GOLDEN GLAMOUR @ THE RISD MUSEUM

Gilded Cuffs on a Callot Soeurs dress, part of Golden Glamour: The Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt Gerry Collection on show at RISD Museum

Gold remains a leading indicator of wealth, despite decades of sartorial, technological and political revolution. Whether stacks of bullion, metallic molars or golden eggs, gilded goods announce the presence of prosperity. This weekend, Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt Gerry's golden gloves and gilded gowns warranted a pit stop. A sucker for fashion exhibits, I convinced my honey to pause at the Rhode Island School of Design's RISD Museum en route to Cape Cod to check out Golden Glamour. Keep reading for a look inside...

-WEDNESDAY WINDOWS-

Zac Posen gown in the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's 5th Ave. windows

Just as Charles James was joining the ranks of fashion's forgotten few, a frenzy of famous faces flocked to the Metropolitan Museum (MET), to fête his honor at the newly named Anna Wintour Costume Institute's premiere exhibition. Both the MET's Monday afternoon press preview and the white tie evening affair was star-studded and very vogue. This week's windows at Bergdorf's pays tribute to the late designer, his contemporary counterparts and the Charles James: Beyond Fashion exhibition at the MET. Keep reading to see the windows and have a look back at previous exhibit coverage here.

MEMORIALIZING CHARLES JAMES @ the MET

Charles James Ball Gowns (1948)/Photo by Cecil Beaton courtesy the MET / Condé Nast Archive

Though his name lacks the bravado of Christian Dior or Cristobal Balanciaga, Charles James was the creator of the Taxi dress, the inspiration behind Dior's New Look of 1947, the father of American couture and now the subject of the first exhibit in the MET Museum's newly renovated Anna Wintour Costume Center. At a press breakfast February 10th, Harold Koda, curator of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET), introduced the upcoming exhibit, Charles James: Beyond Fashion. Opening May 8th, the exhibit will occupy the first floor special exhibition galleries along with the Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Gallery in the Anna Wintour Costume Center. A press preview will be held on May 5th and the exhibit will run until August 10th.