Hollywood stars have gathered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for the annual Costume Institute Gala Benefit.

This year’s theme was “American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity”.

Those attending included Oprah Winfrey, Janet Jackson, Zoe Saldana, Sarah Jessica Parker, MIA, and Vogue Editor in Chief Anna Wintour, who co-chaired the event with Gap creative director Patrick Robinson. Here are some of the pictures…