While at New York I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art to check out the Model As Muse exhibit brought to you by Marc Jacobs. Unfortunately I couldn't take pictures. So I will tell you what I got from the exhibit. I remember when I first walked in and they had pictures from models of the 40's and 50's and they just screamed elegance from there pictures! They could have been the most tom girlish girl out there but you never would've noticed because they looked fab! Some of the models I learned about were Donyale Luna, Dovima, and Wilhelmina Cooper founder of Wilhelmina Modeling Agency. Model Dovima was reputed to be the highest-paid model of her time. "Dovima with the Elephants" is one of her infamous photos
taken at the
Cirque d'hiver, Paris, in August 1955. The dress was the first evening dress designed for
Christian Dior by his new assistant,
Yves Saint-Laurent. Then there is Donyale Luna who was the first African American Model to appear on the cover of British Vogue (March 1966) and Harper's Bazaar (January 1965). Wilhelmina Cooper became one of the most famous models of the 1950s and 1960s. During her career as a model she was on the cover of 255 magazines. She founded Wilhelmina Modeling Agency in New York in 1967. The exhibit was amazing though, I learned so much! Honestly I couldnt believe I was in the same place that Andre Leon Talley stepped foot on as well as Marc Jacobs, Tyra Banks, Rihanna, and Blair Waldorf! lol
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For the 50th Anniversary of Barbie they had a big fashion show in honor of the O.B.D (Original Barbie Doll) during New York's fall fashion week. Michael Kors, Rachel Roy, Alexander Wang, and Kimora Lee Simmons were some of the 50 designers asked by the CFDA to design outfits for the show and Christian Louboutin designed the shoe (Barbie's Pink Peep Toe Pumps). Looking at the pictures from the fashion how the designers really bought Barbie to life and put a modern edge on her in some designs.
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checking out some museums and restaurants. Let me start 
with the stores like Armani on 5th Avenue the store is 43,000 square feet of Doriana Fuksas-designed glass structure housing all 6 of his collections. InStyle magazine listed 6 surprises you will find at this store. 1) There is a chocolate department. 2) There is a restaurant and bar on the top floor. 3) The staff speaks a combined 20 languages! 4) The store offers concierge services. 5) The most expensive item is a crocodile messenger bag for $38,000 (geez!) 6) They have a floating staircase that is made of steel and whit plastic! Now museums, The Metropolitan Museum of Art has an exhibit called The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion. It focuses on iconic models of the twentieth century and their roles in projecting, and often inspiring, the fashion of their eras. The exhibition, organized by historical period from 1947 to 1997, will feature haute couture and ready-to-wear masterworks accompanied by fashion photography and video footage of models. Another exhibit you can check out for free is the museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. I can't wait to New York to check these places out and many more!
