Giorgio Armani Joins Forces With Superman, Spiderman & The Hulk to Invade Manhattan - Plus Star-Studded MET Gala With B-Roll & Stills Available for Web Download

    NEW YORK, May 2 /PRNewswire/ --
 
     WHAT:     The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens
               the exhibit Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy on May 7, 2008.  To
               celebrate the opening of the exhibition, the Museum's Costume
               Institute Gala Benefit takes place on Monday, May 5, 2008.
 
     WHO:      Giorgio Armani, Honorary Chair of the Costume Institute's Gala
               dinner, is joined by his friends and co-chairs George Clooney,
               Julia Roberts and others including Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes,
               David and Victoria Beckham, John Mayor, Camilla Belle and Ziyi
               Zhang.
 
     MORE:     Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy will feature approximately 60
               ensembles including movie costumes, avant-garde haute couture,
               and high-performance sportswear to reveal how the superhero
               serves as the ultimate metaphor for fashion and its ability to
               empower and transform the human body.
 
               In addition to the gala, during his 48 hours in New York,
               Giorgio Armani will visit New York's Fashion Institute of
               Technology (FIT), receive a Global Fashion Leadership Award from
               the Couture Council of the Museum of FIT and visit the site of
               Armani/Fifth Avenue, his fifth concept store.
 
               ** Available for Download at
               http://www.dogmatic.com/MNR/GiorgioArmaniMETNYEvents **
 
     B-ROLL:   Gala red carpet footage; Press conference announcement; Armani
               Fifth Avenue exteriors footage; FIT event & award presentation
 
     BITES:    Celebrity soundbites; Giorgio Armani, Harold Koda (Curator of
               the Costume Institute) and Andrew Bolton (Curator of the
               Superheroes exhibition) soundbites
 
     PICS:     Red carpet arrivals, Event photo stills
 
     TEXT:     Press Release
 
     CONTACT:  Elana Gichon, Dogmatic, (310) 450-3884; elana@dogmatic.com
 
    ** Satellite Feed of B-Roll Package Available on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 **
                         Feed 1:  3:30 AM - 3:45 AM, ET
                        Feed 2: 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM, ET
                         Feed 3:  6:30 PM - 6:45 PM, ET
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SOURCE Giorgio Armani Corp.