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Claire Danes Becomes Real-Life Cinderella at the Met Gala in Glowing Fiber Optic Dress

At last night’s Met Gala, Claire Danes dazzled the red carpet in a
show-stopping ensemble, reminiscent of a futuristic Cinderella. Designed
by Zac Posen,
the gown had the glamour of classic couture, but with a glitzy
technological twist: fiber optic fabric that glowed in the dark.

Every year, New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
hosts this black tie fundraising event—often fondly referenced as
“fashion prom"—to benefit its lauded Costume Institute, in coordination
with the opening of a new spring show. Danes’ dress was an apt
representation of this season’s theme: Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology.
The 150-piece exhibition invited the exploration of “how fashion
designers are reconciling the handmade and the machine-made in the
creation of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear.”

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