#NYC the met

[thisislizheather]

Women Dressing Women Costume Exhibit at The Met

"The Costume Institute's fall 2023 exhibition will explore the creativity and artistic legacy of women fashion designers from The Met’s permanent collection, tracing a lineage of makers from the turn of the twentieth century to the present day by highlighting celebrated designers, new voices, and forgotten histories alike.

Women Dressing Women will feature the work of over seventy womenswear designers, spanning ca. 1910 to today, including French haute couture from houses such as Jeanne Lanvin, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Madeleine Vionnet, to American makers like Ann Lowe, Claire McCardell, and Isabel Toledo, along with contemporary designs by Iris van Herpen, Rei Kawakubo, Anifa Mvuemba, and Simone Rocha." - The Met

I love that The Met is doing two different costume exhibits a year now. This one only runs for three months, so obviously I had to go this week. Highlights below!

Above Photo: Maria Grazia Chiuri and Grace Wales Bonner at House of Dior, 2020, edition 2022

Above Photo: Louiseboulanger, 1928

Above Photo: Ana de Pombo at House of Paquin, 1938

Above Photo: Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen, spring/summer 2012

I remember when they last showed this McQueen piece in 2016 (at the Manus x Machina exhibit) and they’re finally highlighting the back of it, which I love.

Above Photo: Rei Kawakubo at Comme des Garçons, spring/summer 1997

So in love with the story behind this design (above).

Above Photo: Norma Kamali, 1978

Above Photo: Betsey Johnson at Paraphernalia, 1966

Above Photo: Mad Carpentier, late 1940s

Above Photo: Melitta Baumeister, autumn/winter 2021-2022

At first glance, I really hated this one (above) and then after a few minutes it really grew on me, especially considering the fact that it’s a product of its time period.

Above Photo: Chanel, autumn/winter 1938-1939

Above Photo: Kate Mulleavy and Laura Mulleavy at Rodarte, autumn/winter 2006-2007

My favourite piece of the whole collection, by far.

Above Photo: Kate Mulleavy and Laura Mulleavy at Rodarte, autumn/winter 2006-2007 (the back of the dress)

And I love that someone had the good sense to put a mirror behind this one so we could see the all of the details.

The exhibit runs now until March 3rd.

[lasttarrasque]

While the world's attention was stolen by celebrities decked out in $10,000+ outfits and Sudanese blood diamonds, Israel used the distraction to begin its invasion of Rafah. The scenes of celebrities who have failed to use their extensive platform to mobilize against this genocide contrasted with fathers begging the remains of their slaughtered children to wake up. These people could use their platforms to levy significant pressure against Israel, yet so many of them chose not to. We need to presser them to stand up for what is right; here is how:

[trendfilmsetter]

Alton Mason arrives at THE MET GALA 2024

[daintyitgirl]

zendaya at anna wintour’s pre-met gala dinner wearing a galliano ss98 gown from the ‘haute bohemia’ collection

[phoebewallerbridge]

Zendaya arrives at Anna Wintour's pre-Met Gala dinner in New York City.

[thingsorganizedneatly]

Inside the book conservation lab at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Photos by Nicholas Calcott / New York Times

[tay-russell]

Taylor Russell in New York City, May 4, 2024.

[todayontumblr]

Tuesday May 2.

Met Gala 2023.

Fashions change, but there is one look that never goes out of style.

And you bet your a*s it's an itty-bitty-kitty wearing a French Net. But this is not just any kitty-cat: this is Choupette, of the late, great fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld for #met gala 2023. 

This year, the great, good, and outrageously sexy gathered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the one and only, nEwWĕ yörKę citæyyyyy for the event known as "The Super Bowl of Fashion." Here, a sheer mass of the glitziest, most glam celebz sported pearls, starched collars, and black and white to honor the legendary German designer, who passed away in 2019. For this year's theme, "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty", invite-only attendees were asked to wear clothes "in honor of Karl". And honor, they did, with an array of designs, dresses, and costumes to astonish, illuminate, and bedazzle. And dashboard beloveds Pedro Pascal, Lizzo, K.Stew, and Harvey Guillén turned heads and served, quite frankly.

[austinslounge]

Hey Butlerettes! 👋 In honor of tonight's Met Gala, here are some throwbacks to Austin at the Met in 2022 😃

[eddie-redmayne-italian-blog]

This look is amazing!!

Eddie Redmayne Met Gala 2024

Grooming by akgroomer

Styled by Harry Lambert

Source Iheartradiobroadway

[yours-stevie]

2024 Met Gala: After-Party looks 📸

[boppunkgreg]

Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau)

John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London) (1856 - 1925)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

[astrodances]

As the cabin came into view again, Goldie couldn’t stop thinking about how this had to be the coldest night they’d had in weeks and her feathers were turning into little icicles. With the small amount of sunlight left, she could see her breath on every exhale. It was so cold she was getting exhausted much faster than she should’ve and Goldie knew she’d be sick in the morning...if she made it there at all.

May I present...the Ice Queen of Dawson. ❄️

This has been a long time coming, but I finally finished this set of three drawings last week that I've been wanting to draw for the longest time for @lettheladylead's running in circles (the above drawing specifically comes from chapter 4 - it's the exact moment that Goldie sees the cabin again on the way back from trying to get back to Dawson). (Will also say that these are a very happy belated birthday gift to you! :D)

There were a few moments from the Klondike chapters that weren't necessarily major story moments, but the descriptions of them (and especially of the environments/lighting) caught my eye and my heart, and made me want to highlight the beauty of the Klondike, and so here we are.

For this scene in particular, her walk back to the cabin, I got a very vivid image of it while reading it, a sort of tragic twist on a "winter wonderland" and on Goldie looking all icy-pretty, and the angst of the Ice Queen naturally came in to play.

Will post the other two drawings over the next two days - up next: a king in the morning light.

[trendfilmsetter]

Amelia Gray for THE MET GALA 2024

[i-m-crazy]

I'm just slightly pissed by the fact that the outfits are so basic? Our boys slay in androgynous outfits but all they got were suits? I feel like SKZ Magic School had better dress codes than this.

Still I'm so happy that they got to attend. They deserve it and we are proud of them.

Also fuck off to all the racist reporters present there.

[disease]

IRIS APFEL @ THE MET GALA BILL CUNNINGHAM | NYC, 1996 [gelatin silver print | 10 x 84"]