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"Fashion Week may bring big names as designers debut their latest collections for spring and fall, but it hardly compares to the annual A-list Met Gala event, held last night in New York City. The red carpet event, which formally launches (and funds) Manhattan&amp;#039;s Metropolitan Museum of Art&amp;#039;s yearly Costume Institute exhibit, drew in celebrities from music, movies and more. Beyonc\u00E9 was elegantly dressed in Givenchy, Sarah Jessica Parker donned a thick Oscar de la Renta skirt while Reese Witherspoon looked stellar in a hot pink Stella McCartney mermaid dress. This year, the Met Gala theme honored Charles James, who is often considered America&amp;#039;s first couturier. Curator Harold Koda told Women&amp;#039;s Wear Daily last September when James was chosen that, &amp;quot;Part of the reason we&amp;#039;re doing James is because, to the fashion specialist, everyone knows James, but to the audience at large, he is one of those names that, because he doesn&amp;#039;t have a surviving label or brand, is forgotten.&amp;quot; Turns out, he was a hit! Check out how celebrities dressed to impress in the pictures below: Photos by Getty Images; originally appeared on Elle.com.  Rachel McAdams in Ralph Lauren  Cara Delevingne, Stella McCartney, Kate Bosworth and Reese Witherspoon all in Stella McCartney  Beyonc\u00E9 and Jay Z in Givenchy  Lena Dunham in Giambattista Valli Couture  Rihanna in Stella McCartney  Maggie Gyllenhaal in Valentino  Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in Giambattista Valli  Sarah Jessica Parker in Oscar de la Renta Pictures courtesy of Elle.com "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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