On May 7, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, in association with the Department of Asian Art, will inaugurate this year's one of the most anticipated Costume Institute exhibit titled, “China: Through the Looking Glass”, an examination of how China has fuelled the fashionable imagination for centuries, resulting in highly creative distortions of cultural realities and mythologies. High fashion will be juxtaposed with Chinese costumes, paintings, porcelains, and other art, as well as films, to reveal enchanting reflections of Chinese imagery."
Featuring more than 130 examples of Haute Couture, avant-garde and ready to wear creations and traditional art work, the exhibit will explore the influence of Chinese art and films such as “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Farewell My Concubine” and “Raise the Red Lantern, “ just to name a few , and its influence on Western Fashion.
Showcasing fashion from the 1700s to today, the exhibition will feature works of Jean Paul Gaultier, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Jason Wu, Giambattista Valli, Dries Van Noten, Coco Chanel and John Galliano’s Spring 2003 Christian Dior couture collection.
The exhibition will run from May 7 to August 16, 2015. |
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