Remember when I blogged about that Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art back in May? Well I actually got to go to it!

There’s nothing like filling that geeky/stylish void in your body to make you feel cultured and nerdy all at once.

Unfortunately, there were big, scary security guards patroling the whole exhibit. We weren’t allowed to take pictures - or sketch - or breathe - or even walk more than .0075 mph. But it was such a cool exhibit! This was the only picture I got:

One of my faves was the Superman costume display that, with some snazzy museum special effects, changed from Clark Kent to Superman in the blink of an eye! They were also the original costumes that Christopher Reeve wore! How cool is that? Do I sound dorky enough for you yet? Well, if not, get ready for more…

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As I was sifting through my pile of yet-to-be-transcribed audio files, I was excited to come across my interview with Howard Berger (pictured left), makeup and creature creator extraordinaire of “The Chronicles of Narnia” franchise at Wondercon earlier this year.

I had the chance to see “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” and it was a joy - but I do miss Mr. Tumnus. Nonetheless, ever since I saw the movie I can’t stop proclaiming my faux citizenship in the wonderous world of Narnia.

Berger has been in the business for years doing the makeup effects with his team at K.N.B. EFX Group Inc. He has done everything from the blood gushing gore of “The Hills Have Eyes” (the remake) to the enigmatic surrealism of “The Cell”. He’s even nabbed a couple of awards (an Academy Award and a BAFTA to be exact).

Here’s how our conversation went down:

What process did you go through in translating such fantastic characters on the pages of C.S. Lewis’s novels on to the big screen?

It’s a big order. It’s tough because you want to be able to bring to life what people have in their mind. I wanted to created all the characters that our director Andrew Adamson had in his mind when he was a child and read “Chronicles of Narnia.” I felt that if I could do that, I would be very successful. I also utilized my kids a lot. I talked to them about how they saw the characters. They were a great point of reference because they don’t have any preconceived notions. They don’t say, “Make it more like this movie.” You get that more when you are working with a production committee. We had very good source material because the descriptions are vivid and there are illustrations. We also had Douglas Lewis, who is C.S. Lewis’s stepson, as a point of reference. There’s a huge design period that went on for a really long time and once we found those characters, we started to do all the test make-up and building things.

A centaur from “Prince Caspian”

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I am going to New York at the end of next month and I can’t WAIT to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy” exhibition.

And in case you haven’t been reading, I blogged about the celebrity-to-superhero comparisons on the red carpet - click here, here, here, here, here, here and here to read…

But take a look at some of the displays at the MET. It is a dream for any fashionisto reformed comic geek like me…

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Here are some other Dressed-worthy arrivals at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala…

AP Photo/Evan Agostini

Sorry Anna Wintour, no matter how hard to steal the spotlight in this picture, you can’t eclipse the glamorously ballooning gown of your daughter, Bee Schaffer.

AP Photo/Peter Kramer

A gala wouldn’t be complete without the pretty boy stylings and pouty lipped charm of David and Victoria Beckham.

The always fabulous Dita Von Teese is the only female who’s milky white skin can make make a light colored gown pop with glamor and invoke pin up whimsy.

AP Photo/Peter Kramer

Sarah Silverman’s polka-dotted dainty retro outfit - fits her mischievous girly personality. But those gloves have to go.

AP Photo/Peter Kramer

Do I even need to say why Christina Ricci looks like a couture version of this:

The sheer dress is just OK for me…but I would like it A LOT more if Christina screamed “IT’S MORPHIN’ TIME!”

AP Photo/Evan Agostini

Mary J. Blige’s gorgeously draped dress and ferocious hairdo can catch a lot of dramatic wind, which is why this red carpet diva reminds me of…

Storm - the weather controlling Goddess and the most glamorous X-men of all.

AP Photo/Evan Agostini

Zac Posen does a perfect marriage of Clark Kent and Superman with his comic-worthy dapper suit…

Actress Kate Mara glamorizes Wolverine with a yellow gown that looks like it was constructed beautifully out of three-pronged adamantium claws.

AP Photo/Evan Agostini

Kimora Lee Simmons’s prismatic seizure-inducing color wheel gown is an explosive garment reminiscent of…

…the equally frenetic brighty firework powers of X-men mallrat Jubilee.

Since the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York hosted their gala to honor their new Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy exhibition, (made possible by Giorgio Armani and running through September 1), I thought it would be suitable to correlate red carpet arrival garments with that of actual superheroes.

That said, I am so happy that I could finally fuse my comic book geekdom with red carpet fashion….

Rachel Bilson arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala, in New York on Monday, May 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)

Doesn’t Rachel’s look remind you of…

…the sleek look of Marvel Comics’ femme fatale Black Widow?

David LaChapelle - one of my favorite photographers shot Emile Hirsch (with a camera, not a gun) for the most recent issue of Flaunt.

It has a very “Tom Sawyer/At one with nature/child-like wonder” vibe…