'PUNK: Chaos to Couture' Exhibition at the Met in New York
6 May 2013
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By Natalie White
Held from 4 May to 14 August, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Spring 2013 Costume Institute exhibition entitled 'PUNK: Chaos to Couture' examines punk's impact on high fashion from the movement's birth in the early 1970's through its continuing influence today.
Featuring one hundred menswear and womenswear designs, the exhibition will include original punk garments and recent, directional fashion to illustrate how haute couture and ready-to-wear borrow punk's visual symbols.
There will be seven galleries within the exhibition focusing on the relationship between the punk concept of "do-it-yourself" and the couture concept of "made-to-measure," and the tour will be organized around the materials, techniques, and embellishments associated with the anti-establishment style.