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PHOTOS: Preview The Met Costume Institute’s ‘Punk: Chaos To Couture’ Exhibit
The irony of attending an 8AM press preview breakfast at the Metropolitan Museum of Art along with Anna Wintour and a pack of Vogue-ettes to talk Sid Vicious, Johnny Rotten, and all things punk was not lost on us as we made the trek to the Upper East Side yesterday, but were we complaining? Not a chance. What we were previewing was, of course, the Costume Institute’s “Punk: Chaos to Couture” exhibition, slated to open to the public May 9 after the annual star-studded gala.
Guess Which Designers Are Next Up At The Costume Institute?
Rumor has it not one, but two Italian fashion houses have been picked as the follow up act to The Costume Institute‘s hit exhibit Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty.
Met Extends Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty By A Week
The Alexander McQueen exhibit at the Met has gotten such a stellar reception that its run being extended a full week — and for a special price, the museum will even let you see it when no one else is there.
McQueen Exhibit Second Only To Van Gogh In First-Day Visits
Anyone who still doubts that fashion is an art form would probably be a little miffed to hear that The Costume Institute’s exhibit of designer Alexander McQueen‘s work had the second highest opening day of any exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum. With 5,100 attendees on May 4, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty is second only to Vincent van Gogh: The Drawings, which pulled in 5,400 people on its first day in 2005.
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