The Met's Blog.Mode Is Addressing Fashion

Among the inspired exhibits available at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is “Blog.Mode: Addressing Fashion,” which runs now until April 18, 2008. The designs addressed here are as avante-garde as ever, with pieces that are the truest indications of conceptual fashion. Highlights include Comme de Garçon’s pale beige polyester organza shawl and silver polyester and cellophane panné velvet dress, as well as Hussein Chalayan’s pink fiberglass and pink nylon tulle dress. Both pieces are created with such sculpture that they evoke a sense of space and strength that is easily stirred by inspiring architecture.Click Here for more information!

Photo 1: Olivier Theyskens (Belgian, b. 1977) for Nina Ricci (French, founded 1932)Evening Dress, spring/summer 2007
Steel gray heat-crinkled silk organza embroidered with linear chain stitch in white silk The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mario Grauso, 2007 (2007.376.2a, b)

Photo 2: Jean Paul Gaultier (French, b. 1952)
Des Robes Qui Se Rerobent Evening ensemble, spring/summer 2001
Beaded pink silk with overlay of silk tulle, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Catharine Breyer Van Bomel Foundation Gift and various funds from various donors, 2001 (2001.455.2a-e)

Photo 3: John Galliano (British, Gibraltar 1960) for Christian Dior Haute Couture (French, founded 1947)
Creation Ensemble, autumn/winter 2005-2006
Beige silk satin and synthetic net, blue silk taffeta with hammered silver, rhinestone, and chenille embroidery; white leather
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation Inc. Gift, 2006 (2006.22a–d)
-Georgia Bistolaridis