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Manus × Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology

At The Met Fifth Avenue
May 5–September 5, 2016

Designer Interviews

Earlier this year, Andrew Bolton, curator in charge of The Costume Institute, interviewed some of the designers whose work is included in Manus × Machina for the exhibition catalogue.

Listen to the following excerpts from his discussions with Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, Nicolas Ghesquière, Iris van Herpen, Christopher Kane, Karl Lagerfeld, and Miuccia Prada.

Karl Lagerfeld (French, born Hamburg, 1938) for House of Chanel (French, founded 1913). Wedding ensemble (back view), autumn/winter 2014–15 haute couture. Courtesy of CHANEL Patrimoine Collection. Photograph © Nicholas Alan Cope