Definitely not a look for the bashful.  Celebs have been spotted a few times now wearing perfectly matched dresses and leggings.  My mom used to always tell me to compliment, not match, but I think taking advice from Leighton Meester (at the MET Gala) may be a better option?

Get some crazy leggings at The Costume Dept. or by Brian Lichtenberg, go and search for the perfect matching dress, and be the first to try out this trend!

M.I.A. in Brian Lichtenberg leggings (with a matching leopard tee!)

Not sure if it’s all the drama from last week’s Met Gala, but Proenza Schouler announced  that they have been chosen as the special guest of the Pitti W precollection event, which takes place in Florence June 16-19, and will show their Pre-Spring 2010 collection June 18 at a sixteenth-century Medici villa.

This will be their first time showing a collection in Europe, but the show won’t involve a runway — “Two runways a year are enough for us, we didn’t want to do a traditional runway show.”

LINKAGE:  fashionologie

Being exposed, first hand, to all the glorious fashions from runway shows and editorials, one would think that models would steal the the best dressed award on last night’s Met Gala red carpet. While Chanel Iman, in her stunning Zac Posen dress, was a show stopping attendee, Shalom Harlow looked rather homeless and out of place in her crumpled, Gareth Pugh-ish garbage bag. Brooke Shields looked like a mermaid body builder. Agyness Deyn was an over-bronzed transvestite. Brooklyn Decker rocked out a Mary-Kate worthy outfit. All in all, the model fashion was skewed across the board. Tsk tsk…I expected big things from such fashion relatives. 

GALLERY: Models At The Met 

Thanks NY Mag!

I really don’t understand the hype about Stella McCartney’s crew at last night’s Met Costume Institute Gala. Liv Tyler, Kate Hudson and Kate Bosworth, including the designer herself, all wore what many critics claim to be “glamorous” and “stunning” McCartney pieces. Well, I hate to break it to the fashion world, but there is nothing glamorous or stunning about funerals, $30 prom dresses, hanky panky jumpsuits or your dead grandmother’s closet:

Probably the best of the bunch, Kate Bosworth looks like she is bound for a 1920’s themed funeral with that full length black dress and sheer paneling. Just throw on a big black sun-hat and move over Angelina Jolie, Bosworth is ready to steal your role in Changeling.

In digression, Kate Hudson looks frighteningly like the girl who went with the disco ball to my senior prom. The golden shimmer is nauseating and the halterneck dress, well, I owned a dress like that 3 years ago. 

Moving further down the totem pole is miss Stella herself. I’m all for jumpsuits, but when you’re wearing what appears to be an envelope of lacy underwear, that’s where I draw the line. And besides, is this even formal enough for a Met Gala?

And taking the prize for the McCartney crew reject is Liv Tyler, wearing a sparkly blue gown that I swear I saw for free at The Salvation Army. The sleeves, front pleat, sparkles and waist high slit make for a sleazier version of a a grandma gown.

Thanks Catwalk Queen!

Leighton Meester gets my vote for the biggest risk-taker…something about it is so sexy, the matching dress and leggings, with the tie shoes and no jewelry, I love it, def not something Blair Waldorf would rock!

Rumor has it that Marc will be bringing both Courtney and Madonna to the Met Ball, which means that Lorenzo might be left behind?!? Otherwise, that might make for a very strange foursome…