Fab Flash: Superheroes at the 2008 Costume Institute Exhibit

[Meg]

again, all pictures from the red carpet itself should be posted in the thread in Star Style

 

[lindscha]

So Excited!

 

[sarah13]

british vogue.com

Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy exhibits

SUPERHEROES AT THE MET: THE FASHION EYE VIEW

"I THINK the secret of a good exhibition is when it happens very easily, which is what happened here," Anna Wintour told us of the Metropolitan Museum's Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy installation.

"We had many more looks in the exhibition than we could use, so [the idea] is obviously, once you start to look, really out there. It was largely Andrew [Bolton, the exhibition curator]'s vision that brought it all together but we've been very fortunate that at the same time," she added. "All these movies are coming out and the Olympics are coming up, so it all sort of came together."

No coincidence, then, that Robert Downey, Jr's Iron Man costume and Christian Bale's The Dark Knight costume are used, along with a Gareth Pugh autumn/winter 2007-8 ensemble, to represent The Armored Body. Or that Olympic uniform makers Nike and Speedo both turn up in The Aerodynamic Body section.

So what is Giorgio Armani's favorite garment in the exhibit (other than his own, of course)?

"The Gareth Pugh!" he replied immediately. "It's something that you don't expect - and it's very creative within this context." (May 6 2008, AM)

Lauren David Peden

 

[aaron95]

hey so how can we get picstures of the costumes presented at the MET?? or they are impossible to get??

 

[MissMagAddict]

hey so how can we get picstures of the costumes presented at the MET?? or they are impossible to get??

Here's some of the images & a video tour...

Anna, Giorgio & Superheroes Galore

 

[aaron95]

Thnx so much! KARMA! hahaha

 

[ultramarine]

I saw a tidbit on E! ... and twas Armani all over ... he arrived with Julia and George ...