Metropolitan’s Costume Institute Honors Our Comic Heroes.

masks-by-philip-treacy-1996.jpgOpening May 7, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s newest show, “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy,” is a “celebration of the body fantastic,” so says Giorgio Armani, the exhibit’s honorary chair.

Clicking through the slide show of some of the costumes reminds me of some of fashion’s better moments both on the runway and on the silver screen. For more, go here.

Image courtesy Style.com. From the Superheroes, “The Doge Knows: Philip Treacy’s futuristic Venetian mask, photographed by Irving Penn for Vogue, December 1996.”

2 Comments so far

  1. Marko on May 3rd, 2008

    Well, hope you get to see it, Kim! Like the futuristic mask, really do. Anyway: here’s me
    saying “Hi, Kim! How are you?”

    Best, M

  2. Kim Barrington on May 4th, 2008

    Thanks for stopping by, Marko, and it’s good to hear from you. We’ve missed you.

    Yeah, I hope I get to see the show too…would love to be invited to the ball though!

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