Met Gala 2009: Shoes on the Red Carpet
posted by: jitterbugbaby in Celebrity Shoe Style, Christian Louboutin Shoes, Louis Vuitton Shoes, Nicholas Kirkwood Shoes, Roger Vivier Shoes, Victoria Beckham Shoes, Walking Disasters on May 5th, 2009
Last night in New York was that always-delightful high point of every fashionista’s calendar o’ chic: the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala. This year’s theme (in conjunction with the Costume Institute’s major annual exhibition of the same title)? The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion.
While last year’s Superhero show only produced a few interesting footwear choices, this year, there were beautiful shoes galore!
This may well be the year of Nicholas Kirkwood. It certainly was on the carpet last night. In my opinion, the most interesting designs were his, and they were on the feet of some of the top models in the industry.
Here’s Jessica Stam in the S9051B.
And here’s Karolina Kurkova so considerately displaying the S9049A for us.
Check out the official site for stockists near you and a peek at the GORGEOUS, uber-glam styles for the spring/summer 09 line.
While Kirkwood was my favorite on the carpet, there were plenty more style statements made through shoes.
Louboutins were everywhere… of course!
I’m not sure I’m feeling the giant bow look (seen here on Ivanka Trump with her Bow T pumps, which you can find at Joseph here), but I’ll tell you I do love her dress.
The so-called hourglass heels from Louis Vuitton that Twinkletoes wrote about so amusingly during Paris Fashion Week earlier this year were EVERYWHERE last night! And I do mean everywhere.
Madonna wore a crazed thigh-high boot version.
Posh went with the ankle straps.
And Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester took the cake for Walking Disaster in the covered ankle bow-tie version. I hasten to add that the shoes are BY FAR the best part of this outfit, and that Walking Disaster status is earned by that horrible piece of—I hate to even call it fashion—fabric she has covered herself in that is an awful combination of rejected upholstery, spangles, and some American Apparel red lamé leggings. XOXO? I think not.
But we can’t end on such a hideous note, can we? No no. I wouldn’t do that to you.
So instead, I will end with a beautiful shoe that I totally covet. It’s Roger Vivier’s origami-inspired Kyte in a beautiful ivory/gold combination that matches Marisa’s dress perfectly. Mwah!
All in all, a beautiful batch of shoes full of interesting heels and toes and uppers and materials. It’s going to be a fun season, folks. Can’t wait for it to unroll.
(Celeb photos courtesy of Celebutopia and StyleFrizz.)
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December 28, 2011 at 11:53 pm, chicago gym said:
The last shoe which Marisa’s wearing is the most beautiful one just like you said it really goes with her dress.
May 04, 2011 at 12:06 am, tradeshow giveaways said:
All of those shoes look great. However, I particularly like Karolina's. It looks edgy yet still have this glamorous look in it.
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November 28, 2010 at 11:49 pm, hothandbagsearch said:
well-said, Victoria! Just what we all feel!
November 28, 2010 at 11:48 pm, hothandbagsearch said:
Thanks, a nice review and adooooorable pics!
June 16, 2010 at 5:45 pm, jerseys said:
All the shoes are fantastic and i love all of them that,s all gives new look and specially high heel i am mad about high heel shoe.
August 16, 2009 at 9:59 pm, tiffany said:
No matter what’s ur mind about the UGG Boots, no matter how are you wondering a pair of Jordan Shoes. I just want u to know that my money is use to buy my Tiffany jewellery this time! Can u understand what I mean?
May 14, 2009 at 7:18 am, Elise said:
OMG I want Ivanka's outfit. The shoes by Louboutin and the dress by Brian Reyes. Sheer perfection! the perfect match.
May 08, 2009 at 7:40 pm, surely-shirley said:
"but right now i still have a sick fascination with their silly shoe styles."
well-said, Victoria! Just what we all feel!
May 08, 2009 at 3:21 am, Andrea said:
I loved Leighton Meester's look! Everyone is saying how awful it is but I adore the look. I love the cut and the colour and the blocks of black and red near the bottom of the outfit to reflect the colours in the busy pattern everywhere else. Her hair and makeup are look great with the outfit too, the red lipstick is another colour block, hinting back to the outfit.
Karolina Kurkova's shoes are gorgeous.
May 08, 2009 at 3:19 am, Canvas Pumps said:
All the shoes are fantastic and i love all of them that,s all gives new look and specially high heel i am mad about high heel shoe.
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May 07, 2009 at 7:50 am, Sofia Barak said:
I LOVE Ivanka's dress! I love Brian Reyes, the designer behind such beauty!!
May 07, 2009 at 4:50 am, surely-shirley said:
Thanks, a nice review and adooooorable pics!
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May 05, 2009 at 10:39 am, Victoria said:
I think soon we'll all get sick of celeb shoes…but right now i still have a sick fascination with their silly shoe styles.
But I do prefer seeing other regular girl's styles, more original, and its more likely they didn't pay $500 per pair.
May 05, 2009 at 9:13 am, Keri said:
OMG! The first shoe pictured, S9051B, is exactly like a pair of shoes that I bought at Electriqueboutique.com, but mine are in gold. It’s called Tawny and I paid $29.99 for them!
May 05, 2009 at 3:17 am, Lily Mathilda said:
A shot of Madonna and Leighton together would have been funny.
May 05, 2009 at 2:20 am, r5bales2 said:
I read on another site that the attendance was down, that many designers were "out of town." Were they protesting something, or was this just an indication of the economy contracting in the designer sector?