The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York recently revealed the theme for the 2024 Costume Institute Exhibition and Gala, which will be titled “Sleeping Beauties…Reawakening Fashion” in the world of fashion.
Each year, the Met Gala attracts an elite group of celebrities from the worlds of fashion, film, politics and sports, with a guest list carefully curated by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.
Next year, a gala will be held in Manhattan on May 6 to celebrate the opening of the exhibition, which will be open to the public from May 10 to September 2. Both the events are co-sponsored by popular video sharing app “Tik Tok”.
The comprehensive, immersive exhibition includes some 250 garments and accessories spanning four centuries from the Fashion Institute’s vast archives, which include 33,000 pieces, from a 17th-century embroidered jacket to Alexander McQueen’s seashells. Spring/Summer 2001 collection.
The Metropolitan Museum said in a recent statement: “Using the natural world as a unifying visual metaphor for the transformation of civilization, the exhibition explores cyclical themes of birth and renewal, infusing new life into these historic objects.”
“When pieces enter the museum’s collection, it becomes clear that they cannot be worn,” explained Andrew Bolton, curator of the clothing company. So you don’t see movement. “You can’t smell, hear, or touch.” Through the exhibition, he hopes to “reawaken the emotional capacities within the fashion pieces at the Fashion Institute through different techniques.”
The Met Gala is a source of funding for fashion companies. Anna Wintour has been directing the charity concert since the 1990s and has turned it into one of the world’s most attention-grabbing concerts.
• 250 costumes and accessories spanning four centuries will be included in the exhibition.
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