Tennis player Venus Williams, wearing Carolina Herrera, agreed. “Because she’s Amazonian, she’s tall …” Ms. Williams said, sticking close to Mr. Leon Talley.
“We were talking about the superheroes theme, and how good it is for the Met,” said Jimmy Choo founder Tamara Mellon, in plunging Halston dress, with boyfriend Christian Slater. “It’s going to speak to a wider audience. A lot of kids will want to come see it,” she said.
Media magnate Rupert Murdoch escorted wife Wendi up the red carpet. Had Mr. Murdoch done anything superheroic today? “Nothing really, nothing very heroic today. Just went to work,” he said with a smile. Hey, that’s enough!
Inside, guests walked by “giant statues of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman,” reported one attendee, as they lined up to greet Ms. Wintour and the other hosts. “The line took forever,” said this guest. “[Ron] Perelman was walking up and down the line. These billionaires are not used to waiting in lines.” The only one exempt was Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who “went straight to George and Anna.”
The mayor was observed deep in conversation with quarterback Eli Manning before dinner started. Then he ascended the stage—a re-creation of planet Krypton—to introduce Mr. Manning as “our city’s greatest hero.”
A rumor had been circulating that Amy Winehouse was scheduled to perform but couldn’t get into the country. Another rumor, also false, was that Beyoncé was going to leap onstage. Instead, Mr. Manning rather anticlimactically introduced the cast of the musical Hair.
After the caviar pasta and steak salad were served, Mr. Clooney was observed waiting by the restrooms for Ms. Larson. “He was chatting up everyone who walked by,” said the guest. “He was being Mr. Garrulous Chatty. When J. Lo and Marc Anthony walked by, she said hi, and [Mr. Clooney] said, ‘Wait, no more pictures of the babies?’ And she said, ‘Wait, let me show you some.’ And she motioned jokingly toward her purse. Then he said, ‘Kids are all over the place. Babies, you can’t escape ’em.’”
But it was Ms. Bündchen and her boyfriend, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who stole the sartorial show. “They were like the picture of human beauty,” said our informant, surmising that they caused “multiple older women to shove their hands into their handbags in search of another diet pill. They stayed seated and people were gawking at them. They were kind of all over each other, even during dinner.”
As the evening drew to a close, seemingly the entire crowd stood riveted as the golden couple nuzzled, waiting for their limousine.
