NEW YORK, NY.- Three widely acclaimed and highly attended exhibitions in the spring/summer 2012 season at The Metropolitan Museum of Art?Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations; Tomás Saraceno on the Roof: Cloud City; and The...Show More Summary
That's a wrap!
The Met's Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations exhibit came to a close on Sunday and attendance was wayyyy down.
Compared to last year's record-breaking Alexander McQueen exhibit, which was viewed by more than 661,000 people, only 339,838 came out to see Schiaparelli and Prada.
Even though the McQueen exhibit was extended twice, the numbers are [...]
The Costume Institute’s “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations” exhibition at the Met closed on Sunday to disappointing numbers. According to The New York Times, total attendance at the exhibit came to 339,838. Last year’s “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” exhibit attracted nearly double that number: 661,509. Show More Summary
Even before "Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations" opened in May, curator Andrew Bolton told us he wasn't expecting to repeat the success of last year's McQueen exhibit, which shattered attendance records and was so popular the museum extended its run twice. Instead, this year's exhibit was more modest in size
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Does a famous fashion house even need a designer? Based on the Schiaparelli house’s latest activities, it doesn’t seem entirely necessary–at least not yet. Ever since the Met’s “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations” exhibit was publicized, the house has enjoyed quite a bit of attention, even more so after May’s well-timed announcement that the house [...]Show More Summary
What a beautiful pair these two make!
Dita Von Teese and Rose McGowan attended the Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations in Beverly Hills on Tuesday night.
As per usual, the gorgeous burlesque star was on point in a Herve L. Leroux gown with sheer back and Christian Louboutin shoes! Dita added some Chanel earrings and a [...]
Dita Von Teese and Rose McGowan attend the Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations event held at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Tuesday (June 12) in Beverly Hills, Calif. The party celebrated the Costume Institute bringing its latest exhibition to Los Angeles. It first opened at NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art during the 2012 Met Ball [...]
EVENTS Discover the similarities between two famous Italian designers and admire some of their most iconic ensembles at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s "Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations" exhibit. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave., at 82nd St. Show More Summary
We've been blathering on all week about the Met's new exhibit, "Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations," and, yesterday, it finally opened to the public. We anticipated a stylish crowd for the show's first day, so we sent a photographer over to capture the fashion students, stylists, designers, and other well-turned-out
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Rogue-Wave haired Darren Criss attends the "Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations" Costume Institute Gala.
Birthday shoutouts go to Bono who is 52, and Dallas Roberts is 32. Cougar Town is officially making the move to TBS. Show More Summary
These two designers are both Italian, but Schiaparelli worked in the 1930s to 1950s and Prada designs today. The exhibit plays up their similarities and contrasts, in both their clothing designs and in the imagined dialogue between the two women.
In honor of their Met exhibit Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations, Prada is giving their devoted customers a blast from the past: the Italian brand has reissued 9 "it" bags from their archives. Spanning from 1991, 2000,Show More Summary
Buy Carey Mulligan's Prada Met Gala dress. -NYMag Piperlime gets a brick and mortar. -The High Low A great review of the Met's latest fashion exhibit, Impossible Conversations. -Styleite Actually nice looking workout gear? Can it be?! -Refinery29 Mischa Barton reaches for relevance in a cutout dress. Show More Summary
(All photos courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)
“I never thought people would want to wear clothes with monkeys and bananas on them,” said Miuccia Prada of her spring 2011 collection, a retail smash that featured madcap cotton separates printed with baroque scrolls, embroidered monkeys, and thick stripes. Show More Summary
Anna Wintour went on the Colbert Report last night, ostensibly to talk about the opening of the Costume Institute’s “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations” at the Met, opening today. Which she did and eloquently. But, oh, it was so much more. Wintour more than held her own against Colbert’s act, taking him to task for [...]Show More Summary
"Glee" star Darren Criss made a handsome entrance at the 2012 Met Gala “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations” party last night (May 7). The 25 year-old actor looked clad at the New York City event in a Calvin Klein tuxedo...Show More Summary
Oh look at this: It’s Anna Wintour, impeccably turned out at the opening of Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations, a new exhibition featuring work from both inimitable designers on now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. How does Ms. Wintour do it?
Red Carpet Style from “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations” Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Part Two
From the expected appearances in Alexander McQueen to the rather unexpected, this year’s Met Gala had some surprises and inspirational looks for sure. Show More Summary
This year’s exhibit, a meeting of minds entitled Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations, puts an instant emphasis on the eccentric, intellectual side of fashion. So it’s no surprise the couture and custom-made party looks ran the gamut from the classically elegant to the thoroughly out-there. Whatever they wore, few starlets strayed from true red-carpet protocol: [...]
Before heading to yesterday’s preview of Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations at The Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute, we couldn’t help but think about how challenging it must have been when trying to top last year’s...Show More Summary