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The First Monday In May
Filmmaker Andrew Rossi examines an exhibit at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art that showcases Chinese-inspired Western fashions by Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton.
















4 September 1981, Houston, Texas, USA


31 December 1965, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

14 February 1942, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

17 July 1956, Shanghai, China

20 May 1946, El Centro, California, USA

19 April 1979, Los Angeles, California, USA

3 December 1960, Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA

1 March 1994, London, Ontario, Canada

16 August 1958, Bay City, Michigan, USA



10 September 1933, Hamburg,

6 May 1961, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

20 February 1988, St. Michael, Barbados

5 January 1975, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

January 16, 1988 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK


10 July 1977, Forest Gate, London, England, UK

24 July 1969, The Bronx, New York, USA

30 November 1965, New York City, New York, USA

18 November 1968, Dallas, Texas, USA


18 November 1974, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

3 November 1949, Hampstead, London, England, UK


December 27, 2016
Maddeningly unfocused.
September 30, 2016
Both events are minefields of planning and politics, which Rossi captures well, though meanderingly at times.
October 07, 2016
I am always a sucker for the eye-gasm of a fashion documentary.
April 05, 2017
A film that, with each look, each sentence, each reproach, is conforming itself as an interesting portrait of characters, commanded by a great protagonist. [Full review in Spanish]
November 07, 2016
The doc clearly tells us that we better believe that fashion should be viewed as art because fashion creates dreams.
April 22, 2016
There are many deliciously revealing moments, including discussions about who will sit where at the gala - there has to be a celebrity at every table - and whether Vogue can afford to pay Rihanna twice the usual fee to entertain the guests.
January 15, 2017
This was more interesting than I thought it would be not just because it shows how much work, thought and creativity goes into such a show, but because of the deep connection to film in this project.
September 26, 2016
The kind of party you'll almost definitely never get an invite to.
April 21, 2016
Will lights and hardware be ready? Can they afford the $200K demanded by headliner Rihanna? The viewer's pulse may rise, too, as Rossi's camera roams frantic hallways, offices and limos.
April 21, 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 love with itself.
April 28, 2016
Gorgeous, gossipy, yet penetrating documentary about the marriage of culture and commerce.
May 04, 2016
If you don't care about fashion there is another issue that unfolds fascinatingly over the course of the film: whether the theme of "the impact of Chinese aesthetics on Western fashion" is actually a celebration of Orientalism.