Heavenly Bodies: Fashion And The Catholic Imagination

Yesterday was the Press Preview

and Met Gala to celebrate the Heavenly Bodies

 show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Press Preview began at 10 AM and started 

with a long line. Armed men in army green

stood by and dogs sniffed all the bags and backpacks.

Inside the show is split up into the Costume Institute,

the Medieval Galleries & Robert Lehman Wing with 

another section further uptown at the Cloisters.

I enjoyed seeing Galliano being interviewed and

Donatella Versace, and of course His Eminence 

Timothy Michael Dolan, Archbishop of New York 

who gave his remarks as did Stephen Schwarzman.

The Temple of Dendur in the Sackler Wing

Galliano dress with holograms

Gilet by Chanel

Thierry Mugler

Keys To Heaven

China Exhibition

PUNK: CHAOS TO COUTURE

       Chanel

The Fashion Event Of The Year
Championing The Individual

Christopher Kane

Galliano

Works by John Galliano, Riccardo Tisci for The House of Givenchy, Zandra Rhodes,
Ann Demeulemeester, Maison Martin Margiela, Rodarte,
Hussein Chalayan,  Alexander McQueen,
Junya Watanabe, Vivienne Westwood, and The CBGB bathroom.

Zandra Rhodes with her dresses

Featuring:
DIY/Hardware chains, safety pins and ball bearings
Bricolage, the construction achieved by using whatever comes to hand as in garbage bags
Graffiti-provoking the establishment
Distressing, tearing and ripping

Ann Demeulemeester

Galliano

Model As Muse

The Model as Muse:
Embodying Fashion Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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