Rihanna conjures up Pippy Longstocking for the Costume Institute's Fete honoring Alexander McQueen

The Met Gala rolled around – once again – last night.  The famed Costume Institutes annual fete celebrating the world of fashion, lead by non-other than Vogue editrix Anna Wintour at the helm.  This years event celebrated Alexander McQueen’s vision, aptly titled “Savage Beauty.”  And there was a lot of both savagery and tons of beauty!  Lea Michele, Evan Rachel Wood, Gwyneth Paltrow, preggers Kate Hudson, Twilight’s Kristen Stewart, her madgesty Madonna, Fergie, Salma Hayek, Jennifer Hudson, Saoirse Ronan, Penelope Cruz in Oscar de la Renta, a Pippy Long Stocking-esque Rihanna, the ever dramatic Renee Zelwegger and a booed Beyonce.

Drama always ensues during the two plus hours of step-and-repeat.  It just does!  All starts out calmly enough, but you blink and WHAM.  Drama unfolds.  No biggy really given the magnitude of the night.

This years notable mentions…

Fergie’s dashing testosterone fueled husband Josh Duhamel getting into a tete-a-tete with a certain West Coast pap and calling him a “pussy.” Unjustly so – we might add!  (UPDATE: Video Posted Below – courtesy of DMBJOnline.com)

Beyonce being booed the entire time she made her way up the stairs and into the venue for not skipping more than 4/5 of the arrivals press line.

A portion of the paps line refusing to photograph Solange Knowles in response to her sisters snub.

A certain Missoni shedding bits of her dress the entire way up the stairs.

And Renee performing a very deeply method posing story – which we personally L-O-V-E-D!

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