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RSVIP: Fashion Sings at Yves Saint Laurent-Sponsored Met Opera Gala

Emmy Rossum Yves Saint Laurent Met Opera

Rossini never wrote love music more lovely than the score of "Le Comte Ory" (1828), a comic opera which debuted at The Metropolitan Opera in New York on Thursday. But Yves Saint Laurent creative director Stefano Pilati was responsible for the cavalcade of fashion on the gala's jet-black arrivals carpet.

The set: the icy chill of a tented quarter-mile hallway leading to the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center on March 24.

The story onstage at the Met: love, identity confusion, and some cross-dressing in the 19th century. Met director Bartlett Sher has described "Le Comte Ory" as "a place where love is dangerous. People get hurt."

"That can be very funny and very painful," quips Sher.

Let the media coverage begin!

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Red Carpet Preview: The Beautiful Jewels of Gilan

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Everything we are hearing about the Oscars this season is that this could be the most exuberant Oscars in years. Bold colors, dramatic gowns and the return of dramatic jewelry. We've seen it already at other awards shows, stars wearing hundreds of thousands or even million-dollar gems. But more than just big pieces, we're seeing intriguing jewels, bright colors and unusual settings.

Luxist popped into the Gilan suite at the Four Seasons Beverly Hills to see some red-carpet worthy stunners. With the Academy Awards just a few days away many pieces were out being evaluated to see if they would work with the celebrity gowns but we got to see a few of these intriguing pieces.

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Golden Globe Red Carpet Beauties

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The rain started to fall but the stars came out for the Golden Globes tonight in Los Angeles. The occasion was marked by some beautiful gowns. Check out some of our favorites in the gallery below. Above, Kate Hudson charms the crowd in a white Marchesa bustier top with a long white skirt, white platform pumps and tassel pearl earrings. Hudson was a rarity in white, many stars wore gowns in peach, pink and purple tones and a few went with basic black. Let us know your favorites in the comments.

Gallery: Golden Globes Stunners

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Best-Dressed Man at the Oscars: Daniel Craig

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As a supplement to my colleague Deidre Woollard's rundown on red carpet fashions at the Oscars, I offer my own pick for the Oscars best dressed man: nouveau James Bond Daniel Craig. Craig, above with girlfriend Satsuki Mitchell, who was a presenter at the ceremony, wore a midnight blue shawl collar tuxedo with satin facing on the lapels and turned-back cuffs and an elegant trim black satin diamond point bow tie and white silk pocket square, all by his favorite designer Tom Ford.

The smaller bow tie in an unusual shape was a welcome change from the alarming trend toward oversized, clownish bows, while the vintage-inspired look of the dark blue shawl managed to be distinctive, classic and extremely elegant, a bit of a departure from the usual without going too far. Ford, who provided suits for Craig to wear in Quantum of Solace, also made Brad Pitt's tuxedo for the Oscars, though Craig looked the best.

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Safety Pin Dress Chosen Best Red Carpet Gown Ever

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The black Versace safety pin dress worn by Elizabeth Hurley at the 1994 premiere of the film Four Weddings and a Funeral has been deemed the best red carpet gown of all time. The Telegraph reports that the a poll of 3,000 women by the Debenhams department store determined that the black dress with gold safety pins that exposed much of Elizabeth Hurley's admirable figure was the most iconic frock. The dress went on sale last year at Harrods as part of their "Timeless Luxury" promotion for £10,690.

Second place went to Audrey Hepburn's white flower patterned Givenchy dress, followed by Julia Roberts in black-and-white vintage Valentino at the 2001 Oscars. Others in the top ten included Jennifer Lopez's plunge-to-the-navel Versace at the 2000 Grammy Awards and Bjork's infamous swan dress at the 2001 Oscars.

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The Most Stylish Moments in the History of Cannes

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The Cannes Film Festival, which began today in the South of France, has always been more focused on artistic merit than the blockbusters of the Academy Awards; that makes for a much more interesting mise-en-scène in our view. The cool crowd has always gravitated to the Riviera for this annual cinematic happening, not to mention the chance to compete for those little gold palm fronds. Along with the Met Costume Institute Gala it's easily one of the year's most stylish events.

As Cannes enters its seventh decade, this seems like the perfect time for a slideshow of some of the most classic style moments in its vivid history, including this rouge carpet scene from 1998. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was nominated for a Palme d'Or that year and its star Johnny Depp sported a midnight blue shawl-collared dinner jacket at the premiere. Meanwhile his co-star Benicio Del Toro (right) stuck to a classic tux, while Depp's date Kate Moss looked kind of like she'd been attacked by an angry emu -- but in a hot way. Click below for the full parade of stylish stars.

Official Selections [Men.Style]

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New House of Taylor Jewels

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The latest designs from House of Taylor Jewelry, the company that features the designs of Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Kathy Ireland has displayed some new designs in advance of the Academy Awards. The Elizabeth Red Carpet Collection is composed of seven distinct jewelry suites including Masquerade, a diamond, ruby and blue sapphire necklace with matching chandelier earrings; the Moon and Stars Suite, a necklace with matching bracelet in diamonds and pearls and the piece shown here Daisy, a necklace set with yellow sapphires, emeralds and diamonds. We'll be looking to see if any Elizabeth jewels end up on the red carpet on Sunday.

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Hollywood Fantasy Experience

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The Hollywood Fantasy Experience allows you to live and feel like a celebrity for a few days, without actually having to work to get there. While you ponder how much some "celebrities" actually "work," let's take a look at what is offered in the package. The experience takes place over one long weekend in mid-October. You will be picked up and chauffeured in a fully-stocked limousine and stay in a superior room at the Beverly Hills Hotel, rooms which normally start at $410 per night. After a cocktail party and an exclusive dinner at a Hollywood mansion, there will be a special, private screening of a movie. And that's only the first night!

The second day, Friday, will provide a Rodeo Drive shopping spree, meetings with star stylists/trainers/aestheticians and a Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament. If you're not too tired out from living it up, Saturday morning gives you a chance to work by taking a screen test at Paramount Studios, where you'll get a DVD of your performance. At night, you'll not only walk the red carpet to the Lili Claire Foundation Charity Gala, hosted by Matthew Perry, but you will be seated at a table with real celebrities. Sunday morning will bring brunch and a chauffeured departure.

The cost? $20,000. The memories? Priceless.

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Fashionblogging: Attending the Elsie Katz Couture Show

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I'd always wanted to attend a fashion show, just once. Consider it research in a fabulousness I will never attain. Yesterday afternoon, I attended the Elsie Katz Couture show as part of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Donna Baxter, the designer, is famed for gowns with a vintage feel.

If you are part of the ordinary people, at a show you sign in, get your seat assignment on a little card and then cue up until they let you in to the show area. There were plenty of famous people there even though this show, Elsie Katz Couture was one of the afternoon shows. I didn't recognize that many by name but I did see Jane Seymour who is taller than you would think and just gorgeous. Janice Dickinson teetered by on high heels. Looks exactly like she does on TV except louder, so much louder.

You sit, you hold your program, the lights go down, the music swells and the magic begins. The models are as thin as you would imagine and gawky, unwieldy in their flawlessness. This show, Elsie Katz Couture, was all about vintage glamor. Satin gowns hanging off languorous limbs. The looks varied between 20s flapper chic and fur looks that made the models look like tiny Russian dolls. Smoky eye makeup, a cascade of ringleted hair, dark matte lips and even beauty marks completed the look of decadent luxury. All that was missing were cigarette holders and Brylcreemed men in tuxedos dancing attendance. One thing I didn't know about fashion shows was that people often applaud the looks they like. Particularly gorgeous flowing gowns in gold and jewel tones received warm smiles, a couple of looks that seemed sort of woolen and bulky were met with a silence. No fashion show would be complete without a little nip slip, and yes we got one here too (you can see it in the Getty images of the show). Many of the dresses seem red-carpet ready and I am sure we will be seeing some of them at awards shows in the future. Check out the pictures of the show at Getty Images or watch video clips of this and other shows at the IMG Fashion World website.

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