While fashion and art have always gone hand in hand, the Spring '14 runways were influenced by art more than ever.While fashion and art have always gone hand in hand, the Spring '14 runways were influenced by art more than ever. The creative cross-pollination continued this week with several designer-sponsored museum galas, which brought a bevy of well-dressed power players to the red carpet. New York City's Museum of Modern Art's tribute to Tilda Swinton, co-chaired by Karl Lagerfeld, had many stars donning Chanel's recent runway wares on Tuesday evening. Jessica Biel, Lupita Nyong'o, and, of course, the lady of honor, Swinton, all turned up in Karl's latest looks to celebrate. Later in the week, the Dior-sponsored Guggenheim International gala and pre-party in New York saw screen sirens like Elizabeth Olsen, Natalie Portman, Leelee Sobieski, and Cobie Smulders posing on the red carpet in a host of Raf Simons' takes on the LBD. On Saturday, Gucci presented the Los Angeles County Museum of Art 2013 Art + Film gala, which was studded with A-listers in showstopping Gucci gowns. Salma Hayek in particular stood out in an embellished beige Gucci Premiere halter dress with a sparkling belted waist.

While mesh is not the first thing that comes to mind for black-tie affairs, strategically placed mesh has been making its way onto the red carpet, thanks to its starring role on many Spring '14 runways. Zoe Saldana attended the LACMA 2013 Art + Film gala in a figure-hugging black Gucci gown with strips of mesh panels down the sides, which subtly made the otherwise conservative dress sexy. The following evening, Jaimie Alexander took the trend up several notches at the Thor: The Dark World premiere in L.A. The actress chose a floor-length, long-sleeve, high-neck Azzaro Spring '14 dress that showed about as much skin as it covered.

Here, more of this week's red-carpet highlights.
POST: 2026-08-26