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A Hero's Welcome.
At the Met's Costume Institute gala, a pantheon of Hollywood and fashion luminaries pays tribute to the mythic glamour of comic-book superheroes. Hamish Bowles is dazzled.
S hazam! " With that magical word the cub reporter Billy Batson is transformed into Captain Marvel, superhero, instantly invested with the powers of Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury. On the balmy evening of May 5, in celebration of the Costume Institute's latest blockbuster, "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy," the power of transformation and the mythic glamour of the Golden Age of comic books brings the spirit of shazam to vivid life at the Metropolitan Museum of Art--an ...
- Greek Dressing.(Costume Institute at Metropolitan Museum of Art plans exhibit)
- Magazine article from: WWD February 12, 2003 700+ words
...over the penthouses along Central Park and suddenly illuminated...helping the museum's Costume Institute realize its spring exhibition...three co-chairs of the Costume Institute's "Party of the Year...will open on May 1 in the Costume Institute's traditional venue in...
- BiZBash Names 15 Event Planners of the Year; 2005 List Includes Planners From...
- Press release article from: Business Wire December 9, 2005 700+ words
...s Stephanie Winston Wolkoff ran the Costume Institute gala, which aims to gather New York...Jean-Claude's "The Gates" in Central Park, which drew four million people...Douglas Blonsky, President, Central Park Conservency --Shauna Brook, U...
- Met museum benefit for Costume Institute to get new tailoring.
- Magazine article from: WWD Michals, Debra June 12, 1987 700+ words
Met museum benefit for Costume Institute to get new tailoring NEW YORK...the December benefit for the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum...associate curator in charge at the Costume Institute. According to Druesedow...
- MET GETS 'DANGEROUS'.(Costume Institute's show)
- Magazine article from: WWD Wilson, Eric February 12, 2004 700+ words
...Dangerous Liaisons," promises to be the Costume Institute's steamiest show to date, and...exhibition, which will be the first Costume Institute show staged outside the confines...sculpture." "I will tell you that the Costume Institute, being downstairs, does not stop...
- COSTUME INSTITUTE LOOKS BEYOND CHANEL.
- Magazine article from: WWD August 11, 2005 700+ words
...sharpened focus on accessories. "The Costume Institute collection is encyclopedic...Harold Koda, curator in charge of the Costume Institute, explained. "However, over the...Koda said. Andrew Bolton, the Costume Institute's associate curator, added...
- Instituting change. (Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New...
- Magazine article from: Daily News Record Barr, Elizabeth December 7, 1992 700+ words
A new era begins tonight for the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art...Vreeland beginning in 1972 - the Costume Institute has had an uphill battle in getting...attending the annual benefit for the Costume Institute tonight will be the first to see...
- BLOGGING AT THE MET: COSTUME INSTITUTE COURTS INSTANT FEEDBACK.(Metropolitan...
- Magazine article from: WWD Karimzadeh, Marc September 26, 2007 700+ words
...The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute is reaching into the blogosphere...exhibited clothes. To that end, the Costume Institute galleries will feature a 'blogbar...Harold Koda, curator in charge of the Costume Institute. "If you look at visitors in the...
- The Costume Institute: sketching in the future. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)...
- Magazine article from: WWD Bizer, Karen August 1, 1988 700+ words
THE COSTUME INSTITUTE SKETCHING IN THE FUTURE NEW YORK--Can the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute survive without Diana Vreeland...unsettled. Debate concerning the Costume Institute has been continuous since Vreeland...