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Tuesday, May 06, 2008 --- 80 days ago http://thecurrent.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/the-gala-attracted-a-redcarpe
| The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art held its annual gala last night, attracting a red-carpet lineup of fashion and movie stars. As guests entered the Museum's Great Hall, they were confronted by three superhero figures looming nearly 20 feet high -- Superman, Wonder Woman,
and Batman -- made of high-density foam and painted to resemble monumental sculptures. Reminiscent of the marble figures in the nearby Greek and Roman galleries, these statues were mere foam, disposable after a night of partying. The continuing superhero exhibit, "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy," is in the Costume Institute's galleries. It includes movie costumes (and Lynda Carter's faded Wonder Woman outfit), built-for-speed athletic gear, and high fashion that is as fantastical than anything found in the pages of DC or Marvel. Exuberant and often beautiful, the fashion is more costume than clothing--work that belongs in a museum or on a stage. A gold-scaled cat suit with a hard, shiny breast plate won't be worn on the street, or even to the Met's gala.
This year's gala and exhibit sponsor is Giorgio Armani, the king of understated elegance -- in his words, "a fashion that is worn." He gets the irony. "The curators must have worked very hard to find something in my past that belongs in this exhibit," he told reporters through a translator. (A delicate dress embroidered with a spider web and some "armored" mens wear represe ... |
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