All Hail McQueen

Tory Burch in her own custom design
Taylor Swift left the sequins at home in J.Mendel

SJP honoring McQueen

The new household name, Sarah Burton, in a McQueen design

Salma in a nude McQueen gown

Rihanna rocking a lace Stella McCartney gown, a very prominent designer on last night's red carpet

Supermodel, Natalia, looking gorgeous in Valentino

Naomi Watts sparkles in Stella

Naomi Campbell in an avant-garde McQueen design

Michelle Williams always boho-chic, in MiuMiu

Leighton Meester donning Louis Vuitton

Kristen Bell glowing in Tory Burch

Karen Elson representing McQueen

Isla Fischer beautiful in blue Tory Burch

Gwyneth glistening in a design by best friend, Stella McCartney

Giselle looking regal in McQueen

Marchesa designers all wearing Marchesa with Fergie

Eva Mendes, personifying that sometimes less is more, in Stella McCartney

Diane Krueger in Jason Wu

Daphne Guinness doing McQueen as Alexander would

Claire Danes in Calvin Klein-- clean, sleek & simple

Brooklyn Decker in Michael Kors-- hot in pink

Blake Lively ethereal in Chanel

Beyonce in Emilio Pucci

Ashley Greene sparkly Donna Karan

A red carpet event that its main objective is to bring you the most fashion-forwarded, star-filled, fashion-designing crowd? Yes, please! And, where can I get my ticket??

Last night's MET Gala soirée in honor of the late great Alexander McQueen was everything it should be: sparkle, shine, tulle, taffeta-- too much-- so much, that only an event in his honor would be appropriate for such extravagance & fluff. The fashion world looks forward to this annual night where fantasy takes precendence over conformity.

Pictures speak a thousand words, so rather than analyzing a red carpet where the only rule is to outdo the 'competition', I'm going to let the photos do the talking.