#met costume institute

[miamaimania]

Isabel Canovas's 'Shoes' (1989): A sartorial dance between glamour and craftsmanship at the Met Costume Institute

[beau-gar]

MET GALA 2024 PT 1

DAMSON IDRIS

ODELL BECKHAM JR.

BAD BUNNY

BEN SIMMONS

ALTON MASON

JADEN SMITH

TYLER MITCHELL

JEREMY POPE

COLMAN DOMINGO

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[pattyblom]

Sarah Harrison wearing CHRISHABANA to the Met gala 2024

[bynatashajoseph]

Shakira in Carolina Herrera at the Met Gala 2024

[resplendentoutfit]

Henriette Favre (French, (dates unknown; worked at least from the 1890s to the 1910s) 

Evening gown • silk, sequins • 1902 • Metropolitan Museum of Art

Evening Dress • silk, cotton, celluloid • c. 1903 • Metropolitan Museum of Art

Right: Henritte Favre - Invoice from the Favre Fashion House, 5 Rue de la Paix, Paris, 1905

Left: Favre velvet dress • Silk, metal • 1905-07

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RACHEL ZEGLER - MET GALA PHOTOSHOOT

MAY 6, 2024 - NEW YORK CITY

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[marzipanandminutiae]

The Met Used AI For Their New Costume Institute Exhibition And I'm Not Sure How I Feel About It.

breakdown:

How did they use AI? Was it in a capacity where they could have used human digital artists? The wording on the website makes it sound like they used both- whether anyone was put out of a potential job by it has a huge impact on how I feel about it. But that's not disclosed online

"We used AI and CGI to demonstrate how these fragile garments would move on a body!" you all will do ANYTHING but talk to real people who have lived experience of wearing similar clothing- many of whom are also museum professionals and historians! Historical Costumer and History Worker are not mutually exclusive! friendly reminder that Abby Cox and Nicole Rudolph and Cheyney McKnight and many others all work or have worked in this field professionally beyond the YouTube space, to say nothing of people like Ruth Goodman who do experiential archaeology fully outside of social media! -won't you like geez. I'd rather have a video of Nicole Rudolph spinning in a Worth replica you paid her to make and demonstrate than an AI holograph, personally

Any incursion of AI into the museum-space worries me deeply even though AI can't do my jobs within the field...for now. If we don't stand up for those first affected, we will all fall eventually, I feel. Even nonprofits aren't immune to cost-cutting measures, especially those that run on a shoestring budget as most of our orgs do.

[lolaveda]

Alix by Madame Grès, circa 1936

[purplecatruins]

Taylor Russel in Loewe' s 2023 anthurium flower tops. Gosh...it's so pretty and the colours are stunning. The look is also conserved in the Met's "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" exhibit.

Last pic by me. :)

[kylieforeverandever]

Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion

[beau-gar]

MET GALA 2024 PT 2

LIL NAS X

JON BATISTE

DONALD GLOVER

LEWIS HAMILTON

WISDOM KAYE

USHER RAYMOND

AVERY WILSON

LAW ROACH

STEFON DIGGS

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[pattyblom]

Zendaya's second look for the 2024 Met gala is a vintage Givenchy dress from the Spring 1996 collection by John Galliano. The headpiece is Philip Treacy for Alexander Mcqueen Spring 2007.

[archiveofkloss]

may 4, 2024 / new york city, new york

karlie kloss with wendi murdoch and daniel roseberry at the friends of the costume institute’s celebration of “sleeping beauties: reawakening fashion”

[resplendentoutfit]

Robe à la Française • French • c. 1770 • Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rococo style embraced foreign styles with an inclusive, even rapacious eclecticism, but also with its own propensity to moderation and the small scale. During the period, Ikat, or warp-printed fabric, was modified to meet European taste. Saturated Eastern colors and bold geometrics became muted pastels in smaller floral and striped patterns characterizing many of the designs. – Metropolitan Museum of Art

Panniers or side hoops are women's undergarments worn in the 17th and 18th centuries to extend the width of the skirts at the side while leaving the front and back relatively flat. This provided a panel where woven patterns, elaborate decorations and rich embroidery could be displayed and fully appreciated. – Wikipedia

Jean Honoré Fragonard • The Swing • 1767 • The Wallace Collection, London

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Met Gala

One of My Winners of 2024

Illustration by jamieleereardin on IG

Elle Fanning in Balmain

Styled by Samantha McMillen

Excerpts from the short story that is the dress code for the 2024 Gala:

“exquisite crystal flowers”

“translucent petals”

“She wore her dress low across her breast, revealing a long slender neck and high chin.”