Yesterday, my friend Joan, took me to the latest exhibit at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan museum. The Museum was open in the evening only for members and their guests. I had seen this video about the exhibit a while back . The video made me want to avoid the exhibit. But when my friend asked me to join her of course I wasn't going to refuse. Joan has an excellent eye and is such great company. Of course I agreed to join her. It felt so swanky to be ushered in and be allowed to forgo opening up your bag for security to check to be sure that we weren't bringing in anything dangerous. The theme of the exhibit is the fragility of the garments owned by the Costume Institute. Some garments were displayed laid out flat because they were too fragile to display on a mannikin. Here you can see that the underlayers are starting to rot away. I loved this print. The exhibit also wanted the convey how some of the garments actually smell. Yes, that aroma familiar t...
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