The Costume Institute’s annual party received a facelift this year as the fashion and entertainment elite paid homage to their favorite Superheros as the theme to this years event. The Metropolitan Museum of Art explored the symbolic and metaphorical associations between fictional characters and fashion in Superheros: Fashion and Fantasy which runs in New York from May 7 through September 1. The exhibit features 60 ensembles including movie costumes, avant-garde haute couture, and high-performance sportswear (don’t we all have high-performance sportswear in our closets). Designers in the exhibition include Atair, Giorgio Armani, Balenciaga, Pierre Cardin, Dolce & Gabbana, Jean Paul Gaultier, Eiko Ishioka, Alexander McQueen, Julien Macdonald, Moschino, Thierry Mugler, Versace and more.

Perhaps its the fact that Ironman made $100 million at the box office this weekend, or the new Batman movie comes out this Summer- but I think its because Jaman is at the forefront of the Superhero movement with Confessions of A Superhero, but everyone is talking Superheros.

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