The Costume Institute Gala Benefit to celebrate the opening of the ‘American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity‘ exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York was held last night and it’s probably easier to ask who wasn’t there.

I must be really ill-equipped to understand fashion because I don’t like a majority of the dresses.  Vera Farmiga looks like Bo Peep looking for her Sheep.  But I guess that’s what fashion is all about right?  Individuality.  It’s like beauty, it’s all in the eye of the beholder.

My favourite ladies? Mila Kunis, Mariska Hargitay, Rachel Weisz, Renee Zellweger (although I’m not sure how she can walk in that dress) and of course Jennifer Lopez (if you look over JLo’s right shoulder I’m pretty sure that’s Christie Brinkley and her new face).  JLo looks like she should be on top of a wedding cake.

Whose outfit do you like most? Least?

Tons of pictures after the break

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Photos:  Andres Otero/WENN