Superheroes at the Met
You can truly say you’ve seen it all once you’re at the MET and the fashion exhibit is about superheroes or rather what one can become wearing fashions that inspire. That is the gist of the Superheroes exhibit curated by Andrew Bolton. The Costume Institute Gala (you know, the party that you’re not invited to, and every a-lister attends while looking incredibly fabulous) was last night and helped kick off the exhibit.
For the comic nerds out there the exhibit is an orgasmic orgy of superhero costumes mixed in with fashion designer’s leaps of fancy. When you give someone like Gareth Pugh the ability to take dramatic license you know you’re going to get something special. Superhero costumes featured include Ironman’s iron suit, Christian Bale’s suit from The Dark Knight and a host of other pieces. You have to really, thoroughly enjoy stuff like this. Curator Andrew Bolton summed up the exhibition like this:
“At the heart of the superhero are issues about the body, identity and transformation, which are, of course, critical to fashion. Fashion is transcendent and transforming - you can become anybody or anything through fashion.”
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