While there was no missing the coverage surrounding the Met Gala—whether it’s the reportage, live-tweeting, or ensuing memes—sometimes the celebrity fanfare gets more attention than the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s spring exhibition. This year the show is titled “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” and explores the connection between the religion’s iconography, symbolism, imagery and how this identity has influenced the world …
After traveling to 12 cities across five continents, “David Bowie Is” will close in New York, the city Bowie called home longer than anywhere else—living in SoHo apparently 285 Bowie-sized steps from his recording studio The Magic Shop. First on display in 2013 at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, the show opens its doors on 2 March at Brooklyn Museum. A deep dive into the …
A cheeky take on a classic charm bracelet lends a sinister elegance to costume designer Gillian Steinhardt’s Right Hand Charm Bracelet. Or perhaps it’s just a nod to the idea of an old reliable, but either way, the piece will start more conversations than a pile of icy diamonds.
