Vogue & the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute: parties, exhibitions, people

Abstract

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual Costume Institute exhibition is the most spectacular event of its kind. The subjects explore fashion history, from 2001's "Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House years" to 2011's "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" and 2014's "Charles James: beyond fashion," and in turn reflect and create the contemporary zeitgeist. Each exhibition draws a provocative and engaging narrative attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors. The show's opening-night gala, produced in collaboration with Vogue magazine and attended by the likes of Beyoncé, George Clooney, Oprah Winfrey, and Hillary Clinton, is regularly referred to as the party of the year. Covering the Costume Institute's history and highlighting exhibitions of the twenty-first century curated by Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton, this book offers insider access of the first order. Anchored by photographs from the exhibitions themselves in tandem with the Vogue fashion shoots they inspired, it also includes images of exhibited objects and party photos from the galas.

Contents

Jacqueline Kennedy: the White House years 2001 -- Extreme beauty: the body transformed 2002 -- Goddess: the classical mode 2003 -- Dangerous liaisons: fashion and furniture in the eighteenth century 2004 -- Chanel 2005 -- Anglomania: tradition & transgression in British fashion 2006 -- Poiret: king of fashion 2007 -- Superheroes: fashion and fantasy 2008 -- The model as muse: embodying fashion 2009 -- American woman: fashioning a national identity 2010 -- Alexander McQueen: savage beauty 2011 -- Schiaparelli & Prada: impossible conversations 2012 -- Punk: chaos to couture 2013 -- Charles James: beyond fashion 2014.