Fernando Gomez Flashes Ayak Veronica Bior in 'Art Freedom' for Harper's Serbia

Fernando Gomez Flashes Ayak Veronica Bior in 'Art Freedom' for Harper's Serbia

Model Ayak Veronica Bior delivers a visual punch to our style senses in ‘Art Freedom’, styled by Daniel Gonzalez Elizondo. Photographer Fernando Gomez makes an exciting visual capture for Harper’s Bazaar Serbia November 2019./ Makeup by Rosa Matilla

Giselle Norman In Louis Vuitton Resort by Jackie Nickerson for W Magazine 7, 2019

Giselle Norman In Louis Vuitton Resort by Jackie Nickerson for W Magazine 7, 2019

Giselle Norman is styled by Max Clark in Louis Vuitton’s new Resort 2020 Art Deco collection, inspired by Nicolas Ghesquière’s first trip to New York and the reopening of the historic TWA Flight Center at JFK. Photographer Jackie Nickerson captures ‘Taking a Stand’ for W Magazine 7, 2019./ Hair by Shingo Shibata; makeup by Emil Kaneko; set design by Gerard Santos

Hugo Comte Flashes Bold, Creative Overload Images for Moncler Genius FW2019

Hugo Comte Flashes Bold, Creative Overload Images for Moncler Genius FW2019

Document Journal presents a wide range of luxury skiwear key pieces from the Moncler Genius FW2019 collection. Moncler’s part-owner and CEO Italian billionaire Remo Ruffini is reinventing the luxury sport paradigm without a single design director. Pieces featured in the current collection come from collaborations with Pierpaolo Piccioli, Craig Green, Richard Quinn, 1017 Alyx 9SM, Simone Rocha, and more. Robbie Spencer styles the ensembles on a model cast the includes Sara Grace Wallerstedt, Xie Chaoyu, Hannah Motler, Maud Hoevelaken, Annibelis Baez, Jonas Gloer, Alexander Carey Morgan, and Malick Bodick. Photographer Hugo Comte captures the exciting editorial lineup./ Makeup by Vanessa Bellini; hair by Jawara

Met Gala Theme 2020: 'About Time: Fashion and Duration' Honors's Virginia Woolf's 'Orlando'

Surreal, David Bailey, 1980 Photo: Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photo © David Bailey

Andrew Bolton, Head Curator of the New York Met’s Art’s Costume Institute has announced the theme for next May’s event. Acknowledging the advent of a new decade of the 2020’s, Bolton announced the next Costume Exhibit exhibition called ‘About Time: Fashion and Duration’.

According to the New York Times’ Vanessa Friedman, this year’s theme is “inspired in part by the novels of Virginia Woolf and the theories of the early-20th-century French philosopher Henri Bergson, whose admittedly somewhat obscure but also important musings on time posited it as a constantly mutating stream rather than a series of discrete moments.”

“I wanted to do an exhibition focused on the collection, but not a traditional masterworks exhibition,” Bolton said. “Something that connects to the zeitgeist, and what people are talking about now.” Then he had an idea. And then he thought, “it’s about time.”

“Fashion is indelibly connected to time,” Bolton continued, talking to the Times who announced the upcoming exhibit. “It not only reflects and represents the spirit of the times, but it also changes and develops with the times.”

The Clock, Sarah Moon, 1999Credit...Sarah Moon, via The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Friedman says the upcoming 2020 show “may be the most conceptually abstract blockbuster the Costume Institute has attempted, toggling between what Mr. Bolton calls the ‘objective’ time of the calendar and the ‘subjective’ time of creativity – will take the form of 160 pieces of women’s fashion created over the past 150 years.

This topic is front and center in the fashion industry, as creativity is increasingly subordinated to the demands of more, more, more and give-it-to-me-now collusion of business and consumers.

The Times notes that the show, itself, will be designed by Esmeralda ‘Es’ Devlin, who was responsible for the sets for Beyoncé’s “Formation” tour, as well as many Royal Opera House productions. The catalog will contain a new short story written in the show’s honor by Michael Cunningham, the author of the “Mrs. Dalloway”-inspired novel “The Hours.”

The show will be chaired by Nicolas Ghesquière of Louis Vuitton, who is also underwriting the May 4, 2020 event. Ghesquière will be joined by Vuitton ambassador Emma Stone, actor Meryl Streep , who starred in ‘The Hours’, Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anna Wintour, of course.

Richard Phibbs Eyes Grace Bol in Splendid Images for Vogue Greece November 2019

Richard Phibbs Eyes Grace Bol in Splendid Images for Vogue Greece November 2019

Model Grace Bol soars in voluminous looks from Bottega Veneta, Comme des Garcons, Gucci, Moncler X Pierpaolo Piccioli, Sacai, Vetements and more styled by Nicholas Georgiou. Richard Phibbs is on location in Mesolóngion, Greece for Vogue Greece November 2019.

Bianca, Chiara + Monica Grace ELLE Italia November 2019, Lensed by Xavi Gordo

Bianca, Chiara + Monica Grace ELLE Italia November 2019, Lensed by Xavi Gordo

Models Bianca Balti, Chiara Scelsi and Italian icon and issue cover girl Monica Bellucci raise spirits in the November 2019 issue of ELLE Italia. Carola Bianchi styles the trio in studio images by Xavi Gordo.

Burberry Luxury Covers Numero Tokyo December 2019, Lensed by Philip Gay

Burberry Luxury Covers Numero Tokyo December 2019, Lensed by Philip Gay

New models Alesya Kaf, Olga Holinka and Rebeka Apsalone are styled by Richard Sloan in Burberry. The young trio sprinkles Burberry luxury looks in the December 2019 issue of Numero Tokyo, lensed by Philip Gay. / Makeup by Ariel Yeh; hair by Frederico Ghezzi

British Vogue November Features 'Fade To Grey' Suitings Lensed by Kristin-Lee Moolman

British Vogue November Features 'Fade To Grey' Suitings Lensed by Kristin-Lee Moolman

Models Cara Taylor, Selena Forrest, Kerolyn Soares and Tash Ogeare suit up in ‘Fade To Grey’, styled by Poppy Kain. Photographer Kristin-Lee Moolman is behind the lens for British Vogue November 2019./ Hair by Cyndia Harvey; makeup by Hiromi Ueda

Kiki de Montparnasse X Caroline Vreeland Collab Heats Up Farfetch

Kiki de Montparnasse X Caroline Vreeland Collab Heats Up Farfetch

Ocean Drive told readers how talented woman about town Caroline Vreeland became “the gutsiest scion of fashion royalty while honoring her lineage, cherishing her body and bringing an unapologetic sexiness to the 305.”

It seems logical, then, that the renowned libertine would join forces with Kiki de Montparnasse in a Kiki de Montparnasse X Caroline Vreeland limited-edition capsule collection for Farfetch.

Fashion photographer Gabriel Perez Silva photographed the campaign with Caroline front and center, styled by Farren Jean Andrèa. / Hair by Joseph Maine; makeup artist Tobi Henney

Freja Beha Erichsen Wears Dramatic Elegance With Hollywood Vibe for Vogue China December 2019

Freja Beha Erichsen Wears Dramatic Elegance With Hollywood Vibe for Vogue China December 2019

op model Freja Beha Erichsen is styled by Yuhang Yao in modern glamour with an old-Hollywood vibe. Photographer Yu Cong captures Freja Beha in ‘The Future Is Now’ as Vogue China’s December 2019 cover story.

Paule Ka Spring 2020 Campaign Lensed by Billy Kidd

Paule Ka Spring 2020 Campaign Lensed by Billy Kidd

French ready-to-wear brand Paule Ka, created in 1987 by Serge Cajfinger, celebrates its spring 2020 collection, styled by Charles Varenne. Photographer Billy Kidd captures models Barbra-Lee Grant, Julia Frauche and Zuzanna Bijoch in modern, body-hugging boss lady outfits./

Sara Grace Wallerstedt Is All About Hair in Sunday Times UK Style Magazine Nov 3, 2019

Sara Grace Wallerstedt Is All About Hair in Sunday Times UK Style Magazine Nov 3, 2019

Model Sara Grace Wallerstedt is styled by Danielle van Camp in an engaging beauty editorial, lensed by Paolo Roversi for Sunday Times Style Magazine UK November 3, 2019./ Hair by Odile Gilbert; makeup by Mary Greenwell

Bella Hadid Covers POP #41 In Bad Girl Images by Hugo Comte

Bella Hadid Covers POP #41 In Bad Girl Images by Hugo Comte

Supermodel Bella Hadid covers the autumn/winter 2019 issue of POP Magazine #41. Vanessa Reid chooses looks from Bottega Veneta, Correges, Lanvin, Loewe, Prada and more for Bella’s bad ass images lensed by Hugo Comte. / Hair by Chi Wong; makeup by Nami Yoshida

Niko Riam Is Nature Goddess Lensed by Jens Ingvarsson for Exit Magazine FW 2019

Niko Riam Is Nature Goddess Lensed by Jens Ingvarsson for Exit Magazine FW 2019

South Sudanese-born, London-raised model Niko Riam is styled by Jimi Urquiaga in ‘Wild Is the Wind’, lensed by Jens Ingvarsson for Exit Magazine FW 2019./ Hair by Tsuki; hair by Chiao Chenet

Matthew Brookes Captures 'Destination Unknown' Goth Style for Mixte Paris

Matthew Brookes Captures 'Destination Unknown' Goth Style for Mixte Paris

Models Ruby Aldridge and Saidou Diallo star in a superb Goth style editorial ‘Destination: Unknown’. In the words of Mixte Paris, the two women “seem to wander a post-apocalyptic world in search of their lost faith”. Matthew Brookes is behind the lens, creating perfect images styled by Bill Mullen See all the credits at Mixte.