Parties You Will Never Get Into

The Metropolitan Costume Institute Ball is an enormously star-studded event which you can definitely feast your eyes on every year.

As for this year, the party was held at the prominent Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 5, 2008. The festivity was a commencement celebration of the Costume Institute’s exhibition titled Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy, which ran until September.

The gala event was co-chaired by Vogue editor Anna Wintour, legendary designer Giorgio Armani, Academy-award winning actor George Clooney, and Academy-award winning actress Julia Roberts. In fact, the event has been co-chaired by Wintour, Roberts, and Clooney for the last 13 years; without doubt, these three have already perfected organizing this momentous occasion. This primary New York event was said to cost $7,500 per ticket.

was apparently inspired by the Superheroes theme and everyone was absolutely anticipating for Hollywood stars to show up in their designer gowns and suits. The lengthy roll of A-list stars who decided to join in the fun included Katie Holmes who came in her Giorgio Armani gown and Boucheron jewels, along with Tom Cruise; Cristina Ricci wearing Givenchy and Bulgari jewels; supermodel Giselle Bundchen in Versace and Tom Brady in Tom Ford; David and Victoria Beckham in Giorgio Armani; Jennifer Lopez flaunting her Alberta Ferretti dress; Chris Noth in his Calvin Klein Collection; Scarlett Johansson along with Dolce & Gabbana who also dressed her that evening; Fergie in Cartier jewels and Calvin Klein Collection; Jennifer Connelly in Balenciaga; Donald Trump and wife Melania Trump in Vera Wang; tennis star player Venus Williams who came in her Carolina Herrera gown; Mary J. Blige in Michael Kors and Lorraine Schwartz jewels; Eva Longoria showed up in her Marchesa and Vedura jewels, and Claire Danes wore a gown designed by Narciso Rodriguez.

The listing goes on with attendees like Blake Lively, Donatella Versace, Janet Jackson, Naomi Watts, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mischa Barton, Hillary Duff, Kristin Davis, Amanda Peet, Stella McCartney, Kate Moss, Amber Valleta, Claudia Schiffer, renowned designer Valentino, Iman and David Bowie, Kimora Lee Simons, and Kate Bosworth.