Get a sneaky peek at the costume designs for Australia

Vogue have the scoop on the costumes from the festive season's biggest film release - Australia - as costume designer Catherine Martin has given them a look at some of the pages of her sketchbooks from the film.

Martin is married to director Baz Luhrmann, and is the woman behind the costumes and production design on all his biggest films. She is the woman who put Leo and Claire in Prada and Dolce & Gabbana for Romeo + Juliet, and she's also the lady behind those amazing Moulin Rouge dresses.

For Australia, she's put Nicole Kidman in everything from full-length Cheongsam dresses to Salvatore Ferragamo boots. It's destined to be yet another visual feast from camp Luhrmann, and we can't wait to see it!

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First Look: Costume Institute Gala featuring Paul Poiret

This year's annual Costume Institute gala of the Metropolitan Museum of Art was centered on Paul Poiret an early twentieth century French designer and hosted by Vogue's Anna Wintour, Balenciaga's Nicolas Ghesquière, and Cate Blanchett.

The star studded social event, that mixed the biggest names in Hollywood and fashion, was hosted by Vogue's Anna Wintour, Balenciaga's Nicolas Ghesquière, and Cate Blanchett, greeted guests at the end of the red carpet.

Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson sang three songs. She ended up with "I Am Changing" but the standing ovation that followed at one stage appeared would not end.

Hudson responded with an encore of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls.
We bring you a first look here. Our indepth Fashion Frisks will follow.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world's largest and most important art museums, located on the eastern edge of Central Park in Manhattan, New York, United States.

Its Costume Institute contains more than 80,000 costumes and accessories. Due to the fragile nature of the items in the collection, the Costume Institute does not maintain a permanent installation.

Instead, every year it holds two separate shows in the Met's galleries using costumes from its collection, with each show centering on a specific designer or theme.