Gerard Butler: 2012 Met Gala Gentleman

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Gerard Butler: 2012 Met Gala Gentleman


He’s always up for a good time, and earlier tonight (May 7) Gerard Butler was in the house for the 2012 Met Ball “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations.”

The “PS I Love You” stud got all gussied up in a classic black tuxedo and hit the red carpet outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

The annual fete finds actress Carey Mulligan acting as honorary co-chair valongside designer Miuccia Prada and US Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, while Azealia Banks is lined up to perform.

As for the celebratory occasion, this year's rendition of the Met gala ushers in the 'Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations' exhibition exploring "the striking affinities between Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, two Italian designers from different eras."

The display is described as being "inspired by Miguel Covarrubias's "Impossible Interviews" for Vanity Fair in the 1930s while featuring "orchestrated conversations between these iconic women to suggest new readings of their most innovative work."


Enjoy the pictures of Gerard Butler at the 2012 Met Ball (May 7).

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Gerard Butler - Met Ball 2012

Gerard Butler walks the red carpet at the 2012 Met Ball held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (May 7) in New York City.

The 42-year-old Scottish stud suited up in Alexander McQueen.

Gerard is in the Big Apple after spending time in Los Angeles, where he recently attended a birthday bash for hotelier Jason Pomeranc. Other celebs, including Tom Welling, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Gabriel Aubry, came out for the party held at Caulfield’s inside the Thompson Hotel in Beverly Hills.

FYI about the Met Ball-

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Met Ball 2012 Proceeds: Where Do The Funds Go?

Celebrities and the designers who love them will gather Monday night for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2012 Costume Institute Gala.

More than 700 famous faces are expected to attend the $25,000-a-pop event, meaning that if each guest paid for a ticket, $17.5 million would be raised in a single night.

“This fundraising event is The Costume Institute’s main source of annual funding for exhibitions, acquisitions and capital improvements,” said Nancy Chilton, the senior press officer/adviser to The Costume Institute, which is something of a miniature museum within The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It houses a collection of 35,000 costumes and accessories from the 15th century to present day.

The theme of this year’s event is "Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations," and it will explore the similarities between Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada.

But not every guest really shells out the big bucks to party at the Met. It was reported last week that Sports Illustrated cover star Kate Upton wrote her own $25,000 check to Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, one of the event's co-hosts, in order to attend. But paying full price is a rarity, and plenty of guests are given discounted or comped tickets in order to ensure lots of famous faces on the steps of the art museum on the big night.

According to Chilton, The Costume Institute Benefit raised $10 million in 2011.

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