The Spring 2012 exhibit at the Costume Institute will showcase the work of two fashion icons, Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada. Set to open to the public from May 10th through August 19th, 2012 the exhibit will explore the lives of these two Italian designers from different eras. Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973) was an Italian fashion...
Alexander McQueen, British fashion designer and couturier, is being honored with a retrospective of his most iconic designs at the Costume Institute. McQueen, who committed suicide on September 11th, 2010, was a graduate of the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. He presented his first collection in 1992 and by the end of...
This evening, May 3rd, 2010, The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art will honor “The American Woman” with a gala event deemed the” Oscars of the East Coast”. Celebrity stylists, make-up artists and hair stylists are all on high alert. This year the event will be co-hosted by Vogue’s Anna Wintour, Oprah Winfrey...
