Marvellous millinery at the Metropolitan Ball

Madonna, Louis Vuitton's current poster girl, went for full-on enfant terrible effect at the Met's Costume Institute Gala. Never mind the kinky boots and LV puffball, the main attraction was this statement scrunchie, straight from her True Blue era. Photograph: Marion Curtis/Rex Features

Kate Moss is the queen of the dramatic winged eye. Teamed with this turban by milliner-of-the-moment Stephen Jones, she rightly deserves the crown of belle of the ball. While her golden Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton gown references ancient Greece, what marks her out is this striking headgear, oozing Garboesque glamour. Photograph: Charles Sykes/Rex Features

Twiggy, so right in her decision not to wear a gold frock to the ball, spoils the brilliant androgyny of her classic silk waistcoat and tux with this wedding fascinator. The veil hits the right spot, though - she just needs to lose the pink blooms. Here she is with Agyness Deyn, giving it the full Hollywood siren effect in Burberry Prorsum. Photograph: Marion Curtis/Rex Features

Proving that millinery works for men too, here's designer beau John Galliano with a wide-trimmed fedora, and the beautiful Marion Cotillard. Does accessorising get more chic than this? Photograph: Dimitrios Kambouris/FilmMagic.com/Getty

I would have liked to have seen Twiggy wearing Lake Bell's trilby. This is a marvellous silhouette - slim cigarette tuxedo pants and spiky heels keep all the attention trained on this classiest of hats. Photograph: Marion Curtis/Rex Features

Bali Ha'i seems to be calling Marisa Tomei, with this backswept hair fixed in place with a white rose. Not very fashion-forward, this South Pacific look, and just offsets a rather boring dress. Photograph: Marcel Thomas/FilmMagic.com/Getty

Hang, on, we're losing count of the tuxes. Here's Rihanna, proving that high hair can easily assume the place of headwear. And we are loving those puffed-out bold shoulders! Photograph: Rex Features/Sipa Press

Another hair-as-headwear look from original supermodel Tyra Banks. The attempt to recreate a pillbox set at jaunty angle has to be admired. Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters

Now, last but never least, Victoria Beckham. Her attempt to carry off this sweeping Marc Jacobs caped frock failed to convince us, really. And for a woman usually straining at the leash of any new fashion trend, she's skipped the millinery fervour, in favour of a structural bit of dress tucked under her chin. Most curious. Photograph: Matt Baron/BEI/Rex Features