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Giorgio Armani Joins Forces With Superman, Spiderman & The Hulk to Invade Manhattan - Plus Star-Studded MET Gala With B-Roll & Stills Available for Web Download
NEW YORK, May 2 PRNewswire — WHAT: The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens the exhibit Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy on May 7, 2008. To celebrate the opening of the exhibition, the Museum's Costume Institute Gala Benefit takes place on Monday, May 5, 2008. WHO: Giorgio Armani, Honorary Chair of the Costume Institute's Gala dinner, is joined by his friends and co-chairs George Clooney, Julia Roberts and others including Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, David and Victoria Beckham, John Mayor, Camilla Belle and Ziyi Zhang. MORE: Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy will feature approximately 60 ensembles including movie costumes, avant-garde haute couture, and high-performance sportswear to reveal how the superhero serves as the ultimate metaphor for fashion and its ability to empower and transform the human body. In addition to the gala, during his 48 hours in New York, Giorgio Armani will visit New York's Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), receive a Global Fashion Leadership Award from the Couture Council of the Museum of FIT and visit the site of Armani/Fifth Avenue, his fifth concept store. ** Available for Download at http://www.dogmatic.com/MNR/GiorgioArmaniMETNYEvents ** B-ROLL: Gala red carpet footage; Press conference announcement; Armani Fifth Avenue exteriors footage; FIT event & award presentation BITES: Celebrity soundbites; Giorgio Armani, Harold Koda (Curator of the Costume Institute) and Andrew Bolton (Curator of the Superheroes exhibition) soundbites PICS: Red carpet arrivals, Event photo stills TEXT: Press Release CONTACT: Elana Gichon, Dogmatic, (310) 450-3884; elana@dogmatic.com ** Satellite Feed of B-Roll Package Available on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 ** Feed 1: 3:30 AM - 3:45 AM, ET Feed 2: 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM, ET Feed 3: 6:30 PM - 6:45 PM, ET
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