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Tag: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Karl Lagerfeld: a Line of Beauty at the Met shows the serpentine with the straight
June 22, 2023/11.31
Costume Institute exhibition runs through July 16, and realized with Bonaveri mannequins […]
Lucire’s top picks from the 2023 Met Gala
May 3, 2023/3.56
Fashion and beauty editor Sopheak Seng gives his top picks from the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art […]
Twenty years later, Paula Sweet’s website hits the refresh button
April 18, 2020/12.53
Above, from top: Paula Sweet at work in Italy. Her mink design, 2019. Black T-shirts, 2020. The Muslin Mink as detailed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ‘Those were my ideas from the first, to create a fashion brand which made people feel happy, feel powerful, and—most importantly—which was accessible to all. My agenda hasn’t […]
Met Gala 2018 gets more extravagant, with Katy Perry, Gigi Hadid, Rihanna, Alek Wek, Olivia Munn
May 8, 2018/21.18
H&M Versace The Met Gala gets more extravagant by the year, certainly since our first coverage of it in 2001. The benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute is now known for over-the-top outfits as well as its expensive tickets and must-see social status, and this year the trend continued. The theme, […]
Raf Simons, Reese Witherspoon honoured as WSJ Magazine Innovators
November 2, 2017/10.56
News Corporation’s WSJ Magazine honoured Raf Simons (fashion), Reese Witherspoon (entertainment), Roman and Williams (design), Ryan Heffington (performing arts), Musical.ly (technology), Mark Bradford (art), and Diller Scofidio + Renfro (architecture) at an awards’ ceremony for its November ‘Innovators’ issue at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on Wednesday. The 2011 design winner, Joris […]
H&M creates unique looks at Met Gala for Nicki Minaj, Stella Maxwell, Ashley Graham, Jourdan Dunn
May 2, 2017/23.27
Dimitrios Kambouris, Neilson Barnard, Dia Dipasupil, John Shearer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) went all out by dressing seven celebrities at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Benefit—the Met Gala—this year. Nicki Minaj, Future, Ashley Graham, Joe Jonas, Jourdan Dunn, Sasha Lane and Stella Maxwell all donned unique H&M looks to celebrate the Institute’s exhibition, […]
The Instagrams of the top fashion labels: showing seven ways they reach us
June 14, 2015/13.18
With social media being such a big part of the world we now live in, fashion houses no longer have just magazines to sell their products. These Instagram accounts give fans an insiders’ look to the brand and what’s going on. We have chosen seven of the top fashion labels to give the different ways […]
Video: who wore what at the 2015 Met Gala? Beyoncé, FKA Twigs, Rihanna stand out
May 5, 2015/11.11
Taylor Hill Jamie McCarthy Who wore what at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute 2015 Gala, benefiting the CFDA–Vogue Fashion Fund, with the theme, China: through the Looking Glass? We spotted Jessica Hart in a red Valentino Chinoiserie-style velvet dress, really getting into the spirit of the theme, accessorized with Carrera y Carrera […]
Lucire TV: fashion’s significant moments and trends of 2013
December 28, 2013/11.57
While we had our newsmakers, what else summed up 2013 in the fashion business? In a nutshell: Marc Jacobs’ departure from Louis Vuitton after 16 years and his last show at Paris Fashion Week, the return of Tom Ford and a big show to London, the revival of Schiaparelli under Christian Lacroix, the return […]
