About time fashion and duration

“My take on this years Met Gala theme “About Time: Fashion and Duration” with a twist. The black “Southern Belle” gown and entire ensemble was designed and hand constructed by me”

The Costume Institute’s 2020 exhibition, About Time: Fashion and Duration, showcases 150 years of fashion history culled from its archive and presented along a “disruptive” timeline.

The Film Reel Dress is a stunning work of art that combines fashion and technology. Made from repurposed old film reels, this unique gown makes a statement about the evolution of technology and the power of artistic expression. #FilmReelDress #TechnologyAndArt #CreativeFashion

Andrew Bolton discusses the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2020 Costume Institute exhibition, “About Time: Fashion and Duration.” The central theme of the exhibition, two dueling timelines of fashion, illustrates the industry’s rapid pace of consumption. But can fashion change for the better?

Andrew Bolton discusses the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2020 Costume Institute exhibition, “About Time: Fashion and Duration.” The central theme of the exhibition, two dueling timelines of fashion, illustrates the industry’s rapid pace of consumption. But can fashion change for the better?

The exhibition shows how fashion has changed in the last 150 years, how it’s stayed the same—and where it’s headed next.

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the met has shared a video preview of its postponed ‘about time: fashion and duration’, which is now set to open on october 29, 2020.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Costume Institute. "Charles James: Beyond Fashion," May 8–August 10, 2014.The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "About Time: Fashion and Duration," October 26, 2020–February 7, 2021

Set designer Es Devlin has created two clock-like gallery spaces for the About Time exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.