Shady Ladies Tours to Host 'Fashion & Beauty Tour' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shady Ladies Tours will present the Fashion & Beauty Tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Saturday, October 14 at 4:00 PM and Friday, October 20 at 6:15 PM.

Led by Professor of Classics Andrew Lear, the 2-hour walking tour of the world-famous museum takes a look at all things glamorous: from the grand hairdos of Imperial Rome to the outrageous wigs of the court at Versailles; from gold ear spools in pre-Columbian America to neck rings in Africa and Southeast Asia; and from three hundred years of torturous corsets to three thousand years of gorgeous cosmetics. The tour examines worldwide style from head to toe, including the political, social, and even medical currents that shaped fashion trends through the ages.

Why did French courtiers wear foot-high wigs in the 17th century? Were beauty spots really used to cover up syphilis? And how did bicycles affect the way women dressed in the closing years of the 19th century? On this fun and informative tour-goers find out the answers to these and many more questions about fashion and beauty.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue and East 82nd Street. The tour groups meet 15 minutes in advance of tour time at the feet of the statue of pharaoh Amenhemet II (the big black pharaoh statue) in the Great Hall. Tickets for the Fashion and Beauty Tour of the Metropolitan are $59 for adults, $49 for seniors and $35 for students and Metropolitan Museum of Art members and available at www.shadyladiestours.com/fashion-and-beauty-tour.

Shady Ladies Tours' art museum tours introduce art lovers to some of the sexiest and sauciest works of art in New York City. Led personally by Professor Andrew Lear, a leading scholar on the history of sexuality and one of the foremost experts on erotic Greek and Roman art, the tours reveal the scandalous back-stories behind paintings and sculptures in major New York City museums. Tours include Nasty Women of the Metropolitan, Shady Ladies of the Metropolitan and Gay Secrets of the Metropolitan. With his groundbreaking work on the history of art and his long experience as a scholar and teacher, Professor Lear is an ideal guide to give tour-goers an entirely new (and naughty) perspective on both classic and little-known pieces of art. For more information, visit www.shadyladiestours.com.