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The Fashion Institute of Technology's Museum will be introducing a new exhibit that will celebrate gay designers, which means it will feature pretty much almost every designer ever, right?

Ha! Okay, not really, but we can't ignore the fact that there are a lot of gay designers and icons in the fashion industry.

Chief Curator Valerie Steele will be heading the "Queer Style: From the Closet to the Catwalk" exhibit, which is said to honor gay designers throughout history.

She explains:

"Everybody knows that there’s lots of gay people in fashion, and there have been lots of gay designers: Dior, Saint Laurent, Versace, et cetera. The idea is to [think] consciously to put the gayness back into fashion history and say, 'Why are there so many gay people in fashion?' and 'Is there a gay aesthetic?' and 'What have been the influences of having so many gay people in fashion?'"

Seems like an interesting connection, one that we would like to see displayed at the museum.

And, hopefully, we'll able to to when the exhibit is opens at FIT next year.

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: exhibit, fashion institute of technology, fit museum, gay designers

Flashing nips are all the rage, unless you're Madonna!

Her Madgesty's boob was a hot topic on Friday's episode of Fashion Police and everyone had something to say, including special guest Kylie Minogue.

Watch Joan, Giuliana, Kelly, George and Kylie sound off in the nip clip (above)!

Tags: boob, boob flash, exhibit, fashion police, flash, george kotsiopoulos, giuliana rancic, istanbul, joan rivers, kelly osbourne, kylie minogue, madonna, mdna tour, nipple, obama, political statement, statement

Some like it hot, but we like it chic in Ferragamo!

On Tuesday night the Italian luxury brand celebrated the opening of Marilyn, a retrospective dedicated to Marilyn Monroe for the 50th anniversary of her death.

Items on display at the Ferragamo museum in Florence, Italy includes 50 outfits and 30 pairs of shoes from the actress' movies along with portraits, magazine covers, and film clips.

Salvatore's widow, Wanda Ferragamo, who was at Tuesday night's opening said of Miz Monroe:

"I never met her, but I know Marilyn used to buy our shoes at our Park Avenue store in New York. She was always wearing our pumps, especially with sequins in red or white."

The exhibit will run from June 20 to January 28, 2013, so if you're in Italy anytime soon be sure to stop by to glare at little piece of history!

[Image via WWD.]

Tags: 50th anniversary of monroes death, cover, exhibit, exhibition, film, florence italy, iconic white dress, luxury, magazine, magazine cover, marilyn monroe, model, models, museum, outfit, salvatore ferragamo, shoes, some like it hot, stefania ricci, the seven year itch, wanda ferragamo

Karl Lagerfeld loves himself a good, crisp high collar, so it should come as no surprise that he created one that could double as a necklace.

Karl crafted the fancy neckwear out of metallic leather and includes 40 carats of black diamonds and a massive 22.33 carat emerald as the centerpiece.

The cost? A mere $45,000!!!

Lagerfeld said of his magnum opus:

"I'm renowned for my love of a high collar and I wanted to create a true collector's item with this one-off piece. Merging the masculine with the feminine and uniting the world of fine jewelry and high fashion, to me this collar is a work of art and a real show-stopper."

Indeed it is Karl. Indeed it is.

If U want to see the one of a kind collar up close and personal, it will be part of the Brilliant exhibit curated by Vogue jewelry editor Carol Woolton at the Masterpiece London Fair from June 27th-July 4th.

[Image via Vogue.]

Tags: black rhodium-plated silver, carol woolton, design, designer, diamond jubilee, diamonds, emerald centerpiece, exhibit, fashion, jewelry, jewelry editor, july, karl lagerfeld, leather, london, silver, vogue

Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld have just collaborated on the most exciting project EVER!

The fashion icons have teamed up to produce The Little Black Jacket: Chanel's Classic Revisited, a book curated with images of today’s hottest tastemakers in a Chanel classic black jacket.

Some of the heavy hitters photographed by Unkle Karl and styled by Carine include Baptiste Giabiconi, Kanye West, Sarah Jessica Parker, Theo London and of course, Vogue's Anna Wintour.

If you happen to be in Japan the photos are currently on display until April 14th at a gallery in Aoyama or you can wait until the book goes on sale this August.

Check out the black and white pics (below!) to see how each subject made the classic jacket their own!

[Images courtesy of Vogue]

Tags: anna wintour, baptiste giabiaconi, baptiste giabiconi, carine roitfeld, chanel, chanel jacket, exhibit, japan, kanye west, karl lagerfeld, sarah jessica parker, theophilus london, vogue

The Pierre Berge - Yves Saint Laurent Foundation in Paris has chosen to celebrate Kabuki, a popular Japanese art form the fashion couple used to enjoy together on trips to Japan.

The exhibit features costumes, stamps, theatre programs and films from Kabuki productions during the 20th century, all which portray the essence of the Kabuki art form.

Aurelie Samuel, the curator of the event, describes the importance of Kabuki in fashion:

“Kabuki has had a significant influence on fashion in Japan over the years…There were even publications about the actors, like the Japanese gossip magazines of their time.”

Oh, it’s always so interesting to learn about fashion in every culture. We hope the exhibit comes state-side!

[Image via AP Images.]

Tags: costumes, exhibit, fashion, foundation, japan, paris, yves saint laurent

We are in awe!

The Louis Vuitton / Marc Jacobs show ended with a magical exhibit that most definitely put the beauty and history of fashion on display.

The show took visitors to Les Arts Décoratifs on a journey by showing off 19th Century gowns to futuristic nurse-like uniforms holding gorgeous neutral handbags (above).

The collection was on display in a museum-type platform where trunks of clothes dating back to 1867, including a 1896 trunk bearing the now famous Louis Vuitton monogram, produced by his late father Georges Vuitton.

Jacobs described the experience:

Tags: design, exhibit, fashion, georges vuitton, history, louis vuitton, marc jacobs, trunk show