Tag: metropolitan
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Met Gala 2017 Theme Is Revealed
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art announced on Friday that the theme for its 2017 Costume Institute exhibition and gala will be “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons,” reports Vogue. The upcoming show will be the first to make a living designer the sole subject of the Met's famous fashion exhibit since Yves Saint Laurent in 1983.…
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Sumptuous gowns close Paris haute couture fashion week
Chinese designer Guo Pei made her Paris haute couture debut late on Wednesday with an array of sumptuous dresses for a collection she said was called “the emperor's courtyard”. Guo was catapulted into the international spotlight in May when singer Rihanna wore her 25-kg (55 lb) fur-trimmed, flower embroidered cape dress to the ball at…
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Hips don’t lie: Zuhair Murad showcases romance while Sergeenko goes back to the 1980s at haute couture week
Fashion designer Zuhair Murad put on a romantic show in Paris on Wednesday as he debuted his Spring 2016 Haute Couture collection. The Lebanese creative put the focus on female sensuality with a collection of structured dresses that protruded bell-like at the hips, sculpting exaggeratedly womanly curves.
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NY’s Met celebrates fashion muse Jacqueline de Ribes
Muse to the world's most celebrated designers, aristocrat and international symbol of Parisian elegance, Jacqueline de Ribes is star of the latest New York exhibition that opens on Thursday. “Jacqueline de Ribes, the art of style,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute showcases her unparalleled wardrobe and life as a French aristocrat, loved…