At last night’s Costume Institute Gala – which is a cartoon version of Fashion Week, which itself is a cartoon version of reality – celebrities and Anna Wintour wore frilly costumes to The Met in keeping with the theme of “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy,” walking up the red carpeted steps in front of a throng of photographers.

Ms. Wintour was described in this way: “She seemed to be broadcasting a message of total earthly control.” She imagined herself as Storm, from X-Men. “I control the weather,” she said. (It was in the 50s with a few clouds in the sky.)

David and Victoria Beckham blessed the crowd, along with Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen, Mary J. Blige, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and Giorgio Armani.

Many guests were “unusually” prompt. Not all of them. The mayor showed up late, as did The Donald+Melania, fat people-adverse Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, Janet Jackson, Donatella Versace, and Donna Karan.

Some women, like Iman, correctly wore her clothing. Others, like Mischa Barton and Anna Wintour, did not.