Photo by Ryan Sides
During the second week of May, Vogue Club gathered on the Upper East Side for its first-ever Night at the Museum to celebrate the Costume Institute’s exhibition Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion. After closing hours at the iconic Metropolitan Museum of Art, the fête featured a Vogue Club member-exclusive cocktail party and private viewing of the highly anticipated spring 2024 Costume Institute exhibition, highlighting approximately 250 items drawn from the Costume Institute’s permanent collection, spanning over 400 years of fashion history.
Vogue Club attendees walked up the recognizable stairs of The Met in their best evening wear. They were greeted at the party with champagne. Amidst the Museum’s majestic Great Hall decorated in blooming florals by Raul Avila, guests enjoyed mingling with Vogue Editors, passed canapés prepared by Olivier Cheng (the culinary mastermind behind the Met Gala’s storied dinner), and a selection string orchestra covers of modern-day hits. Upstairs, party-goers were escorted through the exhibition’s three main “zones”—Land, Sea, and Sky—discovering the evolving attitudes to the natural world through manipulation of natural materials to craft garments. As the evening’s festivities ended, guests spilled out onto the streets of 5th Avenue, snapping their last few photos and excitedly discussing their favorite creations on display.