Badge of Courage
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
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Super couple; designer Zac Posen and actress Kate Mara depart the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5. No one couple embodies the spirit and thematic dedication the way Posen and Mara do, capturing the essence of the superhero in graphic primary colors. The other attendees were no slouches. While the theme for this year seemed jarring in concept, an overwhelming number of celebrities (or their stylists) embraced it with inventiveness. Tilda Swinton evokes super-heroism with a beaded orange badge and wicked hair pouffe. She wears a mask of alien glittery gold. Out of frame, are her perfectly clashing emerald green flats.
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