Twenty-five blocks south of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, at the waning end of another long first Monday in May, a lively offshoot of the 2023 Met Gala<\/a> is just getting started. The setting is Mr. Chow, the swank Chinese restaurant that Michael Chow<\/strong> opened on 57th Street in 1979\u2014two years after nearby Studio 54, and four years before Karl Lagerfeld\u2019s debut collection for Chanel. As for the guests, trickling in from the Upper East Side, they are the definition of glamour itself. Hairstylist Sam McKnight,<\/strong> in town from London, has just teased Kate Moss<\/strong>\u2019s blonde lengths. Erykah Badu<\/strong>\u2019s sublime energy is still radiating through Jawara,<\/strong> who styled hair for the musician and her daughter, Puma Curry.<\/strong> Angela Levin,<\/strong> responsible for Nicole Kidman<\/strong>\u2019s makeup, watched the actress slip effortlessly into the same dress<\/a> she wore for her 2004 Chanel No. 5 campaign. The two talents behind Gisele\u2019s bombshell look\u2014David von Cannon<\/strong> on hair, Georgi Sandev<\/strong> on that incandescent face\u2014are here too, along with a sizable contingent of the beauty industry\u2019s top tier. In lieu of a bustling coat check, suitcase-size kits are tucked into a quiet corner of the bar.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Makeup](\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6452b72a56d62e2f8993f002\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/Violet-Grey-Met-dinner-09.jpg\")