Photo Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Last week, Will (my husband) and I braved the intense heat and headed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to view the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty exhibit. After finding out that we would be facing a wait of 2 hours to get into the exhibit, we decided that the best course of action was to buy yearlong memberships to the museum so that we could 1)skip the line into the Alexander McQueen exhibit, and 2)come back to the museum anytime we want during the next year without paying to get in. The membership cost is such that if we go to the museum 3 times in the year that we’ve more than covered the cost. It seemed like a no-brainer.
Photo Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
If you have a chance to be in New York between now and August 7th, make the effort to go to the museum and see the Savage Beauty exhibit. While I have loved watching fashion shows on TV and looking at photos online, getting to be this close to some of the ridiculously detailed work happening on these creations was mind-blowing. The work with feathers was particularly interesting to me, I could have stared at those pieces for hours.
Photo Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
If you cannot make it to the Met between now and August 7th, you need to watch the video embedded below. It gives a wonderful overview of the exhibit and the items contained therein.
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Here are some other links about the exhibit and the items within it:
- Rebel Leader: A tribute to the peerless Alexander McQueen (Style.com)
- Selected Objects from the Exhibition (Met blog)
Another way to get some of the experience of this exhibit is through the official book, which I find out now is available on Amazon.
The hardcover Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty is available from Amazon for $29.61.
If you want to visit the exhibit in person, admission to the Met is $25/person, with the audio tour headphones costing an additional $7.
Did anyone have a chance to attend the exhibition? What was your favorite thing about it?
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