Other favorites at the Met Fifth Ave are Alexander McQueen’s birch plywood and leather winged ensemble and Christian Lacroix’s Wedding Ensemble, 2009–10. Also impressive are Anna Wintour’s 2018 co-hosts for this year's Met Gala, all much-worshiped by the paparazzi: Amal Clooney, Rihanna, and Donatella Versace. Guadalupe is a blue silk jersey dress with a beaded bleeding heart pierced by a sword an image culled from Marian devotion of the Immaculate Heart. Ex-Voto is an assemblage of religious ex-votos (metal repousse devotional amulets) stitched together to form an evening dress. Some of the most outstanding pieces in the show are by French designer Jean Paul Gaultier whose work epitomized the Catholic imagination theme of the show with works like Ex-Voto and Guadalupe both from his Spring/Summer collection 2007. The overarching scope of the exhibit ranges from papal vestments, gold and jewel encrusted pectoral crosses and miters from the Vatican to top name contemporary designers. Jean Paul Gaultier, Ex-Voto, courtesy of author Forged and fueled by stories and images, the Catholic imagination operates on a narrative level, which is where its power lies and its resonance is felt.” tends to emphasize the metaphorical nature of creation.” Bolton continues “Greeley’s observations about the nature of Roman Catholicism reverberate throughout the exhibition’s themes, which will explore how the Catholic imagination has shaped the creativity of designers and how it is conveyed through their fashions. Both Bolton and Heartney quote Andrew Greeley’s book T he Catholic Imagination, “The Catholic imagination in all its many manifestations.
Eleanor Heartney explored this theme in her important book Postmodern Heretics: Catholic Imagination in Contemporary Art in which she explored contemporary artists who are strongly influenced by their upbringing in the Catholic Church, artists such as Andres Serrano, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Kiki Smith.
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