Costume Institute Gala 2008 Review
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The scene at last night's superhero-themed "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art could be summed up best, by, well, a bona fide superhero. "I hate broccoli, and yet, in a certain sense, I am broccoli" said the Tick. Because let's face it, if last night's event was told through a society-style column - rather than bandwidth-burdening HQ pics, live feed videos, and threads multiplying at breakneck speed - it would have been a fashion jeremiad. (Because even some of the naysayers fell, too). The theme promised so much, perhaps too much, seeing as what came down the ...