China Comes to The MET

This week's Costume Institute Gala brought the biggest names from Asia

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Actress and model Fan Bingbing in an ensemble by designer Christopher Bu. Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04: Fan Bingbing attends the "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)
Model Wei Tang and Chen Kun, both in Burberry. Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04: Wei Tang and Chen Kun attend the "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
Wendi Murdoch in Oscar de la Renta. Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04: Wendi Murdoch attends the "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
Actress Gong Li in Roberto Cavalli. Photo: Taylor Hill/FilmMagic
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04: Actress Gong Li attends "China: Through the Looking Glass", the 2015 Costume Institute Gala, at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)
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Gao Yang Yang in Michael Kors. Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04: Gao Yang Yang attends the "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
Designer Lawrence Xu wears a changshan-style design. Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04: Lawrence Xu attends the "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
Actress Ni Ni in Ralph Lauren. Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
attends the "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City.
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Sun Fei Fei in Michael Kors. Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04: Fei Fei Sun attends the "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
Zhang Ziyi in Carolina Herrera with designer Carolina Herrera. Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images
attends the "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City.
Liu Wen in Michael Kors. Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04: Liu Wen attends the "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
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Li Bingbing in Christian Dior. Photo: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
Li Bingbing arrives at the 2015 Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala benefit in honor of the museums latest exhibit China: Through the Looking Glass May 4, 2015 in New York. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Julie Chen with her husband Leslie Moonves. Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04: Leslie Moonves (L) and Julie Chen attend the "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
Shupei Qin in Tommy Hilfiger. Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images
attends the "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City.
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On Monday evening, Wendi Murdoch, wearing custom Oscar de la Renta, welcomed the biggest gathering of Chinese talent and business leadership ever to assemble outside of Asia for the gala. Chinese supermodels Liu Wen and Sun Fei Fei joined movie stars Fan Bingbing, Carina Lau and Du Jan to name a few. Jewelry designers Wan Bao Bao and Cindy Chao were also among the spectacular lineup of Chinese creators, many brought together beneath the umbrella of Iconix China, the Hong Kong-based brand management company led by Veronica Chou, who was also present at the event.

 

Filed Under: Fashion, slideshow, Met Gala, Wendi Murdoch, Gong Li, China Through the Looking Glass, Sun Fei Fei, Fan Bingbing

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