Posted: Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The next The Costume Institute exhibition swerves to the streets and clubs of New York and London, then to ateliers and runways with PUNK: Chaos to Couture. The exhibition, on view from May 9 through August 11, 2013, will examine punk's impact from the 1970s to its continuing influence on high fashion now.
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Julie Tran Lê, Library Associate, The Irene Lewisohn Costume Reference Library
Posted: Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Lucy Redoglia, Imaging Coordinator, Department of Digital Media
Posted: Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Jonathan Faiers, Reader in Fashion Theory at Winchester School of Art
Posted: Thursday, June 30, 2011
Shannon Bell Price, Associate Research Curator, The Costume Institute
Posted: Thursday, June 16, 2011
Jennette Mullaney, Associate Email Marketing Manager, Department of Digital Media
Posted: Thursday, August 5, 2010
Among the gorgeous garments on display in the exhibition American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity (closing August 15) is an exquisite black evening dress attributed to Madame Marie Gerber of the house of Callot Soeurs. I spoke with Andrew Bolton, curator in the Met's Costume Institute, about the dress's bold design and glamorous, influential owner.
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Alice W. Schwarz, Museum Educator
Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2010
What do you get when you mix a groundbreaking exhibition, a cutting-edge curatorial team, two enthusiastic Museum educators, and a great American fashion company? A T-shirt design competition for teens!
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Posted: Friday, February 5, 2010
Project Runway, the reality television series about fashion design, visited the Met during an episode entitled "The Highs and Lows of Fashion," which debuted on January 28, 2010.
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Posted: Monday, February 1, 2010
The Museum announced today that the spring 2011 Costume Institute exhibition will be Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty. The exhibition, on view May 4–July 31, 2011, will celebrate the late Mr. McQueen's extraordinary contributions to fashion.
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