Power of Power of “Superheroes” Gala
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May 05, 2008
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As superheroes enjoy a surge in mass popularity not seen since the golden age of
comic books in the 1940s, The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of
Art will explore the symbolic and metaphorical associations between these fictional
characters and fashion in Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy, an exhibition at the
Museum from May 7 through September 1, 2008. The exhibition will feature
approximately 70 ensembles including movie costumes, avant-garde haute couture,
and high-performance sportswear to reveal how the superhero serves as the
ultimate metaphor for fashion and its ability to empower and transform the human
body.
To celebrate the opening of the exhibition, the Museum's Costume Institute Gala
Benefit will take place on Monday, May 5, 2008. Giorgio Armani will serve as
Honorary Chair of the Gala. Co-Chairs will be actor George Clooney; actress
Julia Roberts; and Anna Wintour, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue.
The exhibition, in the Museum’s first-floor special exhibition galleries, will include
movie costumes as well as radical fashions that literally and figuratively reference
superhero iconography, including Bernhard Willhelm’s 2006 royal blue dress
emblazoned with a red-and-yellow “S” emblem, a 1996 Walter van Beirendonck
pink vinyl inflatable jacket, and a John Galliano for Christian Dior Haute Couture
corset and bikini bottom from his 2001 “Wonder Woman” collection. A Thierry
Mugler motorcycle bustier with polychrome handlebars and side-view mirrors
evokes Ghost Rider in its comic-strip exaggeration, while a Hussein Chalayan
Airplane dress with battery-operated moveable flaps shares the Flash’s streamlined
aerodynamics. Also included is an array of second-skin body suits for extreme
sports, as well as luminous, glow-in-the-dark clothing.
Other designers in the exhibition include Giorgio Armani, Balenciaga, Pierre
Cardin, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Rudi
Gernreich, Givenchy, Eiko Ishioka, House of Harlot, Michiko Koshino, Martin
Margiela, Alexander McQueen, Issey Miyake, Moschino, Nike, Gareth Pugh, Paco
Rabanne, Jeremy Scott, Speedo, and Three As Four.
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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East 80s
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
(212) 535-7710
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May 05, 2008
Official Site
As superheroes enjoy a surge in mass popularity not seen since the golden age of
comic books in the 1940s, The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of
Art will explore the symbolic and metaphorical associations between these fictional
characters and fashion in Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy, an exhibition at the
Museum from May 7 through September 1, 2008. The exhibition will feature
approximately 70 ensembles including movie costumes, avant-garde haute couture,
and high-performance sportswear to reveal how the superhero serves as the
ultimate metaphor for fashion and its ability to empower and transform the human
body.
To celebrate the opening of the exhibition, the Museum's Costume Institute Gala
Benefit will take place on Monday, May 5, 2008. Giorgio Armani will serve as
Honorary Chair of the Gala. Co-Chairs will be actor George Clooney; actress
Julia Roberts; and Anna Wintour, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue.
The exhibition, in the Museum’s first-floor special exhibition galleries, will include
movie costumes as well as radical fashions that literally and figuratively reference
superhero iconography, including Bernhard Willhelm’s 2006 royal blue dress
emblazoned with a red-and-yellow “S” emblem, a 1996 Walter van Beirendonck
pink vinyl inflatable jacket, and a John Galliano for Christian Dior Haute Couture
corset and bikini bottom from his 2001 “Wonder Woman” collection. A Thierry
Mugler motorcycle bustier with polychrome handlebars and side-view mirrors
evokes Ghost Rider in its comic-strip exaggeration, while a Hussein Chalayan
Airplane dress with battery-operated moveable flaps shares the Flash’s streamlined
aerodynamics. Also included is an array of second-skin body suits for extreme
sports, as well as luminous, glow-in-the-dark clothing.
Other designers in the exhibition include Giorgio Armani, Balenciaga, Pierre
Cardin, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Rudi
Gernreich, Givenchy, Eiko Ishioka, House of Harlot, Michiko Koshino, Martin
Margiela, Alexander McQueen, Issey Miyake, Moschino, Nike, Gareth Pugh, Paco
Rabanne, Jeremy Scott, Speedo, and Three As Four.
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museums
East 80s
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
(212) 535-7710
Site
Map
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