NEW YORK — Seven words from Karl Lagerfeld adorn a doorway at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's sumptuous new exhibit honoring the late, legendary designer: "Fashion does not belong in a museum."
Andrew Bolton, who masterminds the New York museum's blockbuster Costume Institute shows each year, chuckled as he led a visitor through that doorway this weekend, a few days before opening, with crews nearby bustling to prepare for Monday's splashy Met Gala.
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