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"Nicole Richie wasn&amp;apos;t the only one rocking a bold new hair color at the Costume Institute Gala in New York City May 6. Anne Hathaway, who&amp;apos;s been keeping a low profile since winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in March, made her red carpet return to celebrate the opening of the Punk: Chaos to Couture exhibition.\r\nThe former brunette debuted her newly dyed blonde hair at the star-studded event. &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t know that you could tell it by looking at me, but Debbie Harry was [my inspiration],&amp;quot; Hathaway told Vogue.com. Adam Shulman&amp;apos;s wife wore a vintage Valentino gown from 1992.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I couldn&amp;apos;t believe it when he sent me the picture because he asked me if I wanted to wear archive . . He said, &amp;apos;Well, have you ever done anything punk, darling?&amp;apos;&amp;quot; Hathaway laughed. &amp;quot;Princess, maybe! He sent me this one and I said, &amp;apos;Oh my god, I love it. It&amp;apos;s fabulous! First and only [choice] as soon as I saw it!&amp;quot;\r\nHathaway added, &amp;quot;I took the chaos thing as far as the couture would allow.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIronically, the 30-year-old Les Miserables actress was supposed to wear a custom Valentino look to the Oscars earlier this year, but she swapped it at the last-minute when she learned her costar Amanda Seyfried was planning to wear a similar-looking Alexander McQueen gown. (A source told Us Weekly Hathaway &amp;quot;started throwing a fit&amp;quot; after Seyfried showed her an iPhone snapshot of the dress.)\r\n\r\nHathaway acknowledged the dress drama by releasing a statement via her publicist. &amp;quot;Though I love the dress I did wear, it was a difficult last-minute decision as I had so looked forward to wearing Valentino in honor of the deep and meaningful relationship I have enjoyed with the house and with Valentino himself,&amp;quot; she said of the designer, who created her custom wedding dress in the fall of 2012. &amp;quot;I deeply regret any disappointment caused.&amp;quot;\r\nClick here to view the live stream (+ archived version) of the 2013 Met Gala on Vogue.com."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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