Louis Vuitton in Costume Institute Gala

“Model as Muse” is the impression that Costume Institute Gala at the Met leaves me. So many celebrities wearing luxury want more flash. There are two courses of action: decide to be happy in your own skin, stick to what suits you and realize you are never ever going to outshine Gisele and Kate; or go into hyper-competitive mode and try and steal the limelight away from the “The Supers”.

Madonna really won in this Party. Louis Vuitton catwalk show, this time the collection for next autumn/ winter, finally settling on a teal taffeta puffball with thigh-high, black, “Belle Époque” boots and a turquoise “bunny ears” hat. Please not unsurprisingly, the concoction, which had looked “absolutely fabulous” in a bizarre kind of way, on a model, on the Paris catwalk, in March, failed on “Our Madge” and looked merely ridiculous.

Just having the guts and the gumption to wear something outrageous does not a style icon make. Surely it is time for Madonna to invest in a little grown-up glamour.

Kate Moss, meanwhile, one of the evening’s hosts, along with Marc Jacobs, Justin Timberlake and Anna Wintour- looked every inch the glamour goddess. Her dress was a shimmering metallic, toga-style gown with a wing of fabric cascading from the left shoulder, also by Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton, and with it, in typical Kate fashion, she added a matching turban. There are few women who can dress for optimum effect without the security blanket of a curtain of hair- “Mossy” is one of them.