Kerry Washington in Thakoon for Gap
Yes, Thakoon designed this, but it was for The Gap. It was auctioned for charity, I believe, after this. The Met is never going to seem accessible, so store brands getting involved seems sort of silly to me, but at least it was auctioned for charity afterward. HOWEVER the peek of bustier is not that hot. It looks like she has a St. George's Cross on her boob.
Melissa George
She looks beautiful in this. It's a fabulous color.
Chloe Sevigny in Proenza Schouler
Chloe's black hooves match the peek of bra and basically nothing else. If you think the bra flash is boning things from the front...
... then get a load of this. It TOTALLY ruins the back.
Coco Rocha in Zac Posen
I love Coco, but the part of the dress that's on her body looks like she just washed up from being lost at sea. And the train looks like a Pinocchio nose -- every lie she tells about where she was while she was gone causes it to grow and grow and grow. I think, essentially, this is an early version of dresses that worked much better later.
Duotzen Kroes in Zac Posen
As is this, frankly. There is stuff here that is lovely, but which he did better later.
Christina Hendricks in L'Wren Scott
This should fit her boobs better. And pinning two old toupees to her shoulder is just mean.
Vera Farmiga in Sophie Theallet for Gap
ANOTHER Gap girl. She looks like a very glamorous madam.
Emmy Rossum in Kenneth Cole
This is sort of fun. For a long time I never thought of Emmy as someone with a lot of red-carpet personality, but that necklace says otherwise.
Mariska Hargitay in Vera Wang
This was nice work from Vera. She's had a dodgy design decade since, to say the least.
Blake Lively in Marchesa
This is one of Marchesa's sillier impulses.
Tina Fey in YSL
And THIS is arguably the dumpiest thing Tina Fey has ever worn. The fit is a nightmare, the zipper in the front is an eyesore... it's like she's Violet Beauregard, spending her entire life afraid she will spontaneously inflate again, and dressing to make room.
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Louis Vuitton
ANOTHER Madam outfit. Maybe a lot of people decided they were America's first female small-business owners.
Zoe Saldana in Calvin Klein
This is achingly perfect, and her wrist cuff seals it.
Sienna Miller in Pucci
She got Jude Law during some of his great hair years. This was not her best makeup night.
Oprah in (and with) Oscar de la Renta
Oprah looks stellar in this.
January Jones in YSL
This feels more like the Dangerous Liaisons theme. Well, a cross between that and the '60s.
Rachel Weisz in OdlR
This dress is fine! She looks super in it.
Naomi Watts in Stella McCartney
I admit, I am fixating a bit more on what I can see of her shoes.
Karlie Kloss in Donna Karan
This is not the best of Karlie. The color is super, but... maybe it's the eye makeup.
Thandie Newton in Vivienne Westwood
This is all sort of a hodge podge but she's Thandie Newton, so it works
Viola Davis in Vera Wang
This is a total scrolldown -- like three bridal ideas got mashed together.
Carey Mulligan in Miu Miu
Look! Matching oven mitts!
Rosario Dawson in Giambattista Valli
This poofy skirt either needed to be at her waist, or MORE dropped, right?
Katy Perry in Cute Circuit
We just revisited this in her Fugtrospective. It was the first light-up dress, years before Manus x Machina.
Mary J. Blige in J. Mendel
They should just go for a bridal theme one year. Boring but pretty much what people aim for anyway.
Kate Bosworth in Valentino
She looks good in this homage to the circulatory system.
Jessica Alba in Sophie Theallet for Gap
Very Old Hollywood. (And good PR for The Gap.)
Biel (in Ralph Lauren) and Timberlake
This looks like Kate Hudson's How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days dress got melted in the microwave.
Sarah Jessica Parker in Halston Heritage
SJP was hired earlier in 2010 to be the president and Chief Creative Officer of Halston Heritage. She quietly ended the association not long after, no announcement was made formally until Vogue broke it via a cover story in mid-2011, and it's been scrubbed from her Wikipedia page. Intrigue! It sounds like it was a bad relationship, but she can at least rest assured that it looked good on her here.
Rosie Huntington Whiteley in Burberry
Is a belt REALLY just a waist-bracelet?
Anne Hathaway in Valentino
This was gorgeous. I think Fug Nation voted her best-dressed this year.
Joy Bryant in Marchesa
Marchesa, much like me at times, REALLY needed an editor.
Eva Longoria in Marchesa
But THIS is a good one. From this angle the train looks a bit like it's just plonked there...
... but as she went up the stairs, it gave her the photo she likely wanted.
Marion Cotillard in Dior
This is lovely, don't get me wrong, but also slightly dowdy for Marion.
Jennifer Lopez in Zuhair Murad
Hard to be mad at this. She MIGHT want for jewels?
Gwen Stefani in LAMB
It is not a surprise to me that LAMB no longer exists.
Stella, Liv Tyler, Kate Hudson
Kate looks nice. All three of them have ridiculously good legs. And Liv's dress has a sheer backing that goes all the way down to her feet, like a sanitary liner.
Mila Kunis in Vera Wang
This dress says, "I hate designing for the Met Gala and I am OUT OF IDEAS ugh I'm so CRABBY."
Kristen Stewart in Chanel
Karl, Karl, Karl. Did your lunch sit poorly on this day?
Gisele Bundchen
Gisele is wearing a custom Alexander Wang gym mat that he decided not to finish weaving.
Elizabeth Banks in Gucci
"You should have seen it BEFORE the Rogaine."
Janet Jackson in Lanvin
Justin's response to the whole wardrobe malfunction was so underwhelming and ME ME ME -- he also seemed so willing to let her pay the piper alone for as long as possible -- that I hope Janet spent all night tearing up his heart with her eyes.
Kristin Davis
This is so heavy, and exhausting-looking.
Zoe Kravitz in Alexander Wang
Well, I don't think Lenny was there, but Zoe was. This is pretty underwhelming, but the confidence of a white cotton tank top with tuxedo pants does feel like it has its place on this night.
Alexa Chung in Phillip Lim
To me this outfit is objectively bad, but she looks great in it.
Angela Lindvall
"Leave me. I'm hatching."
Malin Akerman in Temperley London
I'm into the art-deco aspects of this. Is that black string holding the top together, or... because it's not a choker.
Karolina Kurkova
Little Wicker Chair on the Prairie.
Taylor Swift in Ralph Lauren
Pretty, snoozy. Pretty snoozy. (At a premiere, sure. I do also have to remind myself she was much younger then.)
Diane Kruger and Pacey
Diane is in Calvin Klein, and it's tremendous on her.
Kirsten Dunst in Rodarte for Gap
Rodarte REALLY toned itself down here for its Gap outfit -- I assume ALL of these were auctioned? -- but it does also feel like she's on her way to two-step at her own wedding.
Emma Watson in Burberry
Too much slit, too much STUFF.
Riley Keough in Thakoon
I cannot get past her crispy-fried convertible hair.
Kristen Bell in DVF
Kristen is wearing backsplash from the Home Depot collection.
Rachel Bilson in Louis Vuitton
This is so cute. How far LV fell.
Eva Mendes in D&G
I guess the extra volume is in case her knees swell up?
Jessica Szohr in Versace
This is a festival of yeesh.
Renee Zellweger in Carolina Herrera
I love this. She's like the most gorgeous box of chocolates.
M.I.A.
"Crocheting is easy. You don't even have to finish!"
Leighton Meester
Leighton ran late this year, because I guess she was on a movie set. Country Strong came out in January 2011. WHAT IF SHE WAS LATE BECAUSE OF BULL TRUE.
Chanel Iman
She clearly went for a Studio 54 vibe.
Greta Gerwig
This has a Discount Costuming air to it. The beige gloves with it make no sense.
Zoe Kazan in Peter Som
I hope she took that back home, cut off the top, and kept the skirt for all time.
Claire Danes in Burberry
This is custom, and it's better than what Burberry gave to its young face Emma Watson.
Nicole RIchie in Marc Jacobs
Great gown, but she looks like she's in witness protection.
Brooke Shields
The BRACELETS with this. Thank you, Brooke, for giving us this ending.