FASHION
BEYOND GLAMOUR
Zoe Walker previews an exciting new fashion exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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fashionable crowd is swooning over a model wearing a dress weighing 10 pounds. Elettra Wiedemann, the daughter of Isabella Rossellini, is parading a replica of Charles James’ famed “Clover Leaf” ball gown, a sculptural masterpiece that is considered to be an icon of mid-century couture. We are in the newly named Anna Wintour Costume Centre in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, for a preview of the upcoming exhibition Charles James: Beyond Fashion. Opening in May, the exhibition will examine the career and work of the 20thcentury designer who created glamorous and revolutionary ball gowns for New York society women in the 1940s and 50s. And while James’ name may not be as well-known as those who have previously had their work celebrated at The Met (Alexander McQueen, Miuccia Prada, Schiaparelli, Chanel, Poiret), his influence on fashion is important. Harold Koda, the charming curator-in-charge of The
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