Life as a Runway | The Artworks Were Walking@Fashion

THE Guggenheim's 50th anniversary celebration last week was a magnet for fashion extremists. Fans stormed the doors at 9 p.m. to hear a performance by Animal Collective.
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In contrast to the band's incandescent white headdresses, guests wore riotous color: Summer of Love headbands, tomato-color satin frocks and vibrant war paint that suggested "Avatar."
Photo: Elizabeth Lippman for The New York Times

Photo: Elizabeth Lippman for The New York Times

Photo: Elizabeth Lippman for The New York Times

There were studied resurrections of Seattle grunge, 'I'm with the band' T-shirts and festoons of Sgt. Pepper military braid.
Photo: Elizabeth Lippman for The New York Times

Photo: Elizabeth Lippman for The New York Times

Upstairs, a benefit auction presided over by the museum's Young Collectors Council was only slightly more sedate, with guests swanning by in sequins and Baudelairean frills.
Photo: Elizabeth Lippman for The New York Times

Photo: Elizabeth Lippman for The New York Times

Photo: Elizabeth Lippman for The New York Times

Angelo Chan, left, wears sober tweeds by day, but traded in his banker's cravat that night for a Lanvin velvet butterfly tie. "There's a very fine line between fashion and costume," Mr. Chan said, "and this tie is as close to costume as I get."
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