metropolitan costume gala - 2012 - the fashion crowd!

carine roitfeld in givenchy haute couture.

giovanna battaglia in dolce & gabbana with vladimir restoin-roitfeld.

franca sozzani & adrien brody.

grace coddington

stefano tonchi & anh duong.

andrea dellal in dolce & gabbana.

amanda brooks

karlie kloss in jason wu with jason wu.

jourdan dunn & cara delevingne in burberry.

sarah brown

marpessa hennink in dolce & gabbana.

haider ackermann with constance jablonski in haider ackermann.

prisca courtin-clarins, jenna courtin-clarins & claire courtin-clarins, all in mugler.

amy fine collins

dree hemingway in topshop.

china chow in john paul gaultier.

lauren santo domingo in oscar de la renta.

(okay she looks a little cukoo pants but....i'd rather see 100 of these than 100 badly dressed starlets!)

here is proof that there should be a limit on the starlets allowed at the gala. aren't these people infinitely more interesting??  i'd rather see a bunch of crazies dressed insanely (and chic) than badly styled starlets wearing things that not only look awful on them but say absolutely nothing about them. stop the madness.

industrie

franca sozzani photographed by terry richardson & styled by katie grand for industrie #4.

white fairy tale love ball

natalia vodianova in custom valentino with valentino garavani

carine roitfeld in givenchy couture

olivier zahn & carine roitfeld

stella tennant in chanel haute couture

daphne guinness in alexander mcqueen

gregorio marsiaj & eva herzigova

margherita missoni, tatiana santo domingo in valentino couture & eugenie niarchos in valentino couture

riccardo tisci & mariacarla boscono in givenchy couture

derek blasberg & vanessa traina

suzy menkes & grace coddington

elena perminova

tatiana santo domingo in valentino couture

julia restoin-roitfeld

valentino garavani & anne hathaway in valentino couture

franca sozzani

anna della russo in roberto cavalli

giovanna battaglia

natalia vvodianova in valentino with son lucas portman

natalia vodianova in valentino

natalia vodianova hosted the white fairy tale love ball last night at valentino garavani's chateau de wideville estate on the outskirts of paris. the ball closed out the fall 2011 couture season & raised money for her naked heart foundation which builds playgrounds in russia. she managed to raise $3.3 million from the night which included a fashion show featuring 45 custom dresses created by designers that included olivier theyskens, alexander wang & stella mccartney, among others. the dress code for the night called for white or silver but vodianova wore a scarlet red valentino dress inspired by little red riding hood created for her by valentino himself - the first dress he has made since retiring in 2008. "i always wear red to my events," said vodianova to explain her choice.

cannes amfAR gala

vladimir roitfeld & giovanna battaglia 

could they be any more fabulous?

anja rubik

kanye west & carine roitfeld

naomi campbell

franca sozzani & peter dundas

robert konjic & julia restoin-roitfeld

eva herzigova

richard perry & jane fonda

mama is working cannes this year!

karl lagerfeld

sunnery james & doutzen kroes

charlotte casiraghi

zhang ziyi

courtney love

gaia repossi

hate the shoes with this but love the rest!

janet jackson

more than award shows and other parties throughout the year i am most envious of being at cannes. oh la la!