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Just got back eight hours ago from what some like to call fashion’s Oscar night. It’s the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s annual awards gala in New York. Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren, Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, Mandy Moore, Tina Fey, Diane Von Furstenberg, Harvey Weinstein, Kim Cattrall, Candace Bushnell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, LL Cool J and Sean “P.Diddy” Combs.

No one wanted to leave cocktails and go inside for the awards so the evening ran late. Awards ceremonies are boring really, unless you or your child is getting one. And at this one, people were more interested in having fun outdoors in the balmy weather, star gazing, chatting with colleagues, sipping champagne and catching up with old pals.

At dinner later, Ashley Olsen and Eva Mendes hung out to talk some more and Ashley took a smoke outside.

Eva screamed when she heard Francisco Costa of Calvin Klein had won Women’s Wear Designer of the Year, but I’m with Victoria Beckham. She wasn’t pleased with the outburst or the award and didn’t mind showing it. She looked shell-shocked.
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What started as a New York society and fashion insider event has now become a red carpet spectacle. The Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute gala has some calling it the city’s party of the year.

They’re not far wrong. What with the all that power – fashion, entertainment, sports, money, art, politics and media – in one room.

Perhaps attracted to this year’s “Superheroes” theme, there were more superstars than usual. Eva Longoria, Hilary Duff, Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Eli Manning, Diane Von Furstenberg, Venus Williams, Ashley Olsen, Giorgio Armani. No doubt, Armani, one of the evening’s co-chairs, had something to do with the megawatt turn out (Most of the male stars wore Armani as did Julia Roberts). He set the fashion standard for courting stars, and the result; the most talked-about couples (not counting Bill and Hill) came out to play.

The oddest pairing had to be Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady. I still don’t get it. See his comment to the New York Times at the gala. Maybe it’s because they’re both tall. Anyway, Gisele looked fabulous and super sexy in a champagne Versace with glittery clutch and boyfriend in hand.

Also showing up with her personal “Superhero”; Kimora Lee with actor, Djimon Hounsou.They seem to be working out well. Kimora personified the evening’s crosscurrent of fashion and art in a beautiful hand-painted Kevan Hall strapless dress. On trend.

Music mega couple, Janet Jackson and Jermaine Dupri stayed close. When are they going to get married?!?!…I know its coming soon! Well if there was any foreshadowing of wedding bells, Janet’s white Versace gown did it.

Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez, in a so-so teal-shaded Alberta Ferretti, took a break from the twins. David and Victoria Beckham flew in from L.A. How big was the carbon footprint of this event anyway? Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise flew in too and I’m sure I didn’t see them on the American Airlines red eye.

And just in time for Mother’s Day, there were some sweet mum/daughter couples like Donatella Versace and her daughter Allegra Beck, and Anna Wintour and her daughter Bee Shaffer. If you’re in New York, this year’s exhibit “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy” runs until September 1^st.

Backstage at the Marc Jacobs show, check it out…