Anne Hathaway at the Met Ball

How such creative people with so much money (and freebies) at their disposal manage to make such a potentially interesting, fun event so boring is beyond me. Maybe it's all the drugs?

One highlight for  me amongst the Met Ball monotony was Anne Hathaway's look. Anne is the kind of girl whom I used to find extraordinarily beautiful, like a young Nigella Lawson. Recently, I've found that she either looks very pretty or downright awkward. (As someone who tends to look very goofy indeed in candid shots, I know how annoying this can be.)

But it was great to see her working the '60s retro look - and resembling Nigella more than ever - at the Met Ball. I loved the hair, and the makeup was perfect, even if the dress was just so-so. Lancôme did Anne's makeup - here's the rundown from their PR department:

Celebrity makeup artist Leslie Lopez gave Hathaway her ultra-glamorous, ultra-dramatic look, with smokey eyes as the focal point. Leslie swept Lancôme Color Design Eyeshadow in Statuesque over the entire eyelid, dabbed Color Design Eyeshadow in Daylight on the brow bone and finished with several coats of Lancôme L'Extreme Mascara in Black. Anne’s sheer, neutral colored lipstick--Lancôme L’Absolu Rouge Lipstick in Couture Suede—was the perfect finishing touch.

Aside: Anne Hathaway was college roommates with one of my friends, who reported that there is absolutely no juicy gossip or anything weird about the actress. How tragic!

Comments

[Medina]

Hair/make up? Really? She looks like one day she might grow up to become a full blown JLo! Just add permatan...

[Jacq]

I'm right with you on this - she looked stunning, in my opinion. The big hair and the sultry makeup made her look so much more interesting than I've ever seen her look before.

[Jackie]

The JLo comparison is funny; her addiction to Body Bling is legendary, as is her diva reputation. Seeing Anne looking like this, in such contrast to her girl next door image, makes it an even more powerful look to me.

And now that I think about it, she bears more than a passing resemblance to Angelina Jolie here, too.