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more about #veruschka Sukie in the Graveyard: 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... more » Baroness: Beautifully written, I'm sorry it was a disappointment. The soundtracks, graffiti, unlit cigarettes- wow what sorry props. As you said, it's hard t... more » tonightineed is actually Mrs. Ziegler-Spock: It sounds so underwhelming, and for that I am quite sad :( more » rightorwrong: 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... more » hfree: 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... more » Aesop's Foibles. YES.: .....At least no one's jumping. Right? That's good! more » Fate'sBitch: Um, that 1980 Veruschka is Amazing. I want it poster-sized and framed on my wall, like now. more » milominderbinder: 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 more » maneki neko: The second photo is sort of epic in its objectification/dehumanization. more » -
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The Costume Institute Has No Clothes
The Met's much-hyped "Model as Muse" exhibit opens with a life-sized mannequin in Dior holding Dovima's place in front of two posterboard elephants. It's fashion as ticky-tacky natural history diorama. And it only gets worse.
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