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"The Met Gala&amp;#x27;s red carpet is undoubtedly one of the most exciting fashion events of the year. Where else do actors, designers, models, musicians, comedians, and industry insiders come together to celebrate the awesomeness that is fashion? And don&amp;#x27;t even get me started on the outrageous getups they wear. Tonight&amp;#x27;s Beyonce-hosted, punk-themed bash promises to be like no other. Kanye West will perform, and the long list of celebrities reportedly attending includes everyone from Gisele Bundchen and Gwyneth Paltrow to Jennifer Lawrence and Lena Dunham. But before they all gather on the grand steps of the Met, let&amp;#x27;s take a second to remember the reason it&amp;#x27;s all happening: to benefit the Costume Institute&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;Punk: Chaos to Couture&amp;quot; exhibit, opening to the public later this week. Judging by these just-released pictures, the exhibit looks like it&amp;#x27;s going to be just as exciting as tonight&amp;#x27;s big party. I mean, the mannequins are wearing giant, spiky wigs! Here&amp;#x27;s an inside peek: The exhibit looks at punk&amp;#x27;s influence on haute couture and ready-to-wear and examines how designers have borrowed the movement&amp;#x27;s iconic symbols like safety pins, studs, leather, and rips. &amp;amp;#8220;Since its origins, punk has had an incendiary influence on fashion,&amp;amp;#8221; says the exhibit&amp;#x27;s curator, Andrew Bolton. &amp;amp;#8220;Although punk&amp;amp;#8217;s democracy stands in opposition to fashion&amp;amp;#8217;s autocracy, designers continue to appropriate punk&amp;amp;#8217;s aesthetic vocabulary to capture its youthful rebelliousness and aggressive forcefulness.&amp;amp;#8221; The exhibit shows more than 100 designs, from original 1970s punk garments to recent fashion pieces. Designers featured in the exhibit include Burberry&amp;#x27;s Christopher Bailey, John Galliano, former Balenciaga designer Nicholas Ghesquiere, Karl Lagerfeld, Christopher Kane, Miuccia Prada, Givenchy&amp;#x27;s Riccardo Tisci, Gianni Versace, Yohji Yamamoto, Helmut Lang, Hedi Slimane, and Vivienne Westwood. The exhibit&amp;#x27;s galleries are dedicated to the different &amp;quot;heroes&amp;quot; who define the genre. Sid Vicious, for example, is represented in the D.I.Y. gallery, while Malcolm McClaren and Vivienne Westwood are the focus of another area. One gallery is devoted to legendary venue CBGB in New York City and focuses on the musicians who played there: Blondie, Richard Hell, the Ramones, and Patti Smith. That gallery also includes a re-creation of the club&amp;#x27;s infamous restroom. Shoes and other accessories feature prominently in the exhibit as well. The exhibit runs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from May 9 through August 14. What part of the exhibit are you most excited about? Would you go? Photos: Getty "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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