Photos: “Through the Looking Glass” highlights Chinese fashion

Chinese Culture

Through the Looking GlassNEW YORK, NY – MAY 04: (L-R) Designer GuoPei, Vicky Zhao, Zhang Yu, guest, bing bing Li, guest, Yuanyuan Gao, and Xun Zhou attends the “China: Through The Looking Glass” Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City. Larry Busacca/Getty Images/AFP

Deep reds and shimmery golds dominated as celebrities attending the annual Met Gala on Monday embraced this year’s inspiration: the massive exhibition “China: Through the Looking Glass,” a look at Chinese fashion through the ages.

Celebrity guests included Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Lopez, Anne Hathaway, Kerry Washington and Katie Holmes.