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scene stealers
June 23, 2015

The Best Looks From MoMA’s 5 a.m. Crowd

By Stephanie Eckardt and Shirley Yu

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Around 5 a.m. on Sunday, the longest day of the year, a crowd gathered at MoMA for a sold-out performance of Yoko Ono’s Morning Peace 2015. The act followed up on her seminal Morning Piece, first performed in New York 50 years ago on the roof of her West Village apartment. (Videos of Ono’s early work are on display at the museum’s current exhibition, “Yoko Ono: One Woman Show,” and instructions for re-creating the event yourself are available here.) After giving a short speech, dancing around in a hat topped with pink flowers, and leading a chant of “sunrise,” Ono handed the stage over to Dev Hynes, who greeted the morning with new Blood Orange songs.

The Cut went to check out the style of those resilient enough to wake up at the break of dawn — or stay up all night — for a museum trip. Click through the slideshow for Shirley Yu’s photos of the graphic designers, dancers, and stylists who look cool even when it’s way too early.

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Martha Hipley, Artist and Designer  Photo: Shirley Yu
Folake Ologunja, Senior Publicist for SVA  Photo: Shirley Yu
Ai Wakabayashi, Dancer  Photo: Shirley Yu
Amber Drew, Life Coach for People with Chronic Illness  Photo: Shirley Yu
Hafalia Yackel, Record-Store Sales Associate  Photo: Shirley Yu
Nellie Blue, Actress, Model, and Nightlife Host  Photo: Shirley Yu
Sara Elise, Owner of Bed-Stuy Kitchen Catering and Personal Chef Company  Photo: Shirley Yu
Jake Vylits, Singer  Photo: Shirley Yu
Natalie Wright, Designer and Stylist  Photo: Shirley Yu
Abraham Jacobo, Graphic Designer  Photo: Shirley Yu
Patricia Encarnacion, Graphic Designer  Photo: Shirley Yu
Antwaun Sargent, Writer  Photo: Shirley Yu
Hilliary K. Gabryel, Sculptor  Photo: Shirley Yu
Van Nguyen, Production Coordinator  Photo: Shirley Yu
Merissa Czyz, Actress  Photo: Shirley Yu
Corey Walsh, Visual Artist and Creative Director  Photo: Shirley Yu
Abe Santama, Roamer  Photo: Shirley Yu
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