CheapBrokeClassic: Manus x Machina: MET Gala 2016 Cheat Sheet

The Met Gala/ Met Ball or Costume Institute Gala (as it used to be called) is an annual fundraising benefit hosted by Vogue Magazine for the Met's Costume Institute. Every year the event is themed after the opening fashion exhibition that runs at the Institute through August. Now that we're all caught up on what the Met Gala is let's get into this year's theme.

House of Chanel Fall/ Winter 2014

Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age of Technology

Whether we like it or not now days technology plays a part in not only what we do but how we do things. When you think of Haute Couture garments they're mostly very limited as one of one's that were hand made (manus). On the contrary you have mass produced garments that you can find in a variety of sizes and sometimes colors that were made by machine (machina). Instead of displaying both techniques oppositionally, The Costume Institute brought them together in order to display the continuation in influence of both techniques. Whether hand sewn or made completely by machine both techniques advance the future of fashion by finding new resolutions to design problems as well as enhancing design practices all together.

House of Dior Spring/ Summer 2014

Now that the red carpet, theme, and exhibit have came full circle check out some of the garments on display that may have inspired some of the stars looks.

Saint Laurent Spring/ Summer 1999