On loan to The Met The Met accepts temporary loans of art both for short-term exhibitions and for long-term display in its galleries.
Hat
Designer Isaac Mizrahi American
Not on view
For the American designer Isaac Mizrahi, fashion and fun are two deeply inextricable concepts. This ideology is reflected in the title of his autumn/winter 2009–10 collection, “Smile.” He included several colorways of this suede and leather handbag-hat on the runway, introducing some levity during a moment of anxiety following the global financial crisis of 2008. The nature of the object is contradictory: it is simultaneously functional and impractical, speaking to Mizrahi’s playfulness and ongoing interest in using design as an outlet for commentary and cultural engagement.
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