Sept. 20, 2010 - New York, New York, U.S. - Actress HALLE BERRY attends the Swarovski Elements Present 22 Ways to Say Black: A Charity Auction of original couture held at MILK Studios. © Red Carpet Pictures

A sea of little black dresses is what happened on Monday at the Phillips de Pury headquarters in New York. Halle Berry, Julianna Margulies and Sofía Vergara were chic and sexy, rocking their LBD’s at Swarovski’s “22 Ways To Say Black” auction event.

The auction, offering 22 one-of-a-kind LBDs created by designers such as Jean Paul Gaultier, Donna Karan, Valentino and Vivienne Westwood (the list is too long, check out the dress gallery below), is benefiting the American Cancer Society and La Ligue Nationale Contre Le Cancer. And luckily (although I have the feeling luck has nothing to do with it) the action was a success, raising over $100,000.

22 Ways To Say Black Alexis Mabille 3.1 Phillip Lim

22 Ways To Say Black Vivienne Westwood Sonia Rykiel

22 Ways To Say Black Jean Paul Gaultrier Fendi

22 Ways To Say Black Catherine Malandrino Gianfranco Ferre

22 Ways To Say Black Martin Grant Marios Schwab

22 Ways To Say Black Alberta Ferretti Diane Von Furstenberg

22 Ways To Say Black Valentino Thakoon

22 Ways To Say Gaspard Yurkevich Lanvin

22 Ways To Say Black Azzaro Donna Karan

22 Ways To Say Black Armani Prive Missoni