Showing posts with label costume institute. Show all posts
Showing posts with label costume institute. Show all posts

Monday, May 4, 2009

Costume Institute Gala 2009

The Costume Institute held its annual gala tonight at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to celebrate the new exhibition opening this week — The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion. Unsurprisingly, the event drew incredible fashions donned by supermodels and celebrity elites. Here are my top three best and craziest ensembles:


Faves

Claudia Schiffer's dress was my favorite of the pics I've seen. The black cutout gown has an artistic quality while maintaining a beautiful silhouette.


Chanel Iman looks like a tall, exotic nymph in a beautiful leopard print Zac Posen gown.


Of course, mega-hot model Gisele Bundchen rocked it in this Versace micro-minidress.


Crazies

(Disclaimer: I am not totally knocking these choices, since it is a "Costume" Institute gala, and who doesn't love a little avant garde? BUT these ladies take the cake for the most bizarre looks)

Ummm, we have a cray cray Shirley Temple on our hands. Leighton Meester's look leaves me speechless. I do like the bejeweled tights though... the pattern looks better with glitz and texture than it does on the dress itself. Maybe a bodysuit would have been an even bolder but more cohesive choice?


I don't know, Rhianna looks to me like a fembot gone masculine in this Dolce and Gabbana tuxedo.


If Carrie Bradshaw did it right, Madonna did it weird — the sculptural hairpiece is the crowning glory of her oddly hodge-podge Louis Vuitton ensemble that includes black thigh-high boots and fingerless gloves.


WELL, I would have loved to make it to the red carpet, but the workaholic in me ruled out and I had to live vicariously through other blogs/news sites. My new Twitter friend popwatch supplied the link to fabsugar.com, where I got the photos. The New York Times also has a nice story and accompanying slideshow, as does Vanity Fair and E! Online.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Looking Forward to Fashion


The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute issued a press release today, announcing the upcoming exhibition: The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion. Though I admittedly know only a teeny bit about fashion, I thoroughly enjoy studying it — Project Runway and previous exhibitions at the Met are to thank for that — and I cannot wait until this opens in May!

Past Costume Institute Exhibitions I Attended
Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy
blog.mode: addressing fashion