British Museum hosts Met-inspired fundraising ball

Supermodel Naomi Campbell and rocker Mick Jagger were among the attendees at the British Museum's inaugural fundraising ball on Saturday, a glitzy event touted by some observers as London's answer to New York's Met Gala. The theme, less ambitious than the Met's elaborate fashion cues, was "pink" -- inspired by the "colours and light of India" as the museum's exhibition on "Ancient India: living traditions" draws to a close.

The museum said the ball, which coincided with the London Film Festival and Frieze Art Fair, would help raise "vital funds" for its international partnerships, including plans to host the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry next year, on loan from France.