On May 7th, The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosted its annual Met Gala to celebrate the Costume Institute's new exhibition, "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination." The show opens to the public on May 10th—check out a preview of it HERE. Celebrities gathered at the museum in their Sunday best, with some taking the…
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Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination The Met Fifth Avenue & The Met Cloisters May 10th - October 8th, 2018 The first Monday in May is here, marking the day of the annual Met Gala! Each year, the the best and brightest in fashion, art and entertainment gather to celebrate the museum's Costume Institute…
May 1st marked one of fashion’s biggest night of the year, the annual Met Gala. Corresponding with the exhibition, Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between, the 2017 edition of the ball honored 74-year-old designer Rei Kawakubo with a Comme des Garçons-themed night. The star-studded event marked the first time in decades that a…
Once a year, the stars of the fashion and art worlds align for the most prestigious museum event of the year - the annual Met Ball. Corresponding with the upcoming exhibition, Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between, the 2017 edition of the ball will honor 74-year-old designer Rei Kawakubo with a Comme des…
The Costume Institute: China: Through the Looking Glass The Metropolitan Museum of Art May 7th, 2015 –August 16th, 2015 Exhibition Locations: Chinese Galleries and Anna Wintour Costume Center The Costume Institute Gala, held on Monday night, April 5, marked the opening of the Costume Institute's new exhibit. This year's theme looked to the East, as the…
This year's Met Ball will celebrate the works of the legendary twentieth-century Anglo-American couturier Charles James. Charles James: Beyond Fashion will explore James's design process, focusing on his use of sculptural, scientific, and mathematical approaches to construct revolutionary ball gowns and innovative tailoring that continue to influence designers today. Approximately seventy-five of James's most notable designs will…
The fashion blogs can't stop talking about the latest feud between Marc Jacobs and French graffiti artist Kidult. It all started on the night of the Met Ball when Kidult took a fire extinguisher full of hot pink paint and spray painted the word ART across the brick face of the Marc Jacobs store in SoHo. This…