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Vogue pays tribute to Karl Lagerfeld ahead of Met Gala

American Vogue has cast iconic designer Karl Lagerfeld in the spotlight, featuring 10 looks of the master’s creations for the cover of its May issue, photographed at the Palais Royal in Paris by Annie Leibovitz. With a career spanning seven decades, Mr Lagerfeld’s tenures at Fendi and Chanel, respectively starting in 1967 and 1983, were for...

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Camp aside, the Met Gala showed serious craft and couture

If you look past the layers of tulle and frou, past outré embellishment and extravagance and past the context of camp, there was serious craft behind the elaborate red carpet looks at Monday evening's Met Gala in New York. Haute couture, the art of creating custom-made fashion using the finest fabrics and techniques, constructed by hand from...

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Atelier Prabal Gurung debuts at Met Gala

New York-based designer Prabal Gurung launched Atelier Prabal Gurung line at the Met Gala worn by celebrities including Diane Kruger, Gabrielle Union, Eliza Gonzalez and Ming Xi. Gurung, who is no stranger to creating red carpet gowns, has launched his made-to-measure collection “with a couture approach” said the fashion house in a statement,...

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Celebrity Dressing: Behind the scenes of a Met Ball gown

The email from Stylist X arrived sometime early March. Would Designer X be interested to dress Celebrity 1 and Celebrity 2 for the Met Ball in New York? There was, of course, no decision to consider. Designer X, jubilantly, accepted the opportunity without hesitation. The Met Ball gala, as we all know, is not your average fundraising gala. It is...

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Vogue to premier Met Ball film: The First Monday in May

London - American Vogue is to release a new documentary about its annual Met Ball gala, dubbed the Super Bowl equivalent for the social fashion calendar. Following the days leading up to the annual Met Ball, (the gala that marks the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s spring exhibition), director Andrew Rossi traces the steps of Anna...

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British Designers Triumph at the Met Gala

The annual Costume Institute Gala was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Monday. Hosted by Vogue editor Anna Wintourr and co-chaired by Jennifer Lawrence, the event marked the launch of the Met's new exhibition China: Through the Looking Glass. In collaboration with the Department of Asian Art, the exhibition explores the...

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British fashion triumphs at Met Ball

British designers triumphed at the annual Met Ball gala, New York's biggest fashion extravaganza of the year. Chaired by US Vogue's Anna Wintour, the glamorous event saw the launch of the Metropolitan Museum's new exhibition, dedicated to couturier Charles James. The dress code this year was old school elegance, a far cry from last year's punk...

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Met Ball in picture

The exhibition Punk: Chaos to Couture opens this week at the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the annual Met Ball kicked off to celebrate its spring show. Alongside American Vogue editor Anna Wintour, singer Beyoncé will act as honorary chair at this year's Costume Institute Gala alongside Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci. The Met Ball red...

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Schiaparelli and Prada Met Ball

On Monday the Costume Institute Gala in New York City hosted its annual Met Ball with the exhibition: "Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations." Chaired by US Vogue editor Anna Wintour, the event sees the best of fashion and couture worn by the world's leading designers, models, actresses and socialites. Images: Getty Images,...

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Prada and Schiaparelli at the Met

The New York Metropolitan Museum has announced its 2012 fashion exhibition , the subjects of honour will be Muccia Prada and Elsa Schiaparelli. The exhibition will launch with the star-studded Met Ball next May as it celebrates two of fashion's most influential Italians, reports WWD. Prada, and sister label Miu Miu, made €2.1 (£1.85), billion...