Zoe Saldana

That’s not to say that you can’t look unique but just not like you are wrapped up in an overdone bolt of couture fabric. So instead of ragging on the overdone rags, we will simply show you what we like and what will surely NOT produce any "what was she thinking" retrospective moments.

>> More fashion looks from the Red Carpet

There’s that wonderful adage about not wearing clothes that wear you and that’s what we want to concentrate on as we review the prettiest, we think, looks from last night’s red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala in New York.

Sharon’s personal favorite for the night is Gwen Stefani wearing a dress of her own design that is edgy yet quite stunning and simple, pictured left.

Take a look at some of our favorite elegant red carpet fashion looks from last night that will withstand the taste of time and tell us what you think…