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By Brian D (806) on 25 Jun 2016

Less about the Met - more about China. Talk about a fashion bait and switch. Blue and white porcelain, far less fabulous…

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By Matthew Toomey (680) for ABC Radio Brisbane (680) on 02 Jun 2016

Andrew Rossi has shot some amazing footage that makes this a compelling view from start to finish…

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By Aaron C (1,257) on 21 May 2016

Loving the Met as I do and being an admirer of the creativity of designers like J…

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By Mike Doherty (3) for National Post (1,405) on 19 May 2016

Trapped inside The First Monday in May is a provocative, insightful documentary about Western appropriation of Eastern culture…

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By Kimber Myers (423) for The Playlist (3,871) on 17 May 2016

Though it delves into a number of topics beyond fashion, it refrains from going underneath the glossy surface…

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By Sandra Hall (505) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 17 May 2016

In the end, it all comes down to a collaboration between art, commerce and celebrity…

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By Damien Straker (239) for Impulse Gamer (252) on 14 May 2016

It is more than a glossy celebrity cover shoot. It has both beauty and brains…

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By Cj Johnson (473) for ABC Radio (Australia) (677) on 12 May 2016

Interesting if not fascinating, your appreciation will increase the more you like the kind of stuff these people work on…

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By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 11 May 2016

Sumptuous and entertaining no matter where you stand on the whole fashion thing…

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By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 11 May 2016

The documentary doesn't really tell us much about the items in the show either…

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By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 10 May 2016

Fascinating and tense - almost thriller like, the film offers more food for thought than you may anticipate…

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By Laura Bingyan X (4) on 06 May 2016

A movie one year later after the show opened is not helpful as the show itself was crashed…

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By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 27 Apr 2016

Gorgeous, gossipy, yet penetrating documentary about the marriage of culture and commerce…

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By Michael Snydel (83) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 26 Apr 2016

First Monday in May gathers together some of the most influential and radical contemporary figures in fashion, offers a comprehensive view…

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By Bud G (16) on 21 Apr 2016

Surprisingly fun true story of the events to produce a major fashion show at the Met in NY, featuring fashion history from China - with the…

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By Kate Taylor (347) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 21 Apr 2016

Perhaps if Rossi had begun where he ends, with the bold assertion that this project is not about raising money for art but about using celebs…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 20 Apr 2016

Will lights and hardware be ready? Can they afford the $200K demanded by headliner Rihanna…

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By Barbara Vandenburgh (315) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 20 Apr 2016

The film’s focus is too easily distracted by celebrity and turns less documentary and more fawning love letter to an industry already in…

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By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 20 Apr 2016

Rossi and his subjects explore that uncomfortable compromise between art and commerce, which, in its own way, can also be something beautiful…

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By Janet M (180) on 16 Apr 2016

Fabulous. It's about so much more than fashion…

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