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Actress Mary Kate Olsen arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy, held at the Metropolitan Museum of art on May 5th, 2008 in New York City. Mary Kate dons gold sequins, looking reminiscent of Shirley Eaton’s gold body paint in the James Bond film ‘Goldfinger’. With the success of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen’s recently launched fashion lines, one could say everything this mini-mogul touches turns to gold.

Hilary Duff seems to have taken her inspiration not from a Superhero, but rather from the city that has provided a backdrop and home to so many. Duff’s beaded silver dress with Art Deco detailing conjures images of one of Gotham’s most famous buildings, the Chrysler Building.

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Actress Piper Perabo arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2008 in New York City. Perabo chooses a graphic black and white dress and wears dramatic crimson lipstick and up-swept mass of curls, not unlike that worn by Elsa Lanchester as the Bride of Frankenstein. Though Frankenstein is a novel, written by Mary Shelley, the character was also incorporated into a line of Comics by Marvel.

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Camilla Belle pays homage to Aquaman in an underwater blue layered dress complete with gill like decoration at the shoulder.

Jessica Stam invokes the groovy warrior vibe of Barbarella in a sequined, patchwork Mini dress and a dangerous looking bracelet, very similar to the one worn by Jane Fonda in the 1968 film.

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Editor-In-Chief of Vogue Magazine, Anna Wintour attends the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala ‘Superheroes: Fashion And Fantasy’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5th in New York City. Wintour takes a chance with a metallic, floor length gown, embellished by structures that resemble Martian appendages. The gamble pays off as she appears inhumanly regal. Rachel Bilson, A diminutive young woman of only 5′1″ carries off a sleek, figure skimming, floor length gown. Her ensemble brings to mind the sexy, liquid black costume worn by any personification of Catwoman; from Julie Newmar to Michelle Pfeiffer.

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Super couple; designer Zac Posen and actress Kate Mara depart the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5. No one couple embodies the spirit and thematic dedication the way Posen and Mara do, capturing the essence of the superhero in graphic primary colors. The other attendees were no slouches. While the theme for this year seemed jarring in concept, an overwhelming number of celebrities (or their stylists) embraced it with inventiveness. Tilda Swinton evokes super-heroism with a beaded orange badge and wicked hair pouffe. She wears a mask of alien glittery gold. Out of frame, are her perfectly clashing emerald green flats.

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