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Article: Fashion's Parthenon: As Met Exhibit Nears, Designers Play Gods.(Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute Goddess exhibit)
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- WWD
- Article date:
- April 25, 2003
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Byline: Eric Wilson with contributions from Miles Socha, Paris, and Luisa Zargani and Amanda Kaiser, Milan NEW YORK - Given that many designers believe the sun and moon already revolve around them, it's not surprising that their egos would also extend so far as to include firm beliefs as to just which deities most closely resemble their personalities.
As the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art prepares to open its latest exhibit, "Goddess," next week, celebrating with a lavish benefit Monday night, the fashion industry has suddenly become overwhelmed with antiquities fever. Bergdorf Goodman even turned over its Fifth Avenue windows to a "Goddess" ...