Memorial Day Weekend Frolickin': My Trip to the Met

So today's adventure wasn't on my bucket list, but I can tell you now, it totally should have been right there in the first place! One of the perks of my internship is that I get free admission to various museums around town. Today, I decided to see what trouble my IBM badge could get me into so I headed up to Museum Mile (Upper East Side, 5th Ave.). Museum Mile is home to ten plus of the world's most established museums. Goethe, Guggenheim, Smithsonian, etc. etc.!

I had already decided that I wanted to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art because I found out they had an exhibit on the effects that digital imaging software had on the photography industry. I was rushed because the exhibit is closing tomorrow and there was no way I was going to let that opportunity slip away when my first love is Photoshop. However, when I got there, the digital imaging exhibit wasn't even my favorite one! My jaw dropped for the Punk: Chaos to Couture exhibit which was TOTALLY amazing! I love fashion, but the punk/grunge style that came out of Rock and Roll isn't something that is familiar to me. One thing that was familiar to me, however, were the fashion houses that shared their designs. I was face to face with runway looks from the likes of Vivienne Westwood, Versace, Comme de Garcons, and Dolce &Gabbana from the 1960's-present. I feel like I learned a lot about the combination of lace and leather with a few trash bags thrown in. I grabbed a few pics of the exhibit!

The Met also offers global exhibits highlighting collections from all around the world. I visited the Latin American, African/Middle Eastern, and Roman/Grecian exhibits. I also peeked in on the newly opened American Civil War artifact exhibit which had some amazing war photographs. There was even an early camera and tripod on display which I really got too excited about. I definitely had a nerd moment in the middle of the Met, but it was fine because others were having nerd moments all around me. I was definitely among friends!

Here are some pics of my two favorite pieces from the Modernist exhibit as well. Although, I didn't have nerd moments in their presence, I was very attracted to the colors and their respective histories.

ALSO, highlight of my day, I saw my first celebrity! Tim Gunn (from Project Runway) was at the Met! He was kindly taking pictures with fans in the middle of the photography exhibit.