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 **
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