The Marvelous Met & Sweet Serendipity | New York Photo Diary

Hello lovely reader and welcome to the last installment of my "New York Photo Diary" posts! You can check out the previous three posts here, but I must say that "part 4" which encompasses the last day of my trip was one of the most amazing things I've ever gotten to do which was visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Not only was that a moment in itself seeing as it is so grand and iconic but I also got to visit the "Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology" exhibit which was beyond incredible. If you ever have the chance to visit this exhibit you absolutely must! I even read the other day that due to the high attendance, The Met has extended the viewing through Labor Day, September 5th. As someone who studies fashion and throughly enjoys learning about it and the history, to be able to see these garments up close and their craftsmanship and details was unbelievable. One moment you are looking at a Chanel suit from the 60's the next moment, a Christian Dior dress from the 50's and then you round a corner and see the extremely modern-esque creations of Issey Miyake. There were different galleries with various themes such as embroidery, feathers, pleating, and leather work. Then within the galleries were pieces made by hand (Manus) and by machine (Machina) which as the point of the exhibit, to display handmade and machine made garments. It truly is a fashion lovers dream come true and for me personally it made me that much more proud and excited that this is the world that I am going to be working in one day. I took tons of pictures at the exhibit and tried to pick ones for this post that would allow you to be able to see the variety of styles that the exhibit includes. I also included a picture that states the purpose of the exhibit which is worth reading to better understand the images.
 

 

After all the fashionable excitement, we went to Treadwell Park for dinner. The food was delicious and the atmosphere was really fun. It was jam packed full of people meeting after work at the bar and having dinner, even playing some ping pong. The seating is all picnic tables so you share with people which actually worked out well for us. My friends and I sat with two lovely women who we chatted to about living in New York. I had the bratwurst with warm potato salad and it was really good. As you can tell by the picture, the setting and serving style is very aesthetically pleasing.  

After dinner we headed over to Serendipity 3 to finish off our NYC trip properly and have some outrageous dessert. We had to wait a little while just because the place is quite small but it was so worth it. We ordered a Cinnamon Fun Sundae and the Forbidden Broadway Sundae, both certainly lived up to the hype and it was the perfect way to end an amazing trip.

I mean come on!

So thus concludes my NYC Photo Diary. It was a fabulous trip and I hope you've enjoyed seeing what I got up to! Also, if you are interested in fashion but unable to make it to The Met, their website has a really nice page filled with information, pictures, and videos of the exhibit that I would recommend taking a look at. Have you been to NYC? What are some of your favorite spots? Xx