The 2012 Met Gala, i.e. the night of 1000 dresses, takes place later this evening.
This year the work of Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada will be celebrated. So far the only people confirmed to be attending as a guest of Prada are Carey Mulligan and Gwyneth Paltrow.
If her Venice Film Festival Prada gown is anything to go by, we should be in for a treat.
For the first time ever, the Met Museum and Vogue will be hosting a red carpet live from 6:30-8:30 pm (EDT) on Vogue.com, MetMuseum.org, and Amazon.com.
This year I will be guest blogging for Net-A-Porter.com, which is very exciting for me as they have never had a guest blogger take over their Twitter handle.
Here is a list of the already-confirmed designers and their guests.
UPDATE: Carolina Herrera will dress Dianna Agron and Julianne Hough.
Chanel will dress Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Poppy Delevingne, Sigrid Agren and Stella Tennant.
Marc Jacobs is taking Rachel Feinstein, Alexa Chung, Lake Bell and Karen Elson.
Gilles Mendel is taking Claire Danes
Monique Lhuillier is taking Ginnifer Goodwin.
Marchesa is taking Leighton Meester
Dior is taking Jessica Stam
Mary Katrantzou is taking Elizabeth Banks (YESSSS)
Tory Burch is taking Rashida Jones, Brooklyn Decker and Liya Kebede.
Louis Vuitton: to be worn by Dakota Fanning
Giambattista Valli will be taking Amy Adams in a Couture gown
Emilio Pucci: Peter Dundas will be taking Renée Zellweger
Dolce & Gabbana will be taking Scarlett Johansson, Bianca Brandolini D’Adda, Andrea Dellal, Giovanna Battaglia and Marpessa Hennink.
Valentino: Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli will be taking Sarah Jessica Parker, Brit Marling, Lily Collins and Princess Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis.
Balmain: Olivier Rousteing will be taking model Joan Smalls.
Proenza Schouler: Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez will taking Isabel Lucas.
Donna Karan: She has custom-made gowns for Ashley Greene and Nina Dobrev.
Balenciaga: Nicolas Ghesquière will be taking Kristen Stewart.
Anthony Vaccarello: He will be taking model Anja Rubik.
Michael Kors: He will be taking models Kate Upton and Liu Wen and actresses Jessica Alba and Hilary Swank.
Escada: Emma Roberts & Heidi Klum will wear a custom gown.
Thakoon Panichgul: He is taking actress Christina Ricci.
Roland Mouret: He will be taking model Doutzens Kroes.
Rachel Zoe: She will be taking model Karolina Kurkova.
Joseph Altuzarra: He will be taking singer Lana Del Ray.
Alexander Wang: He will be taking rapper Azealia Banks.
Jason Wu: He will be taking model Karlie Kloss.
Erdem Moralioglu: He will be taking model Arizona Muse.
Haider Ackermann: He will be taking model Constance Jablonski.
Coco Rocha has confirmed that she will be wearing vintage Givenchy and not Zac Posen #ShedsTear.
Alexander McQueen: Sarah Burton is in town, but no confirmation yet on who she will be dressing.
More updates as they come in.
Want a trip down memory lane? Take a look back at last years event.
Credit: Getty
OMG, i cant wait!!!
+1 SO excited
I’m very excited about the Met Gala… but where is last year’s best dressed Diane Kruger? Don’t say that she is not attending.
Kristen Stewart will also attend apparently. Guess she’s there with Balenciaga…
how do we follow your blogging??
thank god its live at 8.30 am here in oz not too bad.
going to bed early tonight so i dont miss out!
I will be blogging live here, or you can follow on @netaporter
thanks FC!!!
im so excited!!!
WAH WAH at Coco Rocha not wearing Zac Posen, lol!
I am SO excited for this event!!!!!!!!! Hoping that Taylor Swift shows up because I’m a fan of her and she always ups her game for the gala!
FC, what about Elie Saab?
I don’t believe he has ever attended, but that doesn’t mean he won’t be represented tonight
I hope it will be….thanks
Stella McCartney will sure bring Naomie Watts, Liv Tyler and all her faithful band.
Also Cameron Diaz. Cameron said they got to design a gown and Anna had to approve it.
Ann approves all the gown.
Can’t wait!
I was shocked Lily Collins is going to be Valentino’s designer’s date. I can’t shake the fact that she is Phil Collin’s daughter. I find it annoying the fashion world clings on to rich girls with/without famous family when they haven’t really done anything.
But I am sure she will look amazing.
Rooney Mara should be wearing Givenchy and the Givenchy designer’s date.
Kristen Stewart shouldn’t align herself with Balenciaga. The spirit of Proenza Schouler runs in her veins. Does the Balenciaga/Stewart tie have more to do with her stylist than Kristen?
Because Kristen has looked her best in Proenza Schouler- not Balenciaga, who she has only worn twice.
shes the face of their perfume which should be released soon
FC, congratulations on the Net-a-Porter guest blogging gig. HUGE!!! Now I’m looking forward to tonite’s red carpet even more. And thanks for the Christina Ricci flashback. The tiny dynamo truly worked that dress….
I’m so excited! Can’t wait to see Nina Dobrev, Kristen Stewart and Rachel Zoe!
It’s so amazing that I can watch it live. Last year I looked at every tweet pic but now I can finally watch them myself.
Do anyone know if jlo/beyonce/halle/eva/victoria is attending? thanks
Can’t wait!!!!!!
I’m so excited! I hope I’ll be alive enough to watch the live stream even though I’m in Prague. Can’t wait to see Donna Karan’s Ashley Greene and Nina Dobrev, they have both looked gorgeous in Donna Karan gowns.
My first reaction:
“SOMEONE NEEDS TO WEAR ZAC POSEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
P.S. OMG I’m so excited for you FC..have loads of fun
So excited! Diane Kruger last year gave me my BDOTY 2011… fingers crossed for some astounding looks this year.
Soooo exciting! Huge congrats FC. Can’t wait.
I’m so excited, I can hardly wait. Really :333
Btw, model Anne V said on twitter yesterday that she’s also attending. She didn’t say who she’s gonna wear, although I think it probably is Jean Paul Gaultier.
So excited. Ughhh Dakota
this is really exciting!
I hope Dolce and Gabbana will put Scarlett in a major sexy gown. Please don’t let her pick the outfit herself
There are some of my fave missing here but maybe they will be there (Diane K :she owns the MET gala!)
“I hope Dolce and Gabbana will put Scarlett in a major sexy gown£ – this is also my wish
I’m not really excited about anyone so far except Gwyneth Paltrow and Jessica Chastain. Gisele is also going. And I’m 99% sure Sarah Burton will dress Jessica Chastain.
Apparently Louis Vuitton are dressing Jessica.
Oh no Fishmouth is gonna wear Emilio Pucci
IF only Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara cpuld attend this event
i am shocked that she is gonna wear Pucci she has been strictly Carolina Herrera for years
Honestly, I’m more interested in what the models will be wearing. Most celebs play it way too safe for me.
OMG, everybody on facebook are wondering: where the hell are CAMILLA BELLE? She is always the belle of the ball!! Hopefully she will be atending, in a stunning Zac Posen gown!!!
Wow, it’s all very exciting I can’t wait to see all the gowns in all their glory! I’m beyond excited that Marchesa is taking Leighton Meester!! I wonder who Blake Lively is attending with, fingers crossed its Karl Lagerfeld again! Any news as to who Chanel are dressing?
So Olivier isn’t taking Zoe Saldana
Can’t WAIT!
i dont think i have seen Leighton wear Marchesa..i was thinking she’d be with Vera Wang as she is the face of her perfume..and Renee with Pucci? whatever happened to Carolina Herrera?
Her last appearance was in Marchesa http://www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com/2012/04/30/leighton-meester-in-marchesa-harry-winston-shanghai-salon-opening/
Another reason she should be in Vera or Vuitton
Summer Fashion Month has begun. Starts w/ the Met Gala, then into Resort collections being shown, then Cannes Film Festival. This will be a fashion-packed month.
As for who I am excited about…I can’t wait to see Ashley Greene and Nina Dobrev in their Donna Karan gowns. I loved Ashley in her gown last year and Nina from the Emmy’s will be forever engrained into my memory. I am excited about who will surprise us and show up (Diane Kruger and Zoe Saldana aren’t on this list, so who knows what they might wear if they show up)
FC are you in New York or still in London? Will this be a late night for you or will your adrenaline be pumping from all the fashion?
Thanks for all your coverage and hard work!
London…so it will be a late one…just about to take my second power nap
Renee Zellweger in Pucci? what just happened? I read that and my jaw dropped
Karlie Kloss+Jason Wu= LET ME AT IT.
I may have squealed a little when I saw Elizabeth Banks with Mary Katrantzou haha
I did the same
Just saw Cameron Diaz this morning on Live with Kelly, and she was raving about a 30lbs gown by Stella McCartney that she will be wearing! Can’t wait to see it.
Diane Kruger , Kate bosworth, Anne V, Amber Valetta, Linda Evangelista will wear prada.
Emma Stone will wear Lanvin,
•Olivier Theyskens is taking and dressing Caroline Trentini
Cameron Diaz is wearing stella McCartney
•Hanneli Mustaparta is going for the first time wearing Calvin Klein
•Tom Ford is taking and dressing Chanel Iman
•Haider Ackermann is taking and dressing Constance Jablonski
•Roland Mouret is taking and dressing Doutzen Kroes
No one invited Kate Upton she had to buy a ticket.
I am surprised by some of the choice:
First Renee Zwelleger with Pucci and second Leighton Meester with Marchesa. I am excited about Joan Smalls & Balmain. I hope some designers find people to dress, especially when some of them already got like 4 people