Coco Rocha

The pink top was apparently part of the outfit, which is fitting because it was also one of Elsa Shiapiarelli's signature colors (she and Miuccia Prada are the subject of this year's exhibit), which also explains the decision to match her hair. The top itself is lovely, and you have to admit, she was the first out on the carpet and still one of the most memorably be the time the whole thing ended two hours later. That's saying something.

Coco Rocha

And this outfit works because of its context. On its own, without the backstory, yeah, it could seem nutso. But it fits with the theme, it works for an event that's basically about the history of fashion, and it was ELIZABETH f'ing TAYLOR's. You can't divorce it from that fact. It's just a cool (and savvy) idea. So yeah, the hem of the pants isn't quite right -- but it's not like she's going to let anyone monkey with Elizabeth F'ing Taylor's outfit. It even has a vintage wine stain on it, which Coco left, which I think is the absolute right decision -- because again, you don't take Elizabeth F'ing Taylor's pantsuit to the dry cleaner if you can avoid it. I mean, if Jon Hamm tripped and fell into your sleeve one night, would you clean that thing again? No.

Coco Rocha

If she wants to drop off that ring with me, though, I'd be happy to clean it. And return it. Eventually. Also, that pattern is so tastily retro. Like little single-celled organisms of glam.

Coco Rocka

My only beef is the shoes. I'm not entirely sure WHAT shoes you wear with this, and I like that she tried to tie them in with the other pink accents, but in photos the hues didn't seem to play off each other as well as I'd like. But again... I don't have any better suggestions. All I know is, I'd rather see something creatively vintage like this than YET ANOTHER "It's short! But it's long!" gown in which Heidi Klum strives to reminds us she has legs, as if it had slipped our minds.

Met Ball Met-Ballsily Played: Coco Rocha

Coco Rocha had told us that she'd be wearing something to the Met Ball that she'd bought at the auction of Elizabeth Taylor's old wardrobe, and we sort of hoped it would be a giant hooded cape, or a wig, or maybe a bejeweled turban with Richard Burton's face on it. However, this ended up being just as dramatic, and maybe better. To put it bluntly: It takes real stones to wear any outfit that used to belong to Elizabeth Taylor, particularly a mustard pantsuit. But it's that very fact that makes this awesome, because Coco Rocha has those stones. Coco Rocha is a Met Baller. She makes it seem springy and logical and fun, as opposed to bonkers. The theme of the gala was "Impossible Conversations," and this is a perfect embodiment of that -- a sartorial dialogue between a screen legend and today's very tip-toppiest model that, on any other plane, isn't possible. Well, except the one on which Christian Dior does fashion shows with Grace Kelly and Charlize Theron, but whatever. Elizabeth Taylor wouldn't hang out there; hers would have way better music. And probably a dry-ice machine and some shady men playing poker with her jewels. [Photos: Getty]