel

SJP in Alexander McQueen (I see you Andy Cohen!)

And this lady, is having one heck of a year so far!  (As Andy would say, "Mazel!" - don't act like you don't watch Bravo.)

Sarah Burton in Alexander McQueen

On a personal note, the blog will still be limping along through this month.  I've got oodles going on behind the scenes and I'll spill all the details when I can.  Meanwhile, I'm still here but the posts will be not as frequent until things settle down a bit.

Images via Vogue.com

Met Gala 2010 - my picks for best dressed

Yeah, so I'm late to the party (I mean, gala), it's not the first time.  I'm sure you've seen these images thousands of times already, but here are my likes:

Amber Valetta in Roland Mouret

Brooke Shields in Michael Kors (with Michael Kors)

Camila Belle in Jason Wu (with Jason Wu)

Julianna Margulies in Narcisco Rodriguez (with Narcisco Rodriguez)

Oprah in Oscar de la Renta (with Oscar de la Renta)

Tory Burch

Vera Wang (does this woman ever age?)

Zoe Saldana in Calvin Klein

There you go, my two cents.  I'm having a blah week, can you tell?  LOL!

Images via WWD

Happy Weekend (with Costume Institute preview)!

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!  WWD has a small preview of the Costume Institute's "American Woman" exhibition.  Go here for a slideshow.  See you next week!

Image via WWD photo by Kyle Ericksen