About 725 elegantly-attired guests attended the star-studded gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday night for the Costume Institute exhibition “American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity.”

This year’s exhibition, organized by curator Andrew Bolton, looked at styles between 1890 and the 1940s, relying on exceptional pieces from the Brooklyn Museum’s collection like Worth gowns, gray walking suits and bicycling outfits.