Charles James Designs -Then & Now #MetGala #2014

These are the Winners of the Met Gala based on the dress code issued by Anna Wintour (Artistic Director for Condé Nast, Vogue's publisher) in reference to this years theme  “Charles James: Beyond Fashion exhibition” - America's First Couturier .    
**Charles James Designs #Then

A famous photograph of James's ball gowns at work, taken by Cecil Beaton

 This Clover leaf voluminous Gown with its aesthetic & technical masterwork  weighs aprox 10 pounds
A photograph of a model wearing the butterfly gown in 1954
A photograph of Babe Paley in the gown in 1950


**Met Gala 2014 #Now
           
                                Karolina Kurkova in Marchesa
Karen Elson in Zac Posen
                            Emmy Rossum in Carolina Herrera
Modernized version of his Design:  Greta Gerwig in Theory by Olivier Theyskens
Katie Holmes in Marchesa
Hailee Steinfeld in Prabal Gurung
Suki Waterhouse in Burberry                                  

                     Bee Shaeffer in Alexander McQueen

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