IN PHOTOS: Met Gala 2011

Monday night marked the 2011 Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala. The theme for this year's exhibition pays homage to the late Alexander McQueen.

Some memorable outfits from the night included Daphne Guiness' McQueen feathered dress (designed by current McQueen head, Sarah Burton), Miranda Kerr's Marchesa number, and Blake Lively's Chanel dress, which resembled a sari.

Our favourite looks also include Sarah Jessica Parker's beaded McQueen dress, Karlie Kloss' sexy Dior gown, and Elle and Dakota Fanning's Valentino ensembles.

What was your favourite look of the night?

Tweet me your thoughts @TheChicSpot!

Style Savvy, or Fashionably Challenged? - Angie Harmon

Who: Angie Harmon 

What: Straples black Azzaro jumpsuit and JustFabulous heels. 

Where: People StyleWatch's "A Night of Red Carpet Style" at Decades in Los Angeles, California

When: January 27, 2011.

What do you think of Angie's bow jumpsuit? 

Tweet me your thoughts @TheChicSpot!

The Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute Gala 2010

Vampire Diaries' Katerina Graham loves her heavy metal; 2nd annual Golden Globes Party Saluting Young Hollywood

Last night, Vampire Diaries star, Katerina Graham sported gorgeous spiked ring overtop black leather gloves at InStyle's 2nd annual Golden Globes party saluting Young Hollywood.

But this isn't the first time the 20-year-old actress has sported some extravagant jewelry: she wore a rectangular rhinestoned number at The Lovely Bones premiere on December 7th, and wore the spiked ring at Variety's 3rd Annual Power of Youth Event on December 5th.

The spikes have been a popular pick for the fashion savvy, including Rihanna's Christian Louboutin shoes at the VEVO Launch, and her numerous spiked outfits and Fergie's dress at the Grammy concert.

So my question is, should this potentially dangerous trend be limited to jewelry only, or would you rock it like Rihanna and Fergie...or just avoid it altogether?

Tweet me your thoughts @TheChicSpot, and check out more pictures for the Young Hollywood event below!

Daphne Guinness wears the Alexander McQueen armadillo boot

Last night, fashion icon Daphne Guinness, sported the Alexander McQueen armadillo boot to a party in honour of Francois Nars' new book and the 15th Anniversary of Nars.

The boots stand at ten-inches high, and have caused a frenzy in the fashion world after they premiered at McQueen's Spring 2010 show, and later in Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" video.

Apparently, shoe-loving women have been phoning McQueen to purchase these "alien" booties.

"We've had lots of people showing great interest in the show shoes," said a McQueen spokesperson, who also reported that some of the callers are looking to buy them as "art pieces."

The McQueen camp is contemplating on auctioning off the sample shoes for charity.

Guinness, is known for her extravagant shoe collection, so it's no surprise that she's wearing them.

Would you wear these shoes? Or are they simply too ridiculous?

Tweet me your thoughts! @TheChicSpot

Teen Vogue's 7th annual Young Hollywood Party

Last Friday was Teen Vogue's 7th annual Young Hollywood Party.

The event took place at MILK studios in Los Angeles, California.

Some of Tinsletown's hottest newcomers were in attendance, including Twilight hottie, Taylor Lautner, Disney's Selena Gomez, Ashley Tisdale, Raven-Symone, and Aly Michalka, 90210's AnnaLynne McCord, Jessica Stroup and Jessica Lowndes, and Kelly Osbourne with fiance Luke Worrall.

The party kicked off with a runway show of D&G's Fall 2009/2010 collection, with a Rihanna soundtrack blaring in the background and finished off with a performance from the Noisettes.

Lady Gaga performs at the Marc Jacobs and V magazine party!

The hottest party last night was the Lady Gaga and the launch of V61 event hosted by V magazine, Marc Jacobs and Belvedere Vodka in New York City.

The Lady channeled her inner Jesus, wearing a halo headpiece, and a white sheet. Underneath was a red lacy one-piece, that didn't leave much to the imagination. Divine!

Check out her acoustic piano performances of "Just Dance" and "Poker Face" below!

Spotted: Taylor Momsen and Mischa Barton

Who knew these two were friends?

Gossip Girl's Taylor Momsen and The Beautiful Life's Mischa Barton were spotted together at a cocktail party in honour of designer Kris Van Assche. The event was hosted by GQ and Dior Homme and was held at The Cooper Square Hotel Penthouse in New York City.

Is this the beginning of a beautiful friendship? Or could this be the beginning of the demise of Taylor Momsen?

Gaga performing for Givenchy

Lady Gaga is taking over New York Fashion Week!

Rumours have been swirling for the past few weeks that Gaga will perform at Marc Jacobs' fashion week party.

Now, WWD is reporting that the eccentric songstress will be performing at the NYFW launch party for Givenchy's new men's fragrance, Play at The Box on September 15th.

The event is being hosted by Out magazine and organized by party planner Patrick Duffy. The Box plans to bring in a grand piano for the Lady so she can perform an acoustic set of her hit singles.

Can't wait to see the videos!

MMVA Drama: Perez Hilton vs. Will.I.Am

Drama went down at the MMVA afterparties last night between blogger, Perez Hilton and Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas.

Hilton is accusing Black Eyed Peas manager, Liborio "Polo" Molina, of punching him in the face numerous times, after a verbal altercation between the blogger and Will.I.Am.

Will, however, is claiming that a fan punched Hilton.

Toronto police have charged Molina with assault, and he is due to appear in court on August 5.

According to Perez, in his official statement, the drama started when Fergie approached Perez at Ultra, asking him why he was writing negative things about her and the band. Perez supposedly explained that he was just being objective, and that it was all just "silly."

Later on in the night, Perez went to Cobra nightclub for another afterparty.

According to the blogger, Will came into the club at aroudn 2:30 in the morning, approached Perez and said, Yo, I need you to do me a favor. I need you to never write about my band on your web site again."

Hilton declined, and after the conversation escalated, the admitted to calling Will.I.Am a homophobic slur.

When Hilton went outside, he saw Will and his entourage, and that's when he was punched in the face by Polo, causing him to bleed.

Perez called the police, but also took to Twitter as a cry for help.

"I'm in shock. I need the police ASAP. Please come to the SoHo Metropolitan Hotel now. Please."

He posted shortly thereafter, "I was assaulted by will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas and his security guards. I am bleeding. Please, I need to file a police report. No joke," said his tweet.

Will.I.Am tried to set the record straight with a video blog today, claiming that a fan attacked Hilton.

"One of the fans gets all like crazy and they like start some stuff with Perez Hilton. And I'm sitting there just minding my own business waiting for a car and what not, but it just goes to show you how crazy things can get. It's not that serious. It's all music and opinion. People make a career from opinion, which is cool, but don't be disrespectful about it. And fans, don't get all crazy about it," he said.

He also created his own twitter account to set the record straight.

"i just made a twitter account because it isnt cool for someone to blame you and blast you with lies..." he tweeted. "this is dude is crazy...he will go to any length to get press... wow...!!!!"

Further, Will made another video blog in response to Perez's official statement.

"I hit you Perez? Come on dude, I didn't hit you," he said. "And this is very wrong that you are twitting that I did that. Once again, disrespecting me and everything that I stand for...and that's wrong. Shame on you, shame on your behaviour, and that's just messed up."

One of my sources who was at Cobra tells me that it was indeed, Polo, who attacked Hilton, not a fan. But we'll see what happens!

The Chic Spot will be continuing to follow this story, so stay tuned!

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2009 Much Music Video Awards

Last night marked one of the most anticipated nights in Toronto of the year, the 2009 Much Music Video Awards.

The star-studded guest list included Lady GaGa, the Jonas Brothers, the Black Eyed Peas, Twilight's Taylor Lautner, The Hills's Audrina Partridge, Drake, Kim Kardashian, Rumer Willis, Perez Hilton, Kelly Clarkson and Tila Tequila, to name a few.

The highlight of the night was Gaga's performance, especially when fire shot out of her bra.

The stars headed to Ultra nightclub for one of the official MMVA afterparties, and The Chic Spot was there! Dressed in a vintage eighties gown (thanks, Mom!) and caged Manolo Blahnik heels, I headed to the party with my BFF, ready to see the stars.

Audrina and Rumer came in together, looking stunning. Although Audrina wore a hideous turtleneck cutout dress, she looked amazing in person. Rumer opted for a sequined dress and looked surpringly beautiful (photos really do not do this girl justice!)

Gaga entered in a floor-length black fur coat, surronded by an entourage, and scurried to the VIP area upstairs. Also spotted was Jesse McCartney, Twilight's Rachelle Lefevre, Kim Kardashian, Natalie Reznik from So You Think You Can Dance Canada and Project Runway Canada's Brandon Dwyer.

Overall, it was a fabulous evening!

Check out some personal photos below, along with press photos from the awards. For the full list of winners, click here.

Moi.

With PRC's Brandon Dwyer.

Natalie Reznik.

Best Dressed: Chanel Iman

"It's Topshop! Ahhh … I would have worn H&M if I knew I was coming here earlier! But I just sort of got out of the car. I had on pants earlier, but I just took them off!"

- 19-year-old supermodel, Chanel Iman tells the Cut blog at the launch party of Matthew Williamson for H&M.

With legs like those, who needs pants?

André Leon Talley shows off his patriotism

Image via nymag.com

Vogue's André Leon Talley sporting a button of the Obamas at the Vanity Fair party for the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.

Best Dressed: Taylor Momsen

Image via style.com

Taylor Momsen at the opening party of Topshop in New York. The girl has style, and she knows it!

More Gossip Girl hook-ups!

The cast of Gossip Girl just can't seem to take their hands off each other...off-screen.

First there was Blake Lively and Penn Badgley, then Ed Westwick and Jessica Szohr!

Now, a New York paper is reporting that Chace Crawford, 23, and Taylor Momsen, 15, hooked up at the Gossip Girl holiday party today!

The paper's source said the two sneaked away during the part to "steal kisses in the corner."

Seems like the on-screen romances really have an effect on these stars!

But with Penn, Ed, and Chace taken, who will Leighton Meester be left with?

This year's theme for the Met Ball is...

MODELS!

"The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion" will explore how models have changed fashion, by inspiring the designers who've dressed them, and sometimes designed for them, through seventy looks handpicked from the Costume Institute's collection.

The exhibit will begin on May 4th, with the annual big party, and will be co-chaired by Marc Jacobs, Justin Timberlake, Kate Moss, and Anna Wintour.

Britney Spears to perform at Diesel Party!

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Rumour has it that Britney Spears will be a surprise performer at Diesel's huge party in Brooklyn this Saturday.

Fashionista says they heard this rumour from an entertainment agent based in the city who said, "I don't believe it, either, but that's what the rumour is."

Other celebrities in attendance will be M.I.A., N.E.R.D, and Joel and Benji Madden.

Looks like this is phase four of the comeback! Can't wait!

Miley shuts down Disneyland!

Hannah Montana star, Miley Cyrus, celebrated her sweet 16 at Disneyland this weekend.

The controversial Disney star shut down the theme park for an early celebration of this milestone (her actual birthday is November 23).

More than 5000 guests (who paid $250) attended the party, and enjoyed performances from Miley and her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus.

Accompanying Billy Ray was Miley's 20-year-old boyfriend, Justin Gaston.

Celebrities in attendance included Tyra Banks, David Archuleta, Demi Lovato, and Cindy Crawford.

Paris Fashion Week Spring '09: Sonia Rykiel

Sonia Rykiel's show on Wednesday night was a fun and celebration. The dinner and show party was a tribute to her 40 years as a distinctively Parisienne designer, and her clothing was a representation of her recognizable style.

The collection was true to Parisian wear, with plenty of sequined berets, poufy skirts, ruffled dresses, hints of Moulin Rouge, and of course, lots of black and white.

After her collection was unveiled, Sonia's daughter Nathalie announced, "A birthday without a surprise isn't a birthday. You've been inspiring the world of fashion for 40 years; here's your present. Bon anniversaire, Maman."

Thirty more models came out in Sonia Rykiel looks designed by some of the biggest names in fashion, such as Karl Lagerfeld, Roberto Cavalli, Michael Kors, Diane von Furtsenberg, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Vivienne Westwood.

A look designed by Narciso Rodriguez

A look designed by Olivier Theyskens for Nina Ricci

A look designed by Roberto Cavalli

A look designed by Matthew Williamson

A look designed by Alessandra Facchinetti of Valentino

A look designed by Ralph Lauren

Images via style.com

Teen Vogue's Young Hollywood Party

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The popular youth fashion magazine, Teen Vogue, held its sixth annual Teen Vogue Young Hollywood party on Thursday night. The event was held on the rooftop of the Los Angeles county Museum of Art, and featured a runway show of Luella Bartley's Spring 2009 collection.

The young stars who attended included Selena Gomez, Rumer Willis, Emma Roberts, Zac Efron, and Vanessa Hudgens.

Best dressed of the night goes to Selena Gomez, who wore a polka-dot Luella frock, Zac Efron, who looked effortlessly stylish in a simple jeans and t-shirt ensemble paired with a black jacket and grey scarf, and Victoria Justice, who amped up her cool by adding a motorcycle jacket to her party dress.

Worst dressed goes to The Suite Life of Zack and Cody stars, Cole and Dylan Sprouse. You may not be interested in fashion boys, but if you're attending a Teen Vogue party, at least put some effort into what you're wearing!