I always check in advance to see if anything enticing will be on display in December at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, since I’m always in Connecticut for Christmas. This past Christmas I excitedly noted that Christmas 2000 would include a Chanel retrospective at their Costume Institute. I even wrote it down so I wouldn’t forget. But, it is not to be. Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel’s longtime designer, had a difference of opinion with the Met over including paintings and other artwork alongside the clothes. The deal is off. Agh. The Met is shuffling in an exhibit of Jackie Kennedy’s White House fashions instead, but it won’t be ready until spring, and, although Jackie was a trend-setter, and I love many of Oleg Cassini’s creations for her, I just can’t get as excited about it. Too much hype was generated around the auctioning of her possessions and I fear another Jackie worshipping session. (housekeeping note: it seems the “partners” trick for NY Times links may no longer work and you may have to log in, sorry!)