Leighton Meester - Met Ball 2012

Leighton Meester arrives at the 2012 Met Ball held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (May 7) in New York City.

The 26-year-old Gossip Girl actress wore a Marchesa gown on the red carpet. She finished off her look with Harry Winston jewels and Tabitha Simmons shoes.

“:)) now following some of the gorgeous/amazing peeps who support me:) hopefully more to come:)) hehe. Thank you! I wuv you,” Leighton tweeted the day before.

This year’s Costume Institute Gala Benefit – celebrating the opening of the Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations exhibition – is co-chaired by Carey Mulligan, Vogue editor Anna Wintour, and designer Miuccia Prada.