In the era of laser cutting and 3D-printing, this year’s Met Gala fashion mega-event aims to definitively interrogate the divide between man and technology in fashion. Titled "Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology," the annual event, according to Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton, is purposed with "unraveling the hand-machine conundrum" that sets handmade and machine-made fashion in opposition. Apple is the Institute’s partner in that project, making this more of a tech event than any Gala before it. We were made to expect disruption. Instead, this year's event will likely represent more of a celebration of technology’s place in fashion than a challenge to the status quo.
The preview ahead of the May festivities is big...
via The Verge
