I've mourned McQueen when he tragically took his own
life back in February 2010.
I was terribly sad that someone so young, talented, rich and talented thought that he did not have a way out...
Well, the procrastinator that I am, I'd finally decided to go to the Met again and see the exhibit on my last summer Friday only 3 days before it closed.
Of course I've heard about the mad visitor numbers and the lines...But I did not expect the lines going OUT of the building!!!!
Since I had time on my hands and wasn't on a hurry, I decided to stay and wait for a friend of mine.
So I did meet Julie and discovered that the line to see it was 3 hours long! Are you kidding me? THREE hours? Julie did convince me to stay the course when I was almost giving up and I am so glad she did!!!
The line was fun, just people watching and in fact took like 2 hours...
So, lots of gossiping and we even did look at parts of the museum that I don't usually visit.
I was like a little kid: "are we there yet" all the time!!! LOL.
Moi on the NEVER-ending line... (thanks Juju)
When we finally got to the exhibit, it was as predicted, a hot mess. The place wasn't very spacious and I did really feel very uneasy and sometimes very claustrophobic. Praise to Lulu and Julie to leave this to the eleventh hour (detail: this show was on since May, people, May! And we decide to go in freaking August!).
I really felt that we could die there if there was a stampede. But anyway, I pretty much got distracted from this thought with absolute beauty of the garments and the amazing decoration and eerie sounds.
Of course, the guards were like "NO pictures", they were repeating this a million times..
Lulu, of course CANNOT live without her pictures and I don't trust my memory all the time. So, with the beauty of my silent mode/no flash modes of my darling cell phone, I did manage to sneak quite a few shots, with my heart thumping!!!
A really shaky one!!! I was terrified to be yelled at!!! Look at that costume: one word: horsehair!!!
For a Joan of Arc kind of day
wow...
I wonder where would you go on an outfit like that!
This was one of my favorite collections: a Napoleonic stravaganza...
The other faves I couldn't or wouldn't dare to take a shot were:
I just wonder why they don't allow us mortals take pictures of the clothes! If they are broadcasting them on their website... Baffling... The sets were soooo awesome. One of them looked like a gothic version of the Versailles mirror room...
Oh well, anyway, the exhibit blew me away. All of the garments were works of art.
Just sad that he has left us so early...
Thinking of you Mr. McQueen...
PS - I DID FIND A LOT, I repeat A LOT of the interior of the exhibit on the internet! SO TAKE THAT STUPID GUARDS!!!
Almost the same experience, but with NO PEOPLE!!!!
The New York Times wrote some articles about this craze: read this awesome one
here.
