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Confirmed: Next Year’s Met Costume Institute Exhibit Will Be ‘Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada: On Fashion’

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Elsa Schiaparelli in 1936 (left); Miuccia Prada.
Elsa Schiaparelli in 1936 (left); Miuccia Prada.

The Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute confirmed previous reports that next year’s exhibit will showcase designs by Prada and the late Elsa Schiaparelli. Reports WWD:

After breaking records with “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” last spring, the Costume Institute will be examining the work of these two Italian designers, from the way they broke with fashion convention and subverted notions of taste and glamour to their affinity for the art world.

Elsa Schiaparelli, Miuccia Prada to Meet at the Met [WWD]

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Confirmed: Next Year’s Met Costume Institute Exhibit Will Be ‘Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada: On Fashion’