Prepare to be enchanted by the captivating exhibition "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from May 10 to September 2, 2024. This immersive experience, presented by The Costume Institute, delves into the theme of rebirth and renewal in fashion, using nature as a metaphor for its impermanence. The exhibition aims to…
The details have been announced for the 2023 Met Gala, which means the biggest night in celebrity fashion is drawing nearer. On May 1st, the world's biggest stars will grace the Metropolitan Museum of Art's iconic stairs dressed by fashion's best of the best. This year's theme, "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty," is an…
Barnyard Fashionistas, by artists Bree Allen and Josh Reiss, is comprised of over 10,000 individual NFTs (non-fungible tokens). The collection is a playful, tech-forward NFT set featuring fun, vibrantly rendered, hand-drawn chickens dressed in various sartorial looks and styles in fashion and music... It's almost impossible to pick your favorite chicken with the humourous birds…
The Costume Institute is returning with its next major exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This year, the exhibition is coming in two different parts - In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, from September 18, 2021 to September 5, 2022, and In America: An Anthology of Fashion, from May 5, 2022 to September 5, 2022. The…
With Zoom sessions replacing face-to-face classes, business meetings, and celebrated holidays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, who’s to say that culinary teachers can’t be replaced by Gordon Ramsey? Or singing coaches can’t be replaced by Christina Aguilera? MasterClass provides just that with online video courses taught by celebrities and other industry professionals, available to anyone…
In celebration of Pride Month and “Camp: Notes on Fashion” The Met will host a vogueing competition titled "Battle of The Legends" on June 11th - taking place on the prominent Met steps. Anna Wintour, Twiggy Garcon, and Roth will act as judges with a prize going to the crowd's favorite. Competitors include Asia Balenciaga,…
"Camp: Notes on Fashion" On view: May 9 - September 8 The Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC On the first Monday of May, every year, the elite are summoned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC by Vogue's Editor in Chief Anna Wintour for the biggest fashion benefit of the year: The Costume Institute…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is launching a design contest to celebrate the Museum's upcoming 150th anniversary in 2020. From April 12th, The Met invites the public to submit original designs that draw inspiration from Open Access images of works in the Museum's collection. Entries will be revealed on June 14, from which six winning…
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery celebrated its 2019 Portrait Circle Spring Soirée on April 8, with a conversation on art, portraiture, and fashion featuring Christy Turlington Burns and Tonne Goodman. More than 200 guests gathered under the museum’s Foster + Partners-designed Kogod Courtyard to enjoy champagne and passed hors d'oeuvres followed by a program of…
Move over Pablo, here comes Hillary! When it comes to the upcoming election, all bets are off, but one thing is for sure - the former Secretary of State is definitely winning the merch game. New York Fashion Week SS17 kicks off today with high profile shows from Yeezy, Vfiles, and Tom Ford, but the unofficial opening event happened last…
"Manus X Machina: Fashion in the Age of Technology" The Metropolitan Museum of Art 100 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028 May 5 - August 16, 2016 The Metropolitan Museum of art has announced their newest costume exhibition to debut in May and run through August 2016. Titled "Manus X Machina: Fashion in the Age…
China: Through the Looking Glass The Metropolitan Museum of Art Chinese Galleries and Anna Wintour Costume Center May 7–August 16, 2015 The Costume Institute’s spring 2015 exhibition, China: Through the Looking Glass, will be on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from May 7 through August 16, 2015. In this collaboration between The Costume Institute…
Heartless Harvey Nichols may sound like a nursery rhyme character, but it is in fact an animal rights group founded in response to the UK based clothing store, Harvey Nichols, repealing its no-fur policy in 2013. Heartless Harvey Nichols is arranging a mass protest in front of Harvey Nichols stores on December 13th. Previously, Harvey…
At the age of 12, Chanel Iman launched a whirlwind modeling career after being signed to Ford Models in Los Angeles, where she grew up. “I was the youngest black girl to be on all of the catwalks … you know, that was really rare!” She would subsequently, in a few short years, be crowned…
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 Presented in the Museum’s Chinese Galleries and Anna Wintour Costume Center, the exhibition will explore how China has fueled the creative imagination for centuries, resulting in layers of…
Giorgio Armani celebrated One Night Only New York at Superpier in Hudson River Park on October 24th, where he displayed the Eccentrico exhibition and runway show dedicated to Giorgio Armani Privé. Personalities from the worlds of fashion and entertainment, including Leonardo Di Caprio, Naomi Watts, Hilary Swank, Renee Zellwegger, Martin Scorsese and others joined Mr.…
On October 18th, “Bergdorf Goodman Day”, as declared by New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the store continued the celebration of its 111th Anniversary with an extraordinary Gala at the iconic Plaza Hotel. Bergdorf Goodman celebrated its 111th Anniversary with a series of exciting projects, including a documentary film, Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s, and a book, that draw out the magic…
REMEMBERING MCQUEEN Featuring Artwork by ANN DEVITO, Motion Graphics by JESUS of NIOTION ARTES. - Remembering McQueen (4:49) features original illustrations by Ann DeVito inspired by the late fashion designer Alexander McQueen's work. The multimedia presentation is juxtaposed with quotes from a variety of McQueen's contemporaries regarding his life and how they look back at his…
