Met Gala 2016: couture and technology meet in cutting-edge fashion
Gala celebrates the opening of the Manus x Machina exhibition and provides an answer for a debate that has simmered for decades – is fashion art?
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The Met Gala 2016: what will the guests be wearing?
Taylor Swift in Louis Vuitton and Rihanna in Saint Laurent … Well, we can dream, can’t we?
Met’s China: Through the Looking Glass show presents a fantasy of the far east
Ahead of its annual gala, the Met’s Costume Institute risks accusations of cultural appropriation to explore how ideas of China have inspired fashion, art and film
His work went beyond fashion and was a fine art. Inside “Charles James: Beyond Fashion”.
Look inside the Charles James exhibition @ MET. The career of legendary 20th-century Anglo-American couturier Charles James (1906–1978) is examined in the newly-opened Costume Institute’s new Anna Wintour Costume Center. The exhibition at the Met brought to life some rumors about a reappearance of the legendary brand. The MET exhibition explores James’s design process and … Read more
Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute reopened and renamed the Anna Wintour Costume Center
After two years renovations, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute reopened with a new exhibition and a brand new name – the Anna Wintour Costume Center. The complex named after the high-powered Vogue editor-in-chief and the most powerful woman in fashion has been completely redesigned and renovated and was reopened on May … Read more
Gucci 1953 Horsebit Loafer: 60 years of all the right moves
“It isn’t a buckle or a clasp. It’s the Horsebit. Light and pliable as it is fashionable and luxurious”, says Gucci about its creation celebrating six decades. From the permanent collection of the Costume Institute at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to the world’s most fashionable streets, Gucci’s Horsebit loafer has inspired legions of … Read more