Gays at the Gala

"American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity" may have been the Halston-hued theme of Monday night's annual Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, but we saw a different motif -- perhaps "Gay Man: Tired of Anna Wintour Hogging the Spotlight."

Gay designers Tom Ford, Thakoon Panichgul, Karl Lagerfeld, and Proenza Schouler's Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez mingled on the red carpet with the likes of Vogue's Andre Leon Talley and interior design magnate Nate Berkus. Some female gay icons -- including Sarah Jessica Parker and Tina Fey -- also walked the carpet.

Here's a slideshow recap of the evening's arrivals.

Whoopi Goldberg and Andre Leon Talley

Designer Karl Lagerfeld

Designer Michael Kors and Brooke Shields

Nate Berkus

Sarah Jessica Parker

Designer Thakoon Panichgul (at right) and Riley Keough

Tina Fey

Designer Tom Ford

Designer Zac Posen (at left); Mary J. Blige (second from right)

Actress Chloe Sevigny with designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez