Clockwise from top left: The Heiress, The Patriot, The Gibson Girl, The Screen Siren, The Flapper, and The Bohemian.Didn't make the guest list for next Monday's celeb-filled Met Ball? Don't fret ...

One of the most beautiful was designed by Jeanne Lanvin in peach silk crepe with circles of gold embroidery. ‘The flapper was the [extension] of the Gibson girl,’ says Bolton.