Like Buckley, Rose Byrne, in hour-glass Dior, embroidered with white cyclamen, met the right dress. Kirsten Dunst in architectural black ruffles; prima ballerina Misty Copeland in a David Koma black tuxedo with a white tutu hem (shades of Jonathan Anderson’s new Bar jackets at Dior), Kate Hudson (not normally a notable dresser, but her watery blue beaded Armani Privé strapless peplum dress looked stunning); Chloe Zhao in her Lady Dedlock black veil and Audrey Nuna, in a tailored gold and black jacket that exploded into a Scarlett O’Hara crinoline below the waist, all looked delightfully idiosyncratic.
You’ve got to hand it to Gwyneth Paltrow, who always knows how to steal the spotlight. In her blush pink Armani Privé gown, she took the concept of a thigh split to new heights – a not-so-subtle reminder that the over-50s can still bare all when it’s done judiciously. Naomi Watts also rocked slit-to-the hip Balenciaga at the after party, while Philipine Leroy-Beaulieu did a deep V-neck. And then there was 80-year-old Goldie Hawn, still somehow working her dizzy blonde charm and getting away with it.