![]() ![]() I split the pictures into two sections: taken at The Met and The Met Cloisters (make sure to open the 2nd gallery when the 1st one ends). Take a look for yourself but better go see it in person if you get a chance. Religious motives and monotonous chanting place you somewhere deep in your mind where you can write your own story out of what you see. What can I say, I am speechless! Endlessly wowed by the imagination, creativity and the vision of the designers whose works of art are on display: Gianni Versace, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana for Dolce & Gabbana, Karl Lagerfeld for House of Chanel, John Galliano for House of Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli for Valentino, Christian Lacroix, Cristóbal Balenciaga for House of Balenciaga and many more.Īs you enter the exhibition halls, you immediately immersed in the mysterious world of Byzantine. ![]() I got a chance to see it at The Met in June and at The Met Cloisters in September and finally ready to make this post. ![]() The exhibition takes place at both The Met and The Met Cloisters from May 10 – October 8, 2018. This year’s theme is “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination”. It is usually kicked off by The Met Ball in early May – an annual fundraising fashion event for benefit of the Costume’s Institute. Lots of us had variety of thoughts and feelings that day during the exhibit.Every year The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute presents an exhibition dedicated to the specific theme in fashion. 'Stop complaining, the life is too short!' That's what an old man told his lady, that was sitting right next to me. That kind of a religious journey is able to evoke the feeling of the sacrifice of the best that you have as an attempt to purify the soul. The Met Cloisters evokes a sense of medieval monastic life through its architecture. Those kind of gowns, together with the place where they were represented and skillfully done decorations, were very strong. In other words, by rethinking the past from the present moment and by making certain projections to the future, we are able to analyze the values, that make a progress of the society. And it can fulfill it with the new value. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971. As fashion isnt really his area of interest (nor our toddlers), I decided maybe it wasnt a bad idea. The Cloisters Apocalypse: An Early Fourteenth-Century Manuscript in Facsimile. Heavenly Bodies : The Cloisters Last Saturday I went to New York with my family to see the 'Heavenly Bodies' fashion exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum while my husband graciously offered to stay home with our son. Those dresses were from the John Galliano's collection, by the way. Inside the CatalogueHeavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination. When not everyone is allowed to do the same thing, and only certain amount of people, that are either rich enough or are members or certain society or club or what so ever, are able to get that unique access to something. It made me feel of some sort of excellency, that exists in our society. I deeply remember visits to the church in my childhood, when during the mess, there was always something that kept a secret in it, that you were not allowed to see it clearly. Heavenly Bodies was quoted to be a tribute to Andrew Boltons exhibition, which displays fashion inspired by Catholicism and extraordinary treasures from the Vatican archives ( Bolton et. ![]() The outfits are more complicated, require more thought and observation, and due to the remote location, allows you to have a more personal experience with the objects. And here is the irony again: all those rules and restrictions. The Heavenly Bodies collection at the Cloisters focuses on the quiet, reflective nature of faith. There were also 3 dresses right in the heart of the collection, that were not allowed to take pictures of. ![]()
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