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Last night, Century City was beaming with star power in a celebration of feminine beauty at the Annenberg Space for Photography's opening of Beauty Culture, an exhibit featuring works by iconic photographers such as Herb Ritts, Man Ray, Bert Stern, and Jean-Paul Goude. See who joined the likes of Gisele Bundchen, Katie Holmes, and Halle Berry for this special night of photography and some burlesque courtesy of Dita Von Teese.
Wallis Annenberg and the Board of Directors of the Annenberg Foundation meant business when they decided to put together an photo exhibition that explores how feminine beauty is defined, challenged and revered in modern society. Beauty Culture brings together the images of renowned photographers Albert Watson, Bert Stern, Herb Ritts, Man Ray, Jean-Paul Goude, Guy Bourdin, Horst, Melvin Sokolsky, Matthew Rolston, Philippe Halsman, Lauren Greenfield, and Tyen.
Dita Von Teese, Wallis Annenberg
For the opening night celebration of this fantastic collection of works, an A-list crowd of Hollywood stars turned out for a first look of the exhibit, and enjoyed a performance by the reigning queen of burlesque, Dita Von Teese, who slipped into her sexy stage ensemble after strutting the red carpet in a ladylike seafoam green frock. Among those in attendance were Kristy Hume, Krysten Ritter, Olivia Munn, Emmy Rossum, Cassie Scerbo, Wolfgang Puck, Gelila Puck, Jamie Belman, Petra Nemcova, Ali Larter, Perry Reeves, Gisele Bundchen, Nino Munoz, Daryl Hannah, Alek Wek, Linda Thompson, Dita Von Teese, Wallis Annenberg, Halle Berry, Jordana Brewster, Jenna Malone, Amber Heard, Jenna Elfman, Katie Holmes, David Meister, Jamie Lee Curtis, Carol Bayer Sager, Jenny McCarthy, Sophia Bush and Estella Warren.
Wolfgang Puck, Gelila Puck, Jamie Belman, Petra Nemcova
Perry Reeves, Emmy Rossum
Estella Warren, Krysten Ritter
Dita Von Teese
Alek Wek, Wallis Annenberg, Amber Heard
Olivia Munn, Kristy Hume
Katie Holmes, Katie Holmes
Nino Munoz, Gisele Bundchen, Don Cheadle
Jordana Brewster, Carol Bayer Sager, Wallis Annenberg
Halle Berry, Sophia Bush
Dita Von Teese, Jenny McCarthy