The Costume Institute Gala 2009: The Model as Muse

[LUXXX]

So I guess the 80's is fully back? This event feels very Regean-era...like American Psycho. A bit too much...

 

[Marpessa]

Chanel Iman in Zac Posen SS09

getty, style

Anne Hathaway in a modified Marc Jacobs FW09

getty, style

 

[Thanatos]

OMG this is hilarious, I just don't know where to start, forget train wreck, this is a nuclear disaster. I literally screamed when I saw Madonna, but so far no one has left that much of good an impression on me to make them worth mentioning. I say bring on the models, not the ancients, the new ones.

 

[scriptgirl]

Nothing wrong with Prince video hair, LOL!

 

[Valentina1982]

I've always had mixed feelings about Gisele. I feel like she doesn't have the range that other supers have/had. She's very sexy, but she's sexy all the time, even in things that are not supposed to be sexy necessarily.

She looks fabulous here because she's doing her thing--sexy Gisele!

 

[Profashionelle]

i just got caught up. ashley, bos, and stam all look great. anne hathaway would've been gorgeous if she wasn't sporting that Prince video hair, but really, does kate beckinsale ever wear ANYTHING except black? ever? she's so boring.

yes, she's usually wearing a lot of white also. BUT she NEVER moves one tiny step out of her comfort zone.

 

[Thefrenchy]

Is SJP attending? I don't remember...

Btw, WHERE IS LAUREN HUTTON?!

 

[scriptgirl]

Chanel's dress looks better on her than on the model-the opposite is true of Anne Hathaway.

 

[Zann]

just caught up with everything. Alek Wek and Iman = gorgeous

 

[kimair]

anne hathaway looks like joan collins circa 1985...
and agyness...no, just stop...

 

[scriptgirl]

To be fair, Kate B has worn some spectacular frocks.

 

[Valentina1982]

Is Agyness trying to prove that she can do sexy or something? I don't get it..

 

[fudgytaj]

WHERE IS JENNIFER CONNELLY??? she needs to represent!

 

[Voltaire 6]

To me, to be truly honest, i think Agy looks like a t*t.

 

[Party_Vixen]

Karen Elson

 

[Zposen]

Some models did not dissappoint at all: Iman, Gisele, Stam and Chanel

Add Rihanna to list that include ALT, Madonna, Leighton, Tyra... WTF is on top of her head?

 

[eternitygoddess]

Leighton =

Biggest disappointment of the night. Blake Lively looks better than her (hoochie-ness and all), and that's just unforgivable.

I've never seen Ashley Olsen look so pretty.

 

[thehappyhippyyy]

is leighton meester there?!

 

[Party_Vixen]

Paulina Porizkova

 

[Miss Dalloway]

Btw, WHERE IS LAUREN HUTTON?!

She had a surfing accident(smashed knee), and actually was still rumored to attend with Kors, but i guess didnt make it in the end, shame because there was a serious lack of big model names tonight.Wintour cant be happy about that.