Last night The Metropolitan Museum Costume  Institute held a gala was to celebrate the opening of the new exhibit American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity.  The exhibit runs through August 15 and will explore “developing perceptions of the modern American woman from 1890 to 1940 and how they have affected the way American women are seen today.”  The study will focus on American femininity as expressed through clothing and how changes in style have affected women’s liberation and progress in society and politics.  

Naturally, the event drew a slew of fashionable women.  A few of our favorites:

Anne Hathaway in Casadei

Camilla Bell in Jason Wu

Gwen Stefani in LAMB with Gavin Rossdale

Kerry Washington in Thakoon for Gap

Kate Hudson in Casadei