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    Image of Sukie in the Graveyard Sukie in the Graveyard
    05/08/09

    In reply to The Costume Institute Has No Clothes
    When one is busy romanticizing what fashion and modeling once was, they forget to consider what it is now. What it will be.


    This exhibit seemed to be so much about showing the history of fashion. What there anything in the exhibit to communicate how each model influenced the artist? Their personalities, likes, dislikes, attitudes or just damn (sound it out) "jua de vie" (cause I can't spell it, let alone even begin to start). HOW did the model muse? They don't just stand there. You CANNOT tell me that Veruschka just Stood there and that photo came out.


    Also, that ring belt IS the outfit. Fail. Super Fail.


    I'm sorry it sucked. Let's make a better one.

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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    05/08/09

    In reply to The Costume Institute Has No Clothes
    Beautifully written, I'm sorry it was a disappointment. The soundtracks, graffiti, unlit cigarettes- wow what sorry props. As you said, it's hard to fail with some stunning, classic fashion photography.
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    05/08/09

    In reply to The Costume Institute Has No Clothes
    It sounds so underwhelming, and for that I am quite sad :(
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    Image of rightorwrong rightorwrong
    05/08/09

    In reply to The Costume Institute Has No Clothes
    Sounds lame. Too bad, it should have been great. Both the Costume Institute and Islamic Art have been missing for years. I hope someone with influence is paying attention. I'll be seeing it on Saturday and Sunday - my usual deathmarch and art appreciation weekend.
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    Image of hfree hfree
    05/08/09

    @rightorwrong: The Islamic Art galleries are being rennovated as part of the same project as the Greek and Roman galleries. They haven't been forsaken, I promise. I've seen some of the plans and it will be lovely when it's finally finished.
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    05/08/09

    In reply to The Costume Institute Has No Clothes
    I still think this was an odd choice for an exhibit in an art museum in the way they are presenting it. If the point is model as muse and concentrates as much on the photographers as the designers, then the clothes are almost secondary. It seems like this would have worked much better as a photography exhibit. The Avedon show at the Met a few years back was fantastic, as was the David Bailey "Birth of the Cool" show in the UK in 2001. Both shows seemed to say more about the relationship between photographer and subject than this show. And if they left out Alaia then it really has nothing to do with model and designer. I usually really enjoy the Costume Institute shows, an included entries in my masters thesis about "Dangerous Liasons" and "Anglomania", but this one and the superheroes show last year just missed so badly. Why can't they stick to the small shows in the basement galleries? Those are always intriguing and well curated.


    P.S. on the blank mannequins. I don't know if they are using them in this show, but the mannequins they use in the main Costume Institute basement galleries are based on Christy Turlington (both facially and in body proportions).

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    Image of Sandicomm Sandicomm
    05/08/09

    @hfree: Superheroes was okay, but they could have done so much more: gender roles, power dynamics, current state of the comic book industry. Instead it was all, "Hey, look, brightly colored body suit. IT MUST BE A SUPERHERO." Please. The exhibit could have been so much better.


    The only exhibits that I saw recently that I loved was the Poiret exhibit and the Nan Kempner exhibit. But it seems like sponsors and donors (like Ms. Wintour) have really gained control of the Institute. The quality of the exhibits has really gone downhill. Poor Harold Koda.

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    05/08/09

    @Sandicomm: I'm hoping that the acquisition of the Brooklyn Museum's collection will breath some new life into the Institute. Something to shake things up.
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    Image of Aesop's Foibles. YES. Aesop's Foibles. YES.
    05/08/09

    In reply to The Costume Institute Has No Clothes
    .....At least no one's jumping. Right? That's good!
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    Image of Fate'sBitch Fate'sBitch
    05/08/09

    In reply to The Costume Institute Has No Clothes
    Um, that 1980 Veruschka is Amazing. I want it poster-sized and framed on my wall, like now.
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    Image of Fate'sBitch Fate'sBitch
    05/08/09

    @Fate'sBitch: blerg, 1968.
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    Image of milominderbinder milominderbinder
    05/08/09

    In reply to The Costume Institute Has No Clothes
    the second picture looks so much like man ray's photographs of lee miller i think it was meant as an homage to surrealist photography
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    Image of Fate'sBitch Fate'sBitch
    05/08/09

    @milominderbinder: I agree, I immediately thought of Nude Bent Forward when I saw it.


    [www.culture24.org.uk]

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    Image of maneki neko maneki neko
    05/08/09

    In reply to The Costume Institute Has No Clothes
    The second photo is sort of epic in its objectification/dehumanization.
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    Image of Goethewritesdrivel Goethewritesdrivel
    05/08/09

    @maneki neko: Try 'glorification of perfect form'...
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    Image of Flackette Goes Retro Flackette Goes Retro
    05/08/09

    @Goethewritesdrivel: I'll go 50/50 on that one. It's striking and gorgeous, but I was a bit disturbed.
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    Image of Jezebabe Jezebabe
    05/04/09

    In reply to Chanel Does Couture For Ballerinas; Is Supermodel A Michael Kors Klepto?
    Wow, does anyone remember when Jessica Biel used to model for L'Oreal back in the day? She was the "face" of the now-defunct "Open" brand of drugstore box home haircoloring kits, and their old "Pure Zone" skincare line for teens or something. Man I feel old. This was during the Pre-Beyonce days when their main model seemed to Laetitia Casta. J Lo and Jessica Alba used to model for them too!!!


    [www.bwgreyscale.com]

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    Image of pseudonom is ON STRIKE. pseudonom is ON STRIKE.
    05/04/09

    @Jezebabe: oooh I LOVED pure zone!!
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    Image of tscheese tscheese
    05/04/09

    In reply to Chanel Does Couture For Ballerinas; Is Supermodel A Michael Kors Klepto?
    With God as my witness, I had not the vaguest idea that Azzedine Alaïa is a dude. I'd just seen the name a few times here and there, and I was like "that's a pretty name."


    I think this wins me some sort of cultural insensitivity award. I am sorry, guys.

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    Image of nessalicious nessalicious
    05/04/09

    @tscheese: My housemate's girlfriend is called Azzedine which is very confusing.
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    Image of AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope
    05/04/09

    In reply to Chanel Does Couture For Ballerinas; Is Supermodel A Michael Kors Klepto?
    Interestingly, once Patti Smith dons any rags, they become cool.
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    Image of linnyt is a walking cliché linnyt is a walking cliché
    05/04/09

    In reply to Chanel Does Couture For Ballerinas; Is Supermodel A Michael Kors Klepto?
    I kind of like the Gap dresses by everything else looks duller than dull.
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    Image of hortense hortense
    05/04/09

    In reply to Chanel Does Couture For Ballerinas; Is Supermodel A Michael Kors Klepto?
    Seriously, though, I had a pair of Sketchers in 10th grade and they were the most comfortable sneakers I have ever worn.
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    Image of hydrogen_jukebox hydrogen_jukebox
    05/04/09

    In reply to Chanel Does Couture For Ballerinas; Is Supermodel A Michael Kors Klepto?
    I like all my dresses Naked, and all my sneakers Sketchy.
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