PHOTOGRAPHED BY STEVEN MEISEL, VOGUE
THE FAR EAST HAS EXUDED AN OVERWHELMING SENSE OF EXOTICISM AND BEAUTY TO CENTURIES TO THE WEST FOR MANY CENTURIES AND WITH LUXURY BRANDS OPENING THEMSELVES TO THE CHINESE MARKET RECENTLY, THIS YEARS MET GALA THEME IS APTLY TITLED.
THE EXHIBITION, (WHICH OPENS TO THE PUBLIC ON MAY 7th 2015) IS TITLED "CHINA - THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS" AND LOOKS TO CELEBRATE THE INFLUENCE OF EASTERN ART AND CULTURE ON WESTERN FASHION THROUGH SHOWCASING A JUXTAPOSITION OF DELICATE ARTWORK, PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM AND STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL FASHION PIECES.
THE EXHIBIT, WHICH HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY VOGUE'S ANNA WINTOUR AS THE 'BIGGEST SHOW WE HAVE EVER DONE' WILL SHOWCASE OVER 140 COUTURE AND READY TO WEAR PIECES FROM DESIGNERS SUCH AS, ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, ROBERTO CAVALLI AND CHRISTIAN DIOR. HIGHLIGHTING THE LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WESTERN FASHION AND ORIENTALISM. CURATOR ANDREW BOLTON SAID OF THE FEATURED DESIGNERS, THAT THEIR DESIGNS ARE 'INFUSED AT EVERY TURN WITH ROMANCE, NOSTALGIA, AND MAKE-BELIEVE'.
A BOOK CHINA: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, BY ANDREW BOLTON WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE FOR $45.00 AND WILL REFLECT THE PIECES FROM THE EXHIBITION.
A BOOK CHINA: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, BY ANDREW BOLTON WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE FOR $45.00 AND WILL REFLECT THE PIECES FROM THE EXHIBITION.
CHRISTIAN DIOR
ROBERTO CAVALLI
I WAT WITH HUGHE ANTICIPATION TO SEE THE FASHION WORLDS TAKE ON THIS YEAR'S VASTLY INTERESTING THEME TONIGHT.
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