NYC: MET - Punk : Chaos to Couture exhibition. The
MET's spring 2013 Costume Institute exhibition, Punk: Chaos to Couture,
until August 14, examines punk's impact on high fashion from the movement's
birth in the early 1970s through its continuing influence today. Featuring
approximately one hundred designs for men and women, the exhibition includes
original punk garments and recent, directional fashion to illustrate how haute
couture and ready-to-wear borrow punk's visual symbols.
MET - PUNK: Chaos to Couture exhibition. Focusing
on the relationship between the punk concept of "do-it-yourself" and
the couture concept of "made-to-measure," the seven galleries are organized
around the materials, techniques, and embellishments associated with the
anti-establishment style. Themes will include New York and London, tell
punk's origin story as a tale of two cities, followed by Clothes for Heroes
and four manifestations of the D.I.Y. aesthetic. An immersive multimedia,
multisensory experience, the clothes are animated with period music videos and
soundscaping audio techniques.
Above. A postcard of the Sex Pistols in Luxembourg,
1977, photo by Bob Gruen
Bergdorf Goodman. The Windows at Bergdorf Goodman pays homage to the Punk
exhibition, the windows are in fact more stunning that the exhibition itself, which
was rather disappointing for me, having lived through that period.
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