Met Gala 2017 Theme Is Revealed

October 21, 2016 By creative

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art announced on Friday that the theme for its 2017 Costume Institute exhibition and gala will be “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons,” reports Vogue. The upcoming show will be the first to make a living designer the sole subject of the Met's famous fashion exhibit since Yves Saint Laurent in 1983. “Rei Kawakubo is one of the most important and influential designers of the past forty years,” said the Costume Institute's curator in charge, Andrew Bolton.

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Fashion designer Richard Nicoll dies age 38

October 21, 2016 By creative

The designer died of a suspected heart attack in Sydney, Australia, on Friday. The London-born design grew up in Australia but later returned to London, where he based his namesake label. A well-known member of London's fashion community, Nicoll was a regular at London Fashion Week and saw his designs worn by a variety of high-profile celebrities.

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