The Met Gala is billed as the Superbowl of fashion and the red carpet definitely didn’t disappoint this year. In case you don’t know, the event is the fundraiser for the Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and is held the first Monday of May. Fashion houses buy tables and invite models and celebrities who […]

It would be interesting to hear the logic behind the decision to choose Punk: Chaos to Couture as the subject of the The Metropolitan Museum‘s Costume Institute exhibition this year.  Especially considering they already examined some of these themes in the recent shows AngloMania and Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty.  I will admit that it’s not my favorite […]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala otherwise known as the Met Gala is described as the East Coast Oscars.  The red carpet rivals that of the Academy Awards but at this event, the models and fashion designers outshine the celebrities.  The entire purpose is to raise money and have a chic evening and […]

I may not have been invited to the Met Gala but I was able to attend the press preview for the Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Since Elsa Schiaparelli died in 1973, she and Miuccia Prada did not actually meet.  The exhibit explores the idea of them having […]

There are so many amazing art exhibitions and events beginning this weekend that it feels like Christmas all over again.  Yesterday, I popped into the Gagosian Gallery on Madison Avenue to see the gorgeous Picasso and Françoise Gilot: Paris–Vallauris 1943–1953 exhibition.  This is the fourth Picasso show at Gagosian and the first uptown which was […]

The East Coast equivalent to the Oscars is the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala hosted by Vogue.  While you have to be pretty well connected in the fashion world to be invited to the glamorous event, I was able to attend the morning preview.  This year’s Costume Institute exhibition is dedicated to Alexander […]

The Met Ball red carpet is actually better than the red carpet at the Oscars and I wish that the E! network would report live so we could see all the fabulosity unfold. Reading all the tweets was fun but definitely not the same! These are those that I deem best dressed including O and […]

Tonight is the social event of the season for the fashion flock. The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art annual gala know better as the Met Ball will support the new exhibit, American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity. Makes sense that the Gap is the sponsor although I doubt many woman in attendance […]