Upcoming Met Gala exhibit aims to be a multi
NEW YORK (AP) — Fashion, most would surely agree, is meant to be seen. Not heard, and certainly not smelled.
But Andrew Bolton, the curatorial mastermind behind the blockbuster fashion exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, begs to differ. His newest show, to be launched by the starry Met Gala next month, seeks to provide a multi-sensory experience, engaging not just the eyes but the nose, the ears — and even the fingertips, a traditional no-no in a museum.
Open to the public beginning May 10, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” features 250 items that are being revived from years of slumber in the institute’s vast archive, with some in such a delicate state of demise that they can’t be draped on a mannequin or shown upright. These garments will lie in glass coffins — yes, like Sleeping Beauty herself.
Related articles
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: US officials sink Prince Harry's 'vague' plan to trademark Sentebale charity
As the Duke of Sussex's relationships with his father, his brother and, indeed, his country have re2024-05-09US Supreme Court lets $2.46 billion Boy Scouts sex abuse settlement proceed
By Dietrich Knauth, ReutersThe U.S. Supreme Court building. Photo: AFP2024-05-09Coalition government falling short on mosque attack anniversary
Worshippers - including those from the Linwood Islamic Centre - gathering for Jumu'ah at Masjid Annu2024-05-09Wait times to see health specialists rise, childhood immunisations fall
Forty percent of patients (30,757) had waited more than four months for surgery or other treatments,2024-05-09Panera will stop serving 'Charged Sips' drinks after wrongful death lawsuits
Panera Bread said it’s discontinuing its Charged Sips drinks that were tied to at least two wrongful2024-05-09EDITORIAL: Hong Kong’s security ordinance will strangle city’s society, economy
Under the guise of “national security,” Hong Kong’s legislature recently passed a draconian security2024-05-09
atest comment