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05
May 2006
Sienna
Miller Leads AngloMania
Celebration
The
Brits have hit Manhattan
for a huge party
celebrating their style,
led by homegrown fashion
icon Sienna
Miller.
The
24-year-old actress took
to the red carpet on
Monday night as a
co-chair of the
AngloMania ball, wearing
a gold sequinned
minidress by
Burberry.
The
star-studded Costume
Institute Gala was the
opening event for a new
exhibition celebrating
British design at New
York's prestigious
Metropolitan Museum of
Art. The flamboyant
show, made up of themed
rooms including a Hunt
Ball and a Gentleman's
Club, is the latest
example of the city's
growing obsession with
all things from across
the pond.
Celebrities
from the UK including
Liz Hurley,
Kate
Moss
and Naomi Campbell put
on their glad rags for
the lavish event. The
Americans were
represented by A-listers
including
Jennifer
Lopez,
Sarah Jessica Parker and
Richard Gere. The
British-born editor of
American Vogue, Anna
Wintour, swept in
first.
Sienna
Miller, who teamed her
glittering frock with
opaque black tights and
wore her hair tied back
in a simple ponytail,
shared the limelight
with Christopher Bailey,
the creative director of
Burberry. He and Wintour
were the starlet's
fellow co-chairs. The
fashion house and Vogue
publisher Conde Nast
have sponsored the
exhibition.
Campbell,
in a pale gold gown,
arrived with Andre Leon
Talley, editor-at-large
of Vogue. Kate Moss wore
a sharp fitted black
jacket and skin-tight
satin trousers, her hair
pulled back
elegantly.
Also
in attendance were
actresses Lindsay Lohan
and Drew Barrymore,
billionaire businessman
Donald Trump, goth
rocker Marilyn Manson
and models Linda
Evangelista and Gisele
Bundchen. British
catwalk stars Erin
O'Connor and young Lily
Cole were there too,
together with Victoria
Beckham, who wore a
flouncy red number by
Roland
Mouret.
O'Connor
was accompanied by
designer Matthew
Williamson, who made her
floor length rose-strewn
gown in pink hues.
"Fashion is so powerful
in London," O'Connor
said. "Some of the best
designers in the world
start there and then
flourish across the
world."
Sex
and the City star
Parker's designer
partner was Alexander
McQueen, who dressed her
in a tartan one
shouldered prom dress.
Manson also had praise
for the British fashion
scene. "I think the UK
has the greatest sense
of history when it comes
to style," he
said.
Sex
Pistols star Johnny
Rotten - real name John
Lydon - who recorded a
podcast commentary for
the exhibition,
nonchalantly told
reporters: "The thing
about this occasion
tonight is that it's
more than likely based
on everything I've ever
done."
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