Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy

Filed under: Comics — Scott King at 1:38 pm on Tuesday, May 6, 2008


Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new exhibit: “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy” opens tomorrow and runs till September 1st. It has costumes wore by actors in movies as well as “real” costumes made by designers like Versace, Armani, and Docle & Gabbana.

The exhibition features approximately 60 ensembles including movie costumes, avant-garde haute couture, and high-performance sportswear to reveal how the superhero serves as the ultimate metaphor for fashion and its ability to empower and transform the human body.

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