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Anna Wintour Goes Back to Chanel For the 2013 Met Gala

It's like she came home.
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It's like she came home. For Monday night's Met Gala, Anna Wintour returned to the brand she's worn to the Costume Institute's annual party no fewer than six times over the past few years and enlisted Karl Lagerfeld to make a custom floral version of one of the gowns in his Spring 2013 Chanel Couture show. During Vogue.com's live stream of the event's red carpet, Wintour told William Norwich she chose the dress because Andrew Bolton — curator of the exhibit Punk: Chaos to Couture — told her, "Pink is the color of punk."

A look at that dress, plus all the gowns and ensembles she's worn to the Met Gala since she became Vogue's editor in chief in 1988, here in the gallery.

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Liberty Ross Covers The Edit
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Liberty Ross's Edit and Allison Williams's Punk Move

Liberty Ross covers this week's installment of The Edit.
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  • Liberty Ross covers this week's installment of The Edit. [Net-A-Porter]

  • Opening Ceremony has teamed up with upcoming film Spring Breakers on a capsule collection of beach-ready wears, which will hit stores and online on March 22 — the same day the movie opens in theaters. [The Huffington Post]

  • Allison Williams is ready for the Met Ball: "The theme is punk . . . I've been looking through Sex Pistols photography," she said. "I'm really excited to commit to the theme." [T Magazine]

  • Zaha Hadid has been commissioned to redesign Stuart Weitzman's Milan flagship. [Styleite]

  • Anna Wintour was spotted having dinner with Michael Kors at Da Silvano. [Page Six]

  • Marni's new perfume now has its own website. [Marni Fragrance]
Best Fashions From the Met Gala
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See Our Favorite Met Ball Gowns From Galas Past!

The Costume Institute Gala is coming up on May 7, and we can't wait to see what some of our top style setters choose to wear on the red carpet.
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The Costume Institute Gala is coming up on May 7, and we can't wait to see what some of our top style setters choose to wear on the red carpet. To get you excited, we've rounded up our absolute favorite gowns from galas past. From sexy minis to princess-perfect ball gowns, anything goes at the Met Ball. Take a look at our list of standouts, and let us know which outfits you like best! On Allison McNamara: H&M top, Elizabeth Cole necklace, Topshop jacket.

Azealia Banks to Perform at Met Gala 2012
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Azealia Banks to Perform at Met Gala Wearing Custom Alexander Wang

Azealia Banks announced today that she'll be performing at this year's Met Gala on May 7, and she'll walk the ball's red carpet on the arm of Alexander Wang.
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Azealia Banks announced today that she'll be performing at this year's Met Gala on May 7, and she'll walk the ball's red carpet on the arm of Alexander Wang.

Banks made the announcement via Twitter Monday, writing, "I've Been invited to Perform for PRADA next week in NYC! Gonna b so lush !! Let's see what new songs I debut there!#metball2012." Last Friday, Banks tweeted, "I can't wait for the MET ball! I'm going as Alexander Wang's date. He custom made my outfit and shoes ! !!!! It's soooo hot !" Both tweets have since been removed from her Twitter profile.

That Banks was tapped to perform at the gala shouldn't be surprising. Since her self-released music video for her single "212" debuted in September, Banks has performed for Karl Lagerfeld and Nicola Formichetti. She's also appeared in Elle's April 2012 feature on women in music.

Banks joins a short list of high-profile women who will accompany designers to the annual gala, which takes place next Monday. Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler will be taking Australian actress Isabel Lucas, and Joseph Altuzarra will dress singer Lana Del Rey.

This year's Met Gala celebrates the Costume Institute's exhibit Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations. The exhibit opens to the public on May 8.

Photo: Azealia Banks performing at Coachella earlier this month.

Met Gala 2011 Best Dress Trends
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The Top Trends of the Costume Institute Ball

Our best-dressed women of Met's Costume Institute Gala, for the most part, represented the best of the red carpet mini trends: cutouts, thigh-high slits, long trains, and feathers.
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Met Gala 2011 Best Dress Trends

Our best-dressed women of Met's Costume Institute Gala, for the most part, represented the best of the red carpet mini trends: cutouts, thigh-high slits, long trains, and feathers. Here's a look at the mini trends we saw on what is arguably the biggest night in fashion. Click our slideshow to see, and take note for the next time you're looking for a gown.

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Outrageous Fashion at the Met Gala 2011
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Outrageous, Yet Amazing: Looks From the Met Gala 2011

Unlike any other awards night, the Met's Costume Institute Gala is the night where stars and fashion lovers are encouraged to be as bold as possible.
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Outrageous Fashion at the Met Gala 2011

Unlike any other awards night, the Met's Costume Institute Gala is the night where stars and fashion lovers are encouraged to be as bold as possible. Last night, ladies and gents alike gave us plenty to buzz at, and reminded us that fashion should always be good fun. From Vogue editors' bold splashes of color and print to Beyoncé's walking troubles and Karolina's leggings, it was clear that fashion ruled. Click the slideshow to see the most outrageous and amazing looks from the Met Gala 2011.

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Miranda Kerr and Jessica Stam: Ballerina Dresses at the Met Gala 2011-05-03 08:45:34
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Ballerina Supermodels: Who Is Your Favorite?

Miranda Kerr and Jessica Stam channeled a bit of the White Swan aesthetic at last night's Met Gala.
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Miranda Kerr and Jessica Stam channeled a bit of the White Swan aesthetic at last night's Met Gala. Miranda went for frothy white in Marchesa, while Jessica kept it a tad more subtle in a blush-colored Tommy Hilfiger dress. Both look appropriate for a pair of ballet slippers, and both deserve standing ovations, but which ballet-inspired look is your favorite?

The 2011 Costume Institute Gala Is Here
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The 2011 Costume Institute Gala Is Here

>> It's officially Costume Institute Gala time, and this year it's all about Alexander McQueen — which means plenty of McQueen dresses are going to be running around on the likes of Gisele Bundchen, Sarah Jessica Parker, Naomi Campbell, and Daphne Guinness.
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>> It's officially Costume Institute Gala time, and this year it's all about Alexander McQueen — which means plenty of McQueen dresses are going to be running around on the likes of Gisele Bundchen, Sarah Jessica Parker, Naomi Campbell, and Daphne Guinness. Anna Wintour, for her part, chose not to break her Costume Institute Gala Chanel couture streak — now five years running — with a McQueen frock; same goes for daughter Bee Shaffer, who chose Balenciaga instead. Rumor was swirling pre-red carpet arrivals that Wintour had Kate Middleton's McQueen wedding dress flown in for tonight's gala — but we'll have to wait and see: neither Wintour nor Sarah Burton are expected to give red carpet interviews.

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Blake Lively Wearing Chanel to 2011 Costume Institute Gala
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Which Designer Is Dressing Blake Lively For the Costume Institute Gala?

>> Blake Lively had the train torn off of her gown a couple of nights ago at the Time 100 Gala (which she safety pinned back on) — but hopefully she'll have better luck at Monday's Costume Institute Gala.
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>> Blake Lively had the train torn off of her gown a couple of nights ago at the Time 100 Gala (which she safety pinned back on) — but hopefully she'll have better luck at Monday's Costume Institute Gala. Lively, who just debuted a head of red hair, will be dressed by Chanel for the occasion — not a huge surprise given that she's a current face of the brand. As for her date? “Karl Lagerfeld, of course!” she said. [WWD]

Daphne Guinness on Why She's Dressing For the Costume Institute Gala in a Barneys Window
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Daphne Guinness on Why She's Dressing For the Costume Institute Gala in a Barneys Window

>> One of sure to be many fashion figures wearing Alexander McQueen to Monday's Costume Institute Gala?
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>> One of sure to be many fashion figures wearing Alexander McQueen to Monday's Costume Institute Gala? Daphne Guinness, who plans to dress herself for the event — in a feathery McQueen gown — in one of the windows of Barneys' Manhattan flagship, starting at 5 p.m. on May 2. The stunt — which was Guinness's idea — is not in any way a peep show, she says: “I am not doing a burlesque — no way. I’m going to be getting dressed behind something. I’m not Dita Von Teese, nor shall I be.” Instead, she likes the idea because “there’s been this discussion for longer than I’ve been alive that fashion is not art,” Guinness explains. “My feeling is that this is another piece of evidence that, yes, there is a commercial side to fashion that is needed, but there are these crossover moments that do become art. I hope it works, and I don’t faint.” [NY Times]