Fashion's A-List: 2009 Met Gala's Best Dressed

Leighton, Rihanna, Justin, Victoria and so many more stars turn out in gorgeous gowns and jaw-dropping jewels for the "Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. By Melissa Liebling-Goldberg

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EVA MENDES

Announcing on the red carpet that she would continue as the face of Calvin Klein in advertising through the fall, the actress stuns in a custom Calvin Klein Collection gold lamé metallic banded V-neck gown and Fred Leighton jewels.