The 2011 Costume Institute Gala (Met Ball) took place last night, May 2, in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The event honoured the work and artistic vision of Alexander McQueen. Celebrities, fashion designers and style icons walked the red carpet in fashion-forward, extravagant numbers, coming together to celebrate the opening of the Alexander McQueen’s Savage Beauty fashion exhibit.
The exhibit will run from May 4th to July 31st, 2011 and will feature select items from all of McQueen’s collections. Here’s a sneak peek of some key pieces from the exhibit:
McQueen's Fall 1996 Dante collection introduced this exaggerated-collar gown.
McQueen's Fall 1997 It's a Jungle Out There collection featured this jacket with metal horn detailing.
This dress was composed by a model in a white dress being spray painted by several machines. It is from his Spring 1999 show titled The Girl and the Robot.
In his 2001 Spring show, McQueen placed models in a glass-walled asylum. He labeled the show, Voss.
This floral print gown is also from the 2001 Spring Voss show.
This is the Oyster Dress from McQueen's Fall 2002 collection.
McQueen's Fall 2006 The Widows of Culloden show featured
this lace gown, inspired by the wedding dress of Sarah Burton, former head of womenswear and current creative director.
McQueen revitalized the floral trend with this artistic and feminine gown titled Sarabande from his Spring 2007 collection.
You will likely remember the Armadillo Shoes thanks to Lady Gaga's fearless fashion sense. McQueen introduced the shoe in his Plato's Atlantis collection, Spring 2010.
McQueen's final collection was released after his death for the Fall 2010 season. The collection included 16 pieces and the exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art will feature one of the last gowns the designer envisioned.
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