Who We Met

LAST night's Met Ball threw up a few sartorial surprises, as well as some more predictable choices - including plenty of guests celebrating one of the night's honourees - Miuccia Prada - by wearing Prada. Anna Wintour, Carey Mulligan, Jessica Biel, Gwyneth Paltrow, Eva Mendes, Diane Kruger, Kate Bosworth, Linda Evangelista, Mia Wasikowska, Grace Coddington, Milla Jovovich, Amber Valletta and Anne V among others chose dazzling dresses by the Italian label. Trend-wise, metallics were one of the night's biggest stories - showcased by stars including Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Alba, Karolina Kurkova and Camilla Belle, as well as some of the Prada lovelies - whilst stars from Rihanna and Gisele to Rosie

Huntington-Whiteley and Mary-Kate Olsen opted for simple, classic black. Voluminous feathered hems were the event's other big trend - with Beyoncé Knowles, Cate Blanchett, Diane Kruger, Florence Welch and Leighton Meester all adopting the mermaid silhouette. Cameron Diaz lent her star power to Livia Firth's Green Carpet Challenge - first launched on VOGUE.COM in 2010 - by wearing a custom-made Stella McCartney gown, made in support of the GCC. Made from organic, certified silk adorned with glass beads and crystal chain, the dress is the latest GCC gown to be worn by a star other than Livia - following Meryl Streep's appearance at the 2012 Oscars in a bespoke Lanvin dress. "Yet again the GCC has been given a window on the supply chain and incredible technical processes involved in producing fashion at this level, and Stella McCartney has allowed us to influence this process," Livia Firth said. "Our next goal is to tackle the sourcing of embellishment materials.

Who knows, this time next year every attendee at the Met Ball might be in a complete GCC gown - that's my dream!" Meanwhile, British designer Christopher Kane spoke this morning about dressing actress Shailene Woodley. "Shailene is such a beautiful and talented actress," Kane told us this morning. "When I first met her, I felt she was right to dress. She has an amazing personality and admires my work. She loved my last autumn/winter show, especially the chainmail pieces so I adapted one of the dresses from the show to be floor-length to suit the occasion. It's a very dramatic and beautiful creation." A ticket to the event costs $25,000 (£15,500) and, if all the famous faces who attended had paid to attend, the Huffington Post reports today, it would have raised over $17.5 million (£10.8 million).










 LAUREN MILLIGAN 08 May 2012
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