2010 Met Gala Coverage

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Last night I was at an Astros game, but celebrities, models, designers and other fashion-minded executives  attended a much fancier affair at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute gala. This year’s event was co-sponsored by Gap and was called “American Women,” featuring an exhibit celebrating the evolving style of, duh, American women. But no one seems to care about the behind-the-scenes; instead, it’s all about the red carpet and after party shots. Here’s some of the best web coverage and my best-dressed favorites.

• WWD slideshow of the after party
• Popsugar archive of coverage from this year’s event
• Fashionista’s red carpet review
• Style.com pictures and recap
  

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My favorite looks included Gwen Stefani, Kirsten Dunst, Chloe Sevigny, Zoe Kazan, Sienna Miller and Vera Wang, mostly because each woman picked a look that stood out but didn’t stray too much from their personal style. In other words, they looked fabulous without trying too hard, and major points go to their stylists and designers-as-dates for this, too. Honorable mention to Emma Watson.

Top 5 celebrity posture sins

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The following list of women are beautiful, fashionable and get to prance down the red carpet wearing the best that designers have to offer. But no matter how much you’d like to copy their style, they’re also guilty of some of the worst posture sins.

1. Kate Moss: pigeon-toed. When Kate Moss is running from the paparazzi, she’s got her head cocked to one side and her legs all tangled up in some soft of pigeon-toed disaster. Even though she’s a supermodel, she often totters around with her stilettos pointed in.

2. Kirsten Dunst: hunched shoulders. Blame it on the child-star insecurities of growing up in the limelight or the silly belief that grungy posture makes you look skinnier (see MK Olsen), but Kirsten Dunst never seems to stand up straight. She always seems to be tilted forwards, whether she’s on the red carpet or slouching around New York City.

3. Lindsay Lohan: splay footed. Lindsay Lohan, please keep your legs together. Lindsay has a terrible habit of posing with her feet spread apart in an unattractive, unflattering and indecent manner that looks ugliest when she wears pointy-toed stilettos and minidresses.

4. Michelle Williams: slumped on the red carpet. This indie movie princess has one of the best real-person wardrobes and archive of red carpet looks that I’ve ever seen. But no amount of Vera Wang or Chanel Haute Couture can make her push her shoulders back.

5. Kristen Stewart: weird poses. The Twilight star has taken an unfortunate cue from all the other ladies on this list and often strikes dramatic and sexed up poses on the red carpet that feature any combination of the following: crossed arms, slumped shoulders, and spread legs. She’s a pretty girl but needs to practice in front of the mirror before the sequel comes out.