INSHOW: PUNK: CHAOS TO COUTURE The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its latest show to the public on
INSHOW: PUNK: CHAOS TO COUTURE The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its latest show to the public on Thursday, May 9th when it opens the doors of the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Exhibition Hall to the public for a show that is sure to prove yet another in a string of blockbusters, which seemed to be incrementally hyped since the now legendary McQueen retrospective some two years ago. The “official” opening night of the show was on Monday night, May 6th, with Anna Wintour’s yearly “Met Ball” Gala that boasts a guest list that reads like an A-List yellow pages for the worlds of fashion & Hollywood. The show, which was previewed as a breakfast reveal during New York Fashion Week in February, features iconic pieces from the runway as well as the streets of London in the period from the early 1970’s to present & is understandably heavy on British labels as London is arguably where the movement not only got some of its early roots, but has certainly taken hold in a stronger, more lasting manifestation than any of the other fashion centers in Europe or here in NY… Read More -- source link
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