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The Costume Institute's 'In America: An Anthology of Fashion' Tells the Untold Stories of American Fashion
This ambitious new exhibition attempts to track the emergence of an identifiable American style through a multimedia experience.
The Costume Institute's 'About Time' Exhibition Subtly Points to Sustainability as the Future of Fashion
The latest from the Met invites viewers to reflect on fashion's relationship with the past, and also has some important things to say about where the industry is headed in the future.
Must Read: Milan Fashion Week Focused on Reality, Meet the Women Decolonizing Sustainable Fashion
Plus, Andrew Bolton says delaying the Met's "About Time" costume exhibition changed it for the better.
The Met Store's 'Camp Icons' Capsule Includes an Anna Wintour Tote and Alessandro Michele Pin
It's the latest product line aligned with the museum's "Camp: Notes on Fashion" exhibit.
It Took Andrew Bolton 13 Years to Convince Rei Kawakubo to Do a Met Exhibition
The Costume Institute curator and avant-garde designer were "always at odds," Bolton claimed.
"Manus x Machina" Reveals the Complex Construction of Fashion's Most Elaborate Gowns
The Costume Institute's landmark exhibit of the year opens to the public Thursday.
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Andrew Bolton Is The Heart Of 'The First Monday In May' Met Gala Documentary
The film is chock full of Anna Wintour quips, intimate celebrity moments and the surprising drama of mounting a record-breaking exhibit.
Julie Lê: How I Shop
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute librarian is surrounded by inspiring fashion history every day.
The Met's Costume Institute Is Now 'The Anna Wintour Costume Center' (Really)
It's all for you, Anna.
Vivienne Westwood Gets Snubbed at Met Gala
For a night dedicated to all things punk, we saw shockingly little of Vivienne Westwood, inarguably one of the creators of punk style, at last night's Met Gala.
Punk-Era Photographer Dishes on Shooting Sid and Nancy
Photographer Steve Emberton on shooting this famous photo of Sid and Nacy: "We knocked on the door but nobody answered. I knocked a bit louder and still nobody answered and I was beginning to wonder if it was going to happen at all, and I knocked really loud and eventually the door opened and it was Sid and he didn’t have a shirt on or anything. He was just dressed in his leather trousers and he was standing at the door and he let us in and I thought, 'Oh this isn’t going to be much fun.'" Only it was.
What to Expect from the Met's Punk: Chaos to Couture Exhibit
"PUNK: Chaos to Couture," the latest exhibit organized by Andrew Bolton for The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, opens to the public tomorrow. The press got a first look today. And I have a feeling reactions will be mixed. (The International Herald Tribune's Suzy Menkes already panned the exhibit for being too "sanitized and bloodless.") Here's why:
'Schiaparelli and Prada' Exhibit Not a Hit For the Met
The Costume Institute's “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations” exhibition at the Met closed on Sunday to disappointing numbers. Accordin
Watch: Anna Wintour Talks Gay Marriage, Sweatpants and Fried Food on Colbert
Anna Wintour went on the Colbert Report last night, ostensibly to talk about the opening of the Costume Institute's "Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossib
A Review and Preview of the Met's 'Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations' Exhibit
The Costume Institute's "Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations" exhibit--you know, the reason for that whole over-the-top Met Gala--opens
Miuccia Prada on Being a Feminist in Fashion: 'I Only Recently Stopped Having Problems'
Miuccia Prada may be one of the most influential, beloved and respected fashion designers of our time--evidenced by the fact that she's about to be honored with an exhibit at the Costume Institute at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. However, she wasn't always so keen on the idea of working in fashion. In fact, there was a time when she "hated it."