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Exhibition Detail Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10028-0918 May 10th, 2012 - August 19th, 2012 Opening: May 10th, 2012 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
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The Met's Spring 2012 Costume Institute exhibition, Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations, explores the striking affinities between Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, two Italian designers from different eras. Inspired by Miguel Covarrubias's "Impossible Interviews" for Vanity Fair in the 1930s, the exhibition features fictive conversations between these iconic women to suggest new readings of their most innovative work. Iconic ensembles will be presented with videos of simulated conversations between Schiaparelli and Prada directed by Baz Luhrmann, focusing on how both women explore similar themes in their work through very different approaches.