Named for the exhibition with which it is interactive, blog.mode: addressing fashion is hosted online by the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute for the duration of the show (December 18,2007-April 13,2008). The exhibition introduction explains:

As a living art form, fashion is open to multiple readings. A vibrant reflection of contemporary culture, fashion, ”especially in its most avant-garde expressions,”affects us through its intense visual impact. blog.mode: addressing fashion is the first in a series of shows designed to promote critical and creative dialogues about fashion. The exhibition presents some forty costumes and accessories dating from the eighteenth century to the present, ”all recent Metropolitan Museum acquisitions,” and invites visitors to share their reactions online or from a “blogbar” of computer terminals in the exhibition galleries.

The top hat above is from a post called Barbarella and has this legend: Odile Gilbert (French, 1957) for Gaultier Paris (French, founded 1997). Top Hat, fall/winter 2006–7. Black human hair. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Alfred Z. Solomon-Janet A. Sloane Endowment Fund, 2007 (2007.168).

Named for the exhibition with which it is interactive, blog.mode: addressing fashion is hosted online by the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute for the duration of the show (December 18,2007-April 13,2008). The exhibition introduction explains:
As a living art form, fashion is open to multiple readings. A vibrant reflection of contemporary culture, fashion, ”especially [...]