This year's Met Gala sparkled in its annual spectacle of beauty and grace. Themed "The Garden of Time," the Met Gala in promotion of The Costume Institute's new exhibit Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion, celebrities packed the red carpet and beguiled audiences (gawking on social media) in a variety of ensembles worthy of fairytale princesses in…
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…
One of the most talked-about fashion events of the year, the Met Gala, took place on September 13 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to celebrate the opening of the Costume Institute's exhibit, In America: A Lexicon of Fashion. People flocked to social media to share their takes on the guests' style hits and misses and comment…
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…
By now, it's no secret that Vogue editor and Condé Nast director Anna Wintour is attempting to revive the career and reputation of Georgina Chapman, co-founder of Marchesa and estranged wife of Harvey Weinstein (the two reached a settlement in January, but Chapman has yet to file papers to make the divorce official). Wintour's efforts became apparent…
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…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced this week that The Costume Institute’s spring 2017 exhibition will be Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons, on view from May 4 through September 4, 2017. The exhibition will examine Kawakubo’s fascination with interstitiality, or the space between boundaries. Existing within and between entities—self/other, object/subject, fashion/anti-fashion—Kawakubo’s work challenges conventional notions of beauty,…
Actress and pop singer Selena Gomez can officially add major fashion house campaign star to her repertoire, as she has become the new face of , following in the footsteps of Jaden Smith and Alicia Vikander. Gomez announced the exciting news on her Instagram with a photo from the campaign. Happy to finally share my first @louisvuitton campaign…
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…
