Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Jessica Parker, and More at The Met's American Woman Gala

Photo by: Sherly Rabbani and Josephine Solimene
Oscar de la Renta with Oprah Winfrey, in a dress by the designer, with Lorraine Schwartz jewels and a VBH clutch.-

The Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute Benefit was all about stateside roots this year, celebrating as it did the opening of American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity. Proceedings inside had a turn-of-the-century feel, with wicker chairs at the dinner tables and a hot-air balloon inspired