'Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy' Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, America - 05 May 2008
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Jack White, superheroes & The Juan Maclean @ THE MET

Jack White and wife

About a week after he had his own Superman moment, Jack White made a rare public appearance with his wife, supermodel Karen Elson, to the opening of the “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy” exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute Gala on Monday, May 5th. [The Modern Age]

The superheroes exhibit will be at the Met until September 1st. College students (ID required) can also check it out during this special event happening Thursday night…..

Thursday, May 8, 7:00-10:00 p.m.
Superheroes and Super Chic
The College Group at the Met invites you to join us for a super soirÉe in celebration of the opening of the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy.” Students will also tour the Wrightsman Galleries, home to the Museum’s renowned collection of French furniture and related decorative arts pieces. The event will take place in the Great Hall and the Carroll and Milton Petrie European Sculpture Court.

I was also told that “the event will have food, a costume contest, tours of both galleries, and The Juan MacLean DJing.”