Review: Heavenly Bodies; Fashion and the Catholic Imagination

The Metropolitan Museum’s “Heavenly Bodies; Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” exhibit opens its doors to the public today after being launched to great fanfare by the Met Gala Ball on Monday night. Flashing their Catholicism with pride, the twin pillars of Italian fashion, Dolce & Gabbana and Versace, form a guard of honor above visitors’ heads to welcome them on their fashion pilgrimage which begins in the Byzantine and medieval wing. Mannequins in the latter house’s signature chainmail wear platinum blond wigs to resemble a celestial procession of Donatella Versaces and many might be tempted to genuflect given the level of devotion she currently inspires.