The Metropolitan Museum of Art will host "About Time: Fashion and Duration" for its annual spring Costume Institute exhibition. On view from May 7, 2020 through September 7, the show will also aid in the museum's ongoing celebration of its 150th anniversary, as it illustrates 150 years of fashion history. “This exhibition will consider the...
7 Nov 2019
Fashion companies and designers from Adidas to Iris van Herpen have started exploring 3D printing in the past few years, while designer Zac Posen wowed the world with his otherworldly 3D-couture outfits at the Met Gala earlier in May. Although the technology offers seemingly unlimited possibilities to designers, hurdles still remain for its...
28 May 2019
A design process curated over months that began in Gucci’s design studio in Rome, the gowns and suits of the Met Gala take shape under the eye of Gucci Creative Director Alessandro Michele. Source: Youtube, Gucci
14 May 2019
Watch "Ru Paul's Drag Race" star Sasha Velour break down some of the looks spotted on the 2019 Met Gala pink carpet with WWD's Eye Editor Leigh Nordstrom and Style Director Alex Badia. Source: Youtube, WWD
Gallery views of The Costume Institute's spring 2019 exhibition, Camp: Notes on Fashion, narrated by exhibition curator Andrew Bolton. Source: Youtube, The Met
Watch a video preview of the exhibition Camp: Notes on Fashion, on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from May 9 through September 8, 2019. Source: The Met, YouTube.
6 May 2019
It was the ambitious New York exhibition that brought together haute couture and Vatican treasures, treading delicately so as to keep the Catholic Church on side, and it appears to have paid off. The Metropolitan Museum of Art said Thursday that 1.66 million visitors flocked to its 2018 Costume Institute show, "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the...
12 Oct 2018
Andrew Bolton has curated some of the most innovative exhibits the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute has ever displayed. Tour the famed museum with Bolton himself as he discusses the role of fashion as art and previews this spring's exhibition, Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination. Source: M2M - Made To Measure,...
17 May 2018
Whether it's Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, or Alexander McQueen, religious iconography has long found its way onto the runway. Source: M2M - Made To Measure, YouTube.
Think embroidered papal mantles inspiring a John Galliano masterpiece for Dior, Joan of Arc armor refashioned as sexualized corsetry by Jean Paul Gaultier or the monk habit re-styled as eveningwear by Valentino. There are plenty of tiaras, but few tantrums at New York's hottest museum ticket this spring, "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the...
11 May 2018
H&M designed custom looks for Lili Reinhart, Olivia Munn, Alek Wek, Kiersey Clemons, Jasmine Sanders and Luka Sabbat for the 2018 Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit. Source: H&M, YouTube.
8 May 2018
If the devil is in the details, every masterpiece from the Tommy Hilfiger Atelier is heavenly. See the artistry behind the designs – from concept to final touch – inspired by tonight’s Met Gala theme “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.” Source: Tommy Hilfiger, YouTube.