The document summarizes the annual Costume Institute gala held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue and chairwoman of the event, decorated the entrance hall with a large punk-inspired chandelier to match the theme of "Punk: Chaos to Couture." Many attendees embraced the punk theme with colorful hair, ripped clothing, and accessories. However, others wore more traditional high-fashion gowns. The event highlighted both punk-inspired pieces from designers as well as glamorous couture on celebrities in attendance.

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Shortly after 6:30 p.m.
Monday, waiting for the
supermodels to make their
way up the long staircase of
the Metropolitan Museum
of Art for the annual Cos-
tume Institute gala, Anna
Wintour tapped a young
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hawk on the shoulder. He
words “the government is
“You look very handsome
tonight,” Ms. Wintour told
him. “Thank you,” he said, a
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tion called “Punk: Chaos to
Couture” that the scenes at
fashion’s party of the year,
would include some of a
tough-chic nature. But Ms.
Wintour, the editor in chief
of Vogue and a chairwom-
an of the annual event, had
gone over the top, decorat-
ing the museum’s entrance
hall with a 40-foot-tall
chandelier made of thou-
sands of aluminum plates
It was a little scary, and
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ral sequin column dress
from Chanel and carried
a clutch with her initials
in pink sequins, raising a
few protests among the
Many guests who had
spent days festooning
themselves with safety pins,
neon hair dye, spiky shoes
Fargo, the fashion direc-
tor of Bergdorf Goodman,
had wrapped her silver hair
Actually, Ms. Wintour was
well within the theme, too.
Andrew Bolton, the cura-
said, “told me this was the
color of punk.” Ms. Win-
tour added, “It’s pink.”
see punked-out socialites
and models greeting Ms.
Wintour in a receiving line
with the actress Rooney
Mara in sexy white lace,
Moda Operandi in a long
silvery gown and the Given-
chy designer Riccardo Tisci
“That was the longest stair-
case in the world,” said
the British designer Zan-
dra Rhodes, who wore a
with a coral-pink sash,
which matched her hair,
wrapped around her waist.
(Her hair is normally that
color.) The punk atten-
dants cheered when her fel-
low British designer Vivi-
enne Westwood walked in.
waiting for a dinner that
cost $150,000 to $250,000
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stared at the punk clothes on
display and on one another,
and sometimes it was hard
to tell the difference. A lot
of people were just trying to
catch a glimpse of Madon-
na (wearing an outrageous
tartan jacket with spikes
Kim Kar-
dashian,
who arrived
unforgiving-
as-wallpaper
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ral dress and
Kanye West,
the evening’s
entertainment.
The strange
thing, with all
dresses on dis-
play and a re-
creation of the
nasty CBGB
as a “period
room”, was that no one was
time I was there it was al-
It had already
moved down
Heidi Klum
took one look
at the urinals
and said, “You
can still go to
and see this.”
But there is
nowhere else
you could
have seen
G w y n e t h
Paltrow in a
candy-pink
Va l e n t i n o
gown with
chest, Nicole Richie with
her hair dyed a shocking
gray, Anne Hathaway with
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Harry herself, dressed as if
“It’s quite wonderful,” Ms.
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fore her, even though punk,
as it turns out, makes a
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short period, and most of
the clothes, as they were
“This stuff was old when
they put it out,” the writer
walking through the show
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