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New York's Met honors fashion muse Jacqueline de Ribes

Muse to the world's most celebrated designers, aristocrat and international symbol of Parisian elegance, Jacqueline de Ribes is star of the latest New York exhibition that opens on Thursday. "Jacqueline de Ribes, the art of style," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute showcases her unparalleled wardrobe and life as a French...

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The Met renames renovated Costume Institute 'The Anna Wintour Costume Center'

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, which has been under renovation for the past two years, is to be renamed in Anna Wintour's honor. The Vogue editor-in-chief is a long-term supporter of the museum and has been a Met trustee for the past 15 years. She has been credited for turning the Costume Institute's fundraisers into an...