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Wendy Yu Curator in Charge, The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York

The approachable academic behind some of the biggest Met Gala themes combines his flawless fashion knowledge with an engaging demeanour.

Andrew Bolton
China

Op Ed | The End of Orientalism

The Met’s new fashion exhibit in New York marks the end of the Orientalist era for Western designers, says Liz Flora.

China

Op Ed | The End of Orientalism

The Met’s new fashion exhibit in New York marks the end of the Orientalist era for Western designers, says Liz Flora.


Luxury

Andrew Bolton, the Met’s Fashion Mastermind

Ahead of Monday’s Met Ball, the celebrated curator and self-confessed fashion nerd takes BoF behind the scenes of the museum’s latest blockbuster.

Luxury

Andrew Bolton, the Met’s Fashion Mastermind

Ahead of Monday’s Met Ball, the celebrated curator and self-confessed fashion nerd takes BoF behind the scenes of the museum’s latest blockbuster.


News & Analysis

Inside ‘Enhanced’ Savage Beauty Show

Colin McDowell gets an inside look at the making of “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” at London's Victoria & Albert Museum.

News & Analysis

Inside ‘Enhanced’ Savage Beauty Show

Colin McDowell gets an inside look at the making of “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” at London's Victoria & Albert Museum.


News & Analysis

V&A to Bring ‘Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty’ Exhibition to London

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum will stage the hugely popular “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” retrospective in March 2015.

News & Analysis

V&A to Bring ‘Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty’ Exhibition to London

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum will stage the hugely popular “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” retrospective in March 2015.


News & Analysis

Punk Finds Its Place in Hallowed Halls of Met

NEW YORK, United States — Punk and high fashion can now share the same stage, and a new Costume Institute exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art,

News & Analysis

Punk Finds Its Place in Hallowed Halls of Met

NEW YORK, United States — Punk and high fashion can now share the same stage, and a new Costume Institute exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art,


News & Analysis

New York's Met Museum Celebrates Punk's Influence on Fashion

NEW YORK, United States — With their black leather, studded jackets, ripped jeans, bondage trousers and messages of rebellion and anarchy, punks from

News & Analysis

New York's Met Museum Celebrates Punk's Influence on Fashion

NEW YORK, United States — With their black leather, studded jackets, ripped jeans, bondage trousers and messages of rebellion and anarchy, punks from


News & Analysis

The Fashion Trail | Why 'Savage Beauty' Should Tour the World

NEW YORK, United States — From Jean-Paul Gaultier at Montreal's Musée des Beaux Arts to Hussein Chalayan at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris,

News & Analysis

The Fashion Trail | Why 'Savage Beauty' Should Tour the World

NEW YORK, United States — From Jean-Paul Gaultier at Montreal's Musée des Beaux Arts to Hussein Chalayan at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris,


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The people shaping the global fashion industry, curated by the editors of The Business of Fashion, based on nominations and on-the-ground intelligence from around the world.

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