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Charles James : Beyond Fashion at MET

May 5, 2014 by The CoF

Tonight, May 5, one of the most attended fashion event of the year will be celebrated at the Costume Institute ball at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art . From 8 May, the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum in New York is home to the most anticipated show of the year, “Charles James: Beyond Fashion”. The occasion will also inaugurates the Anna Wintour Costume Center. With a Gala Benefit. Filled with celebrity. The exhibition “Charles James – Beyond Fashion” is a […]

Categories: Art, Culture • Tags: Anna Wintour, Charles James, Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

JAR jewelry retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of At in NYC

November 18, 2013 by The CoF

The first American retrospective of the exquisite work by Joel Arthur Rosenthal, better known in the art industry as a JAR , will be put together in an exhibition that contains 400 jewelry pieces and it will start on Wednesday, November 20, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. “Born in New York City, Rosenthal, a Harvard University graduate, has lived in Paris since 1966, developing an exclusive — and to some, reclusive — reputation. His studio, located just off Place Vendôme in the […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: JAR, Jewels, Joel Arthur Rosenthal, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Charles James, America’s premier couturier at Met 2014

September 4, 2013 by The CoF

Charles James, America’s premier couturier who was known for his scientific and mathematical approach to fashion, will be the centerpiece of the Costume Institute spring exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibition, “Charles James: Beyond Fashion,” shows hundreds of his pieces and runs from May 8 to August 10. Beyond fashion, the name of the exhibition was born from an idea of James himself, who used it as provisional title of his autobiography. The designer felt that his […]

Categories: Fashion, News, People • Tags: 5 may 2014, Anna Wintour, Beyond Fashion, Bradley Cooper, Charles James, Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art

From Chaos to Couture At Bergdorf Goodman ,Celebrating the Costume Institute

May 13, 2013 by The CoF

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: Art, Bergdorf Goodman, Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Shopping

From Chaos To Couture At Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute

May 7, 2013 by The CoF

Curator: Andrew Bolton of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Co-chairs: Anna Wintour, Lauren Santo Domingo, Riccardo Tisci, Rooney Mara, Beyoncé Knowles Head Treatments: Guido Palau Exhibition Logo creative direction by Peter Saville Films and creative consulting by Nick Knight, edited by Ruth Hogben Music by John Gosling, programmed by Raymond Watts Photos by Betty Sze for Models.com source : http://models.com/mdx/costume-institute-chaos-to-couture/

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Anna Wintour, BEYONCÉ KNOWLES, From Chaos to Couture, John Gosling, Lauren Santo Domingo, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nick Knight, Riccardo Tisci, Rooney Mara

PAULA CHENG : Art In Knitwear

March 13, 2013 by The CoF

Paula Cheng is a New York-based knitwear and accessories designer. Paula is currently a graduate student in the inaugural class of the Fashion Design and Society MFA program at Parsons the New School for Design, where she specializes in research-based designs, deconstructive knitwear and complex free-form draping. She uses the process of plying and mixing fibers, metallic hues and feather-like textures and pulling loops into loops to form fabric, texture to ultimately form structure. She describes her processes as complex […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Art, Knitted fabric, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Parsons The New School for Design, paula cheng

PUNK: Chaos To Couture Exhibition At The MET

February 12, 2013 by The CoF

“There has been no other counterculture with as much influence on fashion,” said Andrew Bolton, curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute on this rainy Monday morning. Standing in front of a frozen image of the Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten, he was referring to the movement inspiring this year’s show, “Punk: Chaos to Couture” (May 9–August 11). Surrounding him were iconic and groundbreaking looks from the likes ofVivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren (their “Tits” and “Two Naked Cowboys” tees, shocking when released in the mid-seventies). […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Anna Wintour, Malcolm McLaren, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Riccardo Tisci, Sex Pistols, Trafalgar Square, Vivienne Westwood, Zandra Rhodes

From Dandy to Punk: The Must-See Fashion Exhibitions of 2013

January 17, 2013 by The CoF

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Zandra Rhodes (British, born 1940), 1977 Photograph by Clive Arrowsmith for Zandra Rhodes Archive from the “PUNK: Chaos to Couture” exhibition “Mannequin — le Corps de la Mode” (“Model — the Body of Fashion”) at Les Docks, Paris, February 1 – May 19, 2013 The Musée Galliera, which is closed for renovation, continues its off-site shows, this time with an exhibition that highlights the importance of the model’s role in fashion. One hundred […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: andréleontalley, Antonio Lopez, LONDON, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paris, SCAD Museum of Art, Vivienne Westwood

13 Things To Look Forward To In Fashion In 2013

December 27, 2012 by The CoF

From Alexander Wang’s hotly anticipated debut at Balenciaga to simply stepping out of stilettos into sturdier heels, there’s much to be excited about in the coming year. Alexander Wang’s First Collection for Balenciaga Having proven himself as one of America’s strongest young designers, Wang takes off for Paris. We can’t wait to see his vision for the storied French house. Photo: Monica Feudi /Feudiguaineri.com First Lady Michelle Obama’s Inaugural Ball Dress Four years ago, the First Lady catapulted Jason Wu into the national spotlight when she wore […]

Categories: Beauty, Book, Design, Fashion, People • Tags: Alexander Wang, Balenciaga, Elsa Schiaparelli, Jason Wu, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York School of Applied Design for Women, Proenza Schouler

Top Bookings For The Holidays

December 21, 2012 by The CoF

The holidays are upon us now, and publishers are celebrating them with lavish, rich-looking books on topics from fashion in impressionist paintings to the history of Chinese silks to the intricate worlds under glass in the windows at Bergdorf Goodman. “Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity”(The Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press), edited by Gloria Groom, is designed to go with a major exhibition of paintings in France and the U.S., which is coming to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New […]

Categories: Beauty, Book, Design, Fashion • Tags: Alexander McQueen, Audrey Hepburn, Bergdorf Goodman, John Cordes, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musée Galliera, New York City, Terence Conran