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Two statues draped in translucent veils against a dark background with swirling lines. Bold text reads 'Costume Art'
Exhibition

Costume Art

"Pubikini", Rudi Gernreich  American, born Austria, synthetic fiber, plastic, American
Designer Rudi Gernreich
1985
Statuette of a Nude Woman, Limestone, black pigment
ca. 1550–1070 B.C.
Bathing suit, Rudi Gernreich  American, born Austria, wool, elastic, American
Designer Rudi Gernreich
1964
Female figure, Ceramic, Elamite
Elamite
ca. 1500–1100 BCE
Ensemble, Walter Van Beirendonck  Belgian, (a) nylon, elastane, metal, (b) nylon, elastane, (c, d) leather, wood, (e) plastic (polyethylene foam), synthetic fiber, metal, Belgian
Designer Walter Van Beirendonck
spring/summer 2009
The Creation of Eve, from The Story of Adam and Eve, Heinrich Aldegrever  German, Engraving
Heinrich Aldegrever
1540
God Forbidding Adam and Eve to Eat from the Tree of Knowledge, from "The Story of Adam and Eve", Heinrich Aldegrever  German, Engraving
Heinrich Aldegrever
1540
The Temptation of Adam and Eve, from "The Story of Adam and Eve", Heinrich Aldegrever  German, Engraving
Heinrich Aldegrever
1540
Adam and Eve Hide Themselves, from The Story of Adam and Eve, Heinrich Aldegrever  German, Engraving
Heinrich Aldegrever
1540
The Expulsion from Paradise from The Story of Adam and Eve, Heinrich Aldegrever  German, Engraving
Heinrich Aldegrever
1540
Adam and Eve at Work, from The Story of Adam and Eve, Heinrich Aldegrever  German, Engraving
Heinrich Aldegrever
1540
Adam and Eve flanked by two trees, a town in the background, Marcantonio Raimondi  Italian, Engraving
Marcantonio Raimondi
After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi)
ca. 1512–14
On loan to The Met
Designer Vivienne Westwood
fall/winter 1989–90
Design House ANDREĀDAMO
Designer Andrea Adamo
fall/winter 2023–24
Adam and Eve, Albrecht Dürer  German, Engraving
Albrecht Dürer
1504
Coat, Jacques Kaplan  American, leather, fur, American
Designer Jacques Kaplan
Painted by Marisol
1963
Female Figure, Ceramic, Valdivia
Valdivia
late 3rd millennium BCE
Designer Jean Paul Gaultier
fall/winter 1992–93
The Planet Venus, Bronze, with  traces of gilt and red undergilding, probably German, Augsburg
probably German, Augsburg
mid-16th century
T-shirt, Vivienne Westwood  British, cotton, metal, British
Designer Vivienne Westwood
Designer Malcolm McLaren
Retailer SEX
1975–76
Ensemble, Vivienne Westwood  British, (a) cotton, metal, rubber, (b) cotton, metal, (c) cotton, metal, (d) cotton, metal, (e) cotton, rubber, British
Designer Vivienne Westwood
Designer Malcolm McLaren
Retailer Seditionaries
ca. 1977
Venus of Capua, Marble, Italian
Italian
19th century
Ensemble, Pierre Cardin  French, born Italy, wool, cotton, plastic, French
Designer Pierre Cardin
1967
Female warrior probably representing Minerva, Bust: white and black stone marble; socle: variegated red, black and gray/pink marble, possibly Flemish
possibly Flemish
late 18th or 19th century
Venus, Massimiliano Soldani  Italian, Bronze, on later wood base, Italian, Florence
Massimiliano Soldani
18th century
Designer Yiqing Yin
fall/winter 2011–12 haute couture
Dancers with Instruments, Limestone, paint
ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
On loan to The Met
Design House Yves Saint Laurent
Designer Anthony Vaccarello
fall/winter 2024–25
A Bejewelled Maiden with a Parakeet, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
ca. 1670–1700
Design House House of Chanel
Designer Matthieu Blazy
Designer Massaro
spring/summer 2026 haute couture
Woman's theatrical costume with black trimmings, Vincente Minnelli  American, Watercolor over graphite
Vincente Minnelli
1933–39
Design House Dolce & Gabbana
Designer Domenico Dolce
Designer Stefano Gabbana
fall/winter 2019–20 alta moda
Bronze statuette of Aphrodite with silver eyes, Bronze, Greek
Greek
3rd–1st century BCE
Evening dress, Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs)  French, silk, French
Designer Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs)
spring/summer 1987
Terracotta oinochoe (jug), Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Greek, Attic
mid-4th century BCE
Evening dress, House of Vionnet  French, silk, French
Design House House of Vionnet
Designer Madeleine Vionnet
spring/summer 1937
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), Lecce Painter, Terracotta, Greek, South Italian, Apulian
Associated in style with the Lecce Painter
ca. 375–350 BCE
Evening dress, Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs)  French, silk, French
Designer Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs)
ca. 1965
Terracotta calyx-krater (vase for mixing wine and water), Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Greek, Attic
early 4th century BCE
Delphos, Fortuny  Italian, silk, glass, Italian
Design House Fortuny
Designer Adèle Henriette Elisabeth Nigrin Fortuny
Designer Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo
1920s
Lekythos (oil flask), Hermonax, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Attributed to Hermonax
ca. 460 BCE
Evening dress, Madame Eta Hentz  American, born Hungary, rayon, beads, American
Designer Madame Eta Hentz
spring/summer 1944
Vase, Wedgwood and Co., Black basalt, British, Staffordshire
Factory Wedgwood and Co.
ca. 1780
Designer Adèle Henriette Elisabeth Nigrin Fortuny
Designer Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo
Design House Fortuny
ca. 1930
Terracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar), Providence Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Attributed to the Providence Painter
ca. 480 BCE
Evening dress, Alix  French, silk, French
Design House Alix
Designer Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs)
1937
Terracotta pelike (jar), Chicago Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Attributed to an artist near the Chicago Painter
mid-5th century BCE
Athena, Madame Eta Hentz  American, born Hungary, rayon, metal, glass, American
Designer Madame Eta Hentz
spring/summer 1944
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), Tithonos Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Attributed to the Tithonos Painter
ca. 480 BCE
Evening dress, Gilbert Adrian  American, rayon, glass, plastic (cellulose acetate), American
Designer Gilbert Adrian
1946
Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl), Terracotta, Etruscan, Faliscan
Etruscan, Faliscan
early 4th century BCE
Design House Y/Project
Designer Glenn Martens
fall/winter 2022–23
Marble statue of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head), Polykleitos, Marble, Roman
Copy of work attributed to Polykleitos
1st–2nd century CE
Designer Jean Paul Gaultier
Design House Gaultier Paris
spring/summer 1999
Marble statue of Aphrodite, marble, Greek
Greek
2nd century BCE
Design House Tory Burch
Designer Tory Burch
fall/winter 2026–27
Designer Michael Kors
spring/summer 2021, edition 2026
Terracotta statuette of Nike, the personification of victory, Terracotta, Greek
Greek
late 5th century BCE
Design House Maison Margiela
Designer John Galliano
fall/winter 2020–21 haute couture
The Veiled Woman, Rafaello Monti, Marble, Italian
Rafaello Monti
1854
late 19th–early 20th century
Designer Thom Browne
spring/summer 2022
Marble statuette of Apollo?, Marble, Pentelic ?, Roman
Roman
1st century CE
Design House House of Dior
Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri
resort 2026
On loan to The Met
Design House Alexander McQueen
Designer Alexander McQueen
Designer Grazia Corrente
fall/winter 2009–10 menswear
仏胴 “Buddha” Cuirass (<i>Hotoke-Dō</i>), Iron, silk, Japanese
Japanese
16th or early 17th century
On loan to The Met
Designer Yves Saint Laurent
Designer Claude Lalanne
Design House Yves Saint Laurent
fall/winter 1969-70 haute couture
Helmet of the Italo-Chalcidian Type, Anatomical Cuirass, and Left Greave, Bronze, silver, Etruscan, probably Vulci
Etruscan, probably Vulci
late 5th–4th century BCE
Design House Miyake Design Studio
Designer Issey Miyake
fall/winter 1985–86
On loan to The Met
Multiple artists/makers
spring/summer 1997 haute couture
On loan to The Met
Design House Miyake Design Studio
Designer Issey Miyake
fall/winter 1980–81
Ensemble, Mugler  French, (a) fiberglass, leather; (b) silk, French
Design House Mugler
Designer Thierry Mugler
fall/winter 1980–81
Bronze cuirass (body armor), Bronze, Greek, Apulian
Greek, Apulian
4th century BCE
On loan to The Met
Design House House of Balmain
Designer Olivier Rousteing
Robert Mercier
fall/winter 2020–21
Victory, Evelyn Beatrice Longman  American, Bronze, American
Evelyn Beatrice Longman
Founder Cast by Roman Bronze Works
1903; cast 1908
Corset, linen, leather, whalebone, American
American
1740–60
Short hoop, linen, cane, British
British
ca. 1750
Robe à la française, silk, pigment, linen, British
British
1740s
Stomacher, linen, silk, whale bone, British
British
first quarter 18th century
Court presentation ensemble, Boué Soeurs  French, (a, c, d) silk, metallic threads; (b) silk; (e) feathers, plastic (cellulose nitrate), French
Design House Boué Soeurs
Designer Sylvie Boué de Montegut
Designer Jeanne d'Etreillis
1928
Crinoline lady, Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory  German, Hard-paste porcelain, German, Nymphenburg
Manufactory Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory
Modeler Johann Paul Rupert Härtl
ca. 1755–57
Ensemble, Worth and Bobergh, silk, French
Design House Worth and Bobergh
Designer Charles Frederick Worth
1862–65
"Eugénie", House of Dior  French, (a, b) rayon, cotton, silk<br/>(c) leather, French
Design House House of Dior
Designer Christian Dior
fall/winter 1948–49
Countess Alexander Nikolaevitch Lamsdorff (Maria Ivanovna Beck, 1835–1866), Franz Xaver Winterhalter  German, Oil on canvas
Franz Xaver Winterhalter
1859
"Bustle", Charles James  American, cotton, American
Designer Charles James
1947
Impression of Amélie de Montfort, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux  French, Terracotta, French, Paris
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
ca. 1867–69
Corset, Worcester Corset Company  American, cotton, metal, bone, American
Manufacturer Worcester Corset Company
1876
Bustle, Timothy S. Sperry  American, linen, metal, American
Designer Timothy S. Sperry
ca. 1873
Dinner dress, Maison Vignon  French, silk, glass, French
Design House Maison Vignon
1875–78
Design House House of Dior
Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri
spring/summer 2023
On loan to The Met
Designer Vivienne Westwood
1980s–90s
Dress, cotton, French
French
1804–5
The Graces in a High Wind – a Scene taken from Nature in Kensington Gardens, James Gillray  British, Hand-colored etching, engraving and aquatint
Multiple artists/makers
May 28, 1810
Dress, cotton, European
European
ca. 1818
A Change in the Petticoats, or the Years 1780 &1817, William Heath ('Paul Pry')  British, Hand-colored etching
Attributed to William Heath ('Paul Pry')
Publisher Thomas Tegg
1817
Dress, cotton, American
American
1870s
The Grecian Bend–Fifth Avenue Style, Thomas B. Worth  American, Hand-colored lithograph
Thomas B. Worth
Publisher Currier & Ives
1868
Dress, Georgina Godley  British, (a) viscose, elastane, polyester, cotton, polyamide; (b) cotton, Lycra, plastic (polyurethane foam), polyester, elastane, British
Design House Georgina Godley
Designer Georgina Godley
fall/winter 1986–87, edition 2019
Female figurine kneading dough(?), Terracotta, Cypriot
Cypriot
ca. 600–480 BCE
Walking dress, silk, American or European
American or European
ca. 1883
Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", Georges Seurat  French, Oil on canvas
Georges Seurat
1884
Photo-Transformation, Lucas Samaras  American, born Greece, Instant internal dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid SX-70)
Lucas Samaras
July 31, 1976
Dress, Georgina Godley  British, (a) viscose, elastane, polyester, cotton, polyamide; (b) cotton, Lycra, plastic (polyurethane foam), polyester, elastane, British
Design House Georgina Godley
Designer Georgina Godley
fall/winter 1986–87, edition 2019
André Kertész
1933
Designer Michaela Stark
2026
La Poupeé, Hans Bellmer  German, born Poland, Gelatin silver print with applied color
Hans Bellmer
ca. 1936
Ensemble, Vivienne Westwood  British, silk, British
Design House Vivienne Westwood
Designer Vivienne Westwood
fall/winter 1994–95
On loan to The Met
Huguette Caland
1974
Dress, Comme des Garçons  Japanese, nylon-polyurethane, wool, goose down, Japanese
Design House Comme des Garçons
Designer Rei Kawakubo
spring/summer 1997
Figure in Rotation, Max Weber  American, born former Russian Empire, now Poland, Bronze and patina
Max Weber
1917; enlarged 1947–48; cast ca. 1947–48
Ensemble, Comme des Garçons  Japanese, (a)  polyester, nylon, cotton, triacetate, polypropylene, (b, c) cotton, nylon, and (d, e) polyester, plastic (synthetic rubber), Japanese
Design House Comme des Garçons
Designer Rei Kawakubo
fall/winter 2017–18
Untitled, Henry Moore  British, Hopton Wood stone
Henry Moore
1937
Ensemble, Comme des Garçons  Japanese, (a) polyester, cotton, nylon, (b, c) cotton, nylon, (d, e) polyester, plastic (synthetic rubber), Japanese
Design House Comme des Garçons
Designer Rei Kawakubo
fall/winter 2017–18
Configuration in Serpentine Movements I, Jean Arp  French, born Germany, Marble
Jean Arp
1950
Ensemble, Comme des Garçons  Japanese, (a) wool, cupra; (b) cotton, mother-of-pearl; (c) cotton, polyester; (d) polyester; (e) polyester; (f, g) polyester, synthetic leather, synthetic rubber; (h, i) metal, Japanese
Design House Comme des Garçons
Designer Rei Kawakubo
spring/summer 2019
Pregnant Haliç II, Elif Uras  Turkish, Stonepaste; underglaze painted
Elif Uras
2015
Designer Georgina Godley
Design House Georgina Godley
fall/winter 1986–87, edition 2025
Pregnant Woman, Edgar Degas  French, Bronze, French
Edgar Degas
Founder Cast by A.-A. Hébrard et Cie
modeled probably ca. 1896–1910, cast 1920
Eleanor, Harry Callahan  American, Gelatin silver print
Harry Callahan
1949, printed 1970s
Untitled (Birth Prints A, B, C), Luchita Hurtado  American, born Venezuela, Aquatint
Luchita Hurtado
Printer Jacob Samuel
Publisher Hauser & Wirth
2019
Corset, The H. & W. Company  American, cotton, bone, metal, elastic, American
Manufacturer The H. & W. Company
ca. 1908
On loan to The Met
Design House House of Dior
Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri
Designer Elina Chauvet
2024 haute couture
Corset, Royal Worcester Corset Company  American, cotton, elastic, bone, metal, American
Manufacturer Attributed to Royal Worcester Corset Company
ca. 1902
Dress, Charles James  American, silk, American
Designer Charles James
ca. 1956
Dress, silk, probably American
probably American
ca. 1882
Designer Christopher Kane
spring/summer 2014
The Pathos of Fertility, Paul Klee  German, born Switzerland, Watercolor and transferred matte black paint on paper, mounted on verso of found lithograph painted and inscribed by artist
Paul Klee
1921
On loan to The Met
Design House Gucci
Designer Alessandro Michele
resort 2020
Omphale figure, Carnelian
100 BC–300 AD
Design House Grover Rad
Designer Lizzie Grover Rad
2022
Untitled 10, Paula Rego  British, Etching
Paula Rego
Printer Paul Coldwell
2000/2020
On loan to The Met
Design House LOEWE
Designer Jonathan Anderson
spring/summer 2022
The Visitation, Master Heinrich of Constance  German, Walnut, paint, gilding, rock-crystal cabochons inset in gilded-silver mounts, German
Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance
ca. 1310–20
Ritual Implement Dedicated by a King Senwosret to Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II, Hornblende granite
ca. 1961–1840 B.C.
Designer Xander Zhou
spring/summer 2019
On loan to The Met
Hiroko Okada
2003
Design House CFGNY
2018, edition 2025
The Second Birth of Dionysus, George Platt Lynes  American, Gelatin silver print
George Platt Lynes
1939
Design House Victoria's Secret
Design House Jenny Fax
Designer Jen-Fang Shueh
2023
Allegory of Fertility (Recto), Jacob Jordaens  Flemish, Pen and brush and brown ink, watercolor, over traces of preliminary drawing in black chalk.<br/>Verso in black chalk.
Jacob Jordaens
ca. 1640
Designer Sinéad O'Dwyer
sping/summer 2020
Nude No. 1 , Irving Penn  American, Gelatin silver print
Irving Penn
1947, printed February 27, 1947
Designer Michaela Stark
2026
Nana and Serpent, Niki de Saint-Phalle  American, Painted marble
Niki de Saint-Phalle
ca. 1992
Dress, Ester Manas  Belgian, synthetic, Belgian
Design House Ester Manas
Designer Ester Manas
Designer Balthazar Delepierre
spring/summer 2022
Woman Carrying a Basket of Fruit, Georges Braque  French, Oil and sand on canvas
Georges Braque
ca. 1923
The Mountain, Gaston Lachaise  American, Bronze and glass
Gaston Lachaise
1924
Designer Sinéad O'Dwyer
spring/summer 2023
Breastplate of the Spirit Deity Jumadi, Copper alloy, Western India, Karnataka
Western India, Karnataka
early 20th century
IIllustration from Dürer's "Vier Bucher von Menslicher Proportion", Albrecht Dürer  German, Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer
1528
Designer Michaela Stark
2026
Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
4500–4000 BCE
Design House MELITTA BAUMEISTER
Designer Melitta Baumeister
fall/winter 2022-23
Seated female, Ceramic, paint, Halaf
Halaf
ca. 5600–5000 BCE
On loan to The Met
Design House House of Dior
Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri
2024
Statuette of a female, Ceramic, Iran
Iran
ca. early 1st millennium BCE
Akua ‘ba figure, Asante-Akan artist, Wood, Asante-Akan peoples
Asante-Akan artist
Late 19th–early 20th century
Design House Comme des Garçons
Designer Rei Kawakubo
fall/winter 2020–21
Gourd-shaped hanging wall basket for flowers (Kake-hanakago), Bamboo, rattan, Japan
Japan
second half 19th century
On loan to The Met
Multiple artists/makers
spring/summer 1999
The Amputee, John Gutmann  American, born Germany, Gelatin silver print
John Gutmann
1965, printed later
Design House Burberry
Designer Christopher Bailey
Design House Adidas
ca. 2018
Girl, Leonhard Kern  German, Pearwood (Pyrus communis); pedestal: blackened wood, German, Schwabisch-Hall
Leonhard Kern
ca. 1635, base possibly late 1830s
“Mickey and Minnie” dress, Vivienne Westwood  British, cotton, British
Designer Vivienne Westwood
Designer Malcolm McLaren
Retailer Seditionaries
1978
Statuette of a dancing dwarf, Marble
332–150 B.C.
On loan to The Met
Design House Levi-Strauss and Company
Designer Mrs. Helen Cookman
1977
Nolan Trowe
2018
On loan to The Met
Lucy Jones
2011
Designer Rick Owens
spring/summer 1998, edition 2025
On loan to The Met
Andrew Wyeth
1947
On loan to The Met
Designer Hussein Chalayan
spring/summer 1996
Frida Kahlo, Nickolas Muray  American, born Hungary, Carbro print
Nickolas Muray
1939
On loan to The Met
Designer Sugandha Gupta
2026
Georgia O'Keeffe – Hands, Alfred Stieglitz  American, Palladium print
Alfred Stieglitz
1919
Designer Shelley Fox
fall/winter 1998-99
Chess set for visually impaired players, Wood, American
American
20th century
Design House Hisi Studio
Designer Angela Wanjiku
2022, edition 2026
On loan to The Met
Imogen Cunningham
1933
Designer Chet Lo
spring/summer 2025
Designer Chet Lo
spring/summer 2025
The Blind Man's Meal, Pablo Picasso  Spanish, Oil on canvas
Pablo Picasso
1903
Designer Justin Dougan-LeBlanc
2023
Limestone votive ear, Limestone, Cypriot
Cypriot
4th–3rd century BCE
Designer Justin Dougan-LeBlanc
2020; necklace 2016
Untitled, Jasper Johns  American, Offset lithograph
Multiple artists/makers
2013
Untitled from Some Fax Prints, David Hockney  British, Faxed print
David Hockney
1988
Dress, Alexander McQueen  British, shell, cotton, metal, British
Design House Alexander McQueen
Designer Alexander McQueen
spring/summer 2001
Ivory decorative plaque, Ivory, Greek
Greek
2nd half of 7th century BCE
Design House YH Studios
Designer Yoav Hadari
fall/winter 2023–24, edition 2025
Images from a Locked Ward, Michael Mazur  American, Lithographs
Michael Mazur
Printer Impressions Workshop
Publisher Impressions Workshop
1965
On loan to The Met
Design House LOEWE
Designer Jonathan Anderson
spring/summer 2025
Irises, Vincent van Gogh  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Vincent van Gogh
1890
"Irises", Yves Saint Laurent  French, (a) silk, glass, plastic, metal, pearl, (b) silk, (c) silk, French
Multiple artists/makers
spring/summer 1988 haute couture
The Scream, Edvard Munch  Norwegian, Lithograph
Edvard Munch
1895
Designer Nadia Pinkney
2016, edition 2025
Landscape at Stanton Street, Willem de Kooning  American, born The Netherlands, Lithograph
Multiple artists/makers
1971
Designer Nadia Pinkney
2016
Designer Nadia Pinkney
2016
Untitled, Number 2, James Brooks  American, Gouache and crayon on paper
James Brooks
1951
Trench Coat, Louis Vuitton Co.  French, nylon, silk, plastic, French
Design House Louis Vuitton Co.
Designer Marc Jacobs
(textile) Yayoi Kusama
2012
On loan to The Met
Yayoi Kusama
2011
Design House Schiaparelli
Designer Daniel Roseberry
spring/summer 2026
Design House Ottolinger
Designer Christa Bösch
Designer Cosima Gadient
resort 2025, edition 2026
Parede com Incisões à la Fontana—Horizontal [Wall with Incisions à la Fontana—Horizontal], Adriana Varejão  Brazilian, Oil on canvas and polyurethane on aluminum and wood support
Adriana Varejão
2008–11
Design House Y/Project
Designer Glenn Martens
fall/winter 2023–24
Androgyne III, Magdalena Abakanowicz  Polish, Burlap, resin, wood, nails, and string
Magdalena Abakanowicz
1985
Design House Coperni
Designer Sébastien Meyer
Designer Arnaud Vaillant
spring/summer 2023
On loan to The Met
Design House Coperni
Designer Sébastien Meyer
Designer Arnaud Vaillant
spring/summer 2023
Andy Warhol, Artist, New York City, Richard Avedon  American, Gelatin silver print
Richard Avedon
August 20, 1969
Dress, Susan Cianciolo  American, Wool, American
Designer Susan Cianciolo
1998
Designer Issey Miyake
Design House Miyake Design Studio
spring/summer 1992
Designer Issey Miyake
Design House Miyake Design Studio
fall/winter 1989–90
Scarred Dahomey Girl, Irving Penn  American, Platinum-palladium print
Irving Penn
1967, printed July 1984
On loan to The Met
Design House Miyake Design Studio
Designer Issey Miyake
Makiko Minagawa
spring/summer 1971
The Actor Ichikawa Ichizō III as Nozarashi Gosuke, likened to Shi Jin the Nine Dragoned (Kyūmonryū Shishin ni hisu), from the “Pine” triptych of the series A Modern Water Margin (Tōsei suikoden), Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞  Japanese, Right sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞
1854, 7th month)
Woman  Applying Henna, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
late 16th century
Shirt, Jean Paul Gaultier  French, synthetic, French
Designer Jean Paul Gaultier
1997
Ensemble, Jean Paul Gaultier  French, a) rayon, silk<br/>b) wool, French
Designer Jean Paul Gaultier
spring/summer 1996
Untitled (True Love), Joe Brainard  American, Graphite and porous-point pens on paper
Joe Brainard
1971
Design House Vetements
Designer Demna Gvasalia
spring/summer 2019 menswear
Photographer Arkady Bronnikov
Archive constituent Russian Criminal Tattoo Archive
Publisher FUEL Design & Publishing
ca. 1980s
Shirt, Maison Margiela  French, synthetic fiber, French
Design House Maison Margiela
Designer Martin Margiela
spring/summer 1989
On loan to The Met
Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau, Germany
Engraver Yegor Skotnikoff
1809–13
Design House DSquared²
spring/summer 2016 menswear
Tatooed Man from Stars Exhibit Cards series (W401), Commercial lithograph
ca. 1920–30
On loan to The Met
Designer Jean Paul Gaultier
1993
Tabula Rosa, Jane Hammond  American, Pigmented inkjet print on handmade Japanese paper
Jane Hammond
Publisher Universal Limited Art Editions
2001
On loan to The Met
Design House SOMARTA
Designer Tamae Hirokawa
2014
On loan to The Met
Design House SOMARTA
Designer Tamae Hirokawa
2014
Copy of a Dogū (Clay Figurine), Earthenware with cord-marked and incised decoration (Tōhoku region), Japan
Japan
On loan to The Met
Design House Alexander McQueen
Designer Alexander McQueen
spring/summer 2003
Figurine, Ceramic, pigment, grass cloth (?), Caraja
Caraja
20th century
Designer Yiqing Yin
spring/summer 2015 haute couture
Vertigo, Shannon Bool  Canadian, Gelatin silver print
Shannon Bool
2015
Stamp of Memories I, Louise Bourgeois  American, Drypoint and metal stamp
Louise Bourgeois
Printer Harlan & Weaver, Inc.
Publisher Peter Blum Edition
1993
Designer Thom Browne
fall/winter 2024-25 haute couture
Ecorché, Michael Henry Spang  Danish, Bronze, marble base, British
Michael Henry Spang
after 1761
Designer Christopher Kane
spring/summer 2023
Anatomical Studies of Legs, Eugène Delacroix  French, Counterproof of a drawing in red and black chalk, with black chalk additions
Eugène Delacroix
1820–1863
Jacket, Alix  French, silk, French
Design House Alix
Designer Madame Grès (Germaine Émilie Krebs)
fall/winter 1939
Ecorché: Torso of a Male Cadaver, Eugène Delacroix  French, Red, black, and white fabricated chalk, graphite
Eugène Delacroix
1828?
Fred Tomaselli
1992
"Corset Anatomia", Renata Buzzo  Brazilian, polyester, Brazilian
Designer Renata Buzzo
spring/summer 2025
Ontleding des menschelyken lichaams, Govert Bidloo  Dutch
Multiple artists/makers
1728
Design House Alexander McQueen
Designer Sarah Burton
spring/summer 2024
Tabulae Anatomicae, Barth. Eustachius  Italian
Author Written by Barth. Eustachius
1728
Designer Fukuko Ando
2006, edition 2026
De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres, Charles Estienne  French, Woodcut
Multiple artists/makers
1545
Evening dress, House of Vionnet  French, silk, French
Design House House of Vionnet
Designer Madeleine Vionnet
ca. 1932
Anatomical study of a man seen from Behind, from Icones Anatomicae (New York Academy of Medicine and Munich, University Library, 1934), John of Calcar (John Stephen Calcar)  Netherlandish, Woodcut
Multiple artists/makers
1543 (printed 1934)
Designer Robert Wun
fall/winter 2024-25 haute couture
Designer Robert Wun
fall/winter 2024-25 haute couture
Flayed man seen from the front, holding the skin of his right arm and leg, Giulio Bonasone  Italian, Engraving
Giulio Bonasone
ca. 1531–76
Designer Yiqing Yin
spring/summer 2014 haute couture
Myologie Complette en Couleur et Grandeur Naturelle, Joseph Guichard Duverney  French, Illustrations: color mezzotints
Author Joseph Guichard Duverney
Jacques Fabien Gautier Dagoty
Publisher Gautier
1746
Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques : avec leur explication, Denis Diderot  French
Multiple artists/makers
1762–72
On loan to The Met
Designer Vivienne Westwood
Mr. Pearl
fall/winter 1996–97 MAN
Man of Sorrows with Arms Outstretched, Albrecht Dürer  German, Engraving
Albrecht Dürer
ca. 1500
Designer Robert Wun
spring/summer 2023 haute couture
Devotissime Meditationes de Vita, Hans Weiditz the Younger  German, Woodcut
Hans Weiditz the Younger
Publisher Published by Grimm & Wirsung
April 5, 1520
On loan to The Met
Design House Schiaparelli
Designer Daniel Roseberry
fall/winter 2025–26 haute couture
Saint Catherine of Siena Exchanging Her Heart with Christ, Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)  Italian, Tempera and gold on wood
Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia)
Dress, Yohji Yamamoto  Japanese, silk, Japanese
Designer Yohji Yamamoto
spring/summer 2005
Corazón, Corazón, Nahum B. Zenil  Mexican, Cut and torn pasted paper and colored inks and varnish on paper
Nahum B. Zenil
1981
Designer Olivier Theyskens
fall/winter 1998-1999
The Poetic Body: Poem Dress of Circulation; Poem Gloves; Poem Eyes;Poem Ears, Lesley Dill  American, Lithographs, letterpress , collage
Lesley Dill
1992
THIMISTER
Designer Josephus Thimister
fall/winter 2010–11 haute couture
Winter Landscape, Anselm Kiefer  German, Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper
Anselm Kiefer
1970
Design House Comme des Garçons
Designer Rei Kawakubo
spring/summer 2015
From Oscar Wilde, Anselm Kiefer  German, Watercolor and gouache on paper
Anselm Kiefer
1974
Designer Fukuko Ando
2005
On loan to The Met
Chiharu Shiota
2023
On loan to The Met
Design House Alexander McQueen
Designer Alexander McQueen
spring/summer 2001
Globules du sang del’homme grossissement 250,000 en Surface [Human Blood Cells], Auguste-Adolphe Bertsch  French, Salted paper print
Auguste-Adolphe Bertsch
1853–57
Designer Yuima Nakazato
fall/winter 2024–25 haute couture
Designer Yuima Nakazato
fall/winter 2024–25 haute couture
Bloody Heads Number 39, Miriam Beerman  American, Cut and pasted paper and opaque matte paint with scratching on two joined sheets of paper
Miriam Beerman
1969
On loan to The Met
Designer Rudi Gernreich
1970
On loan to The Met
Designer Rudi Gernreich
1970
Colored Rhythm, Sonia Delaunay  French, born Ukraine, Gouache, pastel, and graphite on paper
Sonia Delaunay
1959
Designer Richard Quinn
fall/winter 2018-19
Grandmother's Flowers, Margaret Jordan Patterson  American, Color woodcut
Margaret Jordan Patterson
1921
Designer Yuima Nakazato
spring/summer 2019 haute couture
The Courtesan Takigawa of the Ōgiya Brothel, from the series Seven Beautiful Komachi, Utagawa Toyokuni I  Japanese, Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan
Utagawa Toyokuni I
ca. 1794
Designer Imme van der Haak
2012, edition 2026
Untitled, from "Femfolio", Joan Semmel  American, Digital print
Joan Semmel
Publisher Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions
Printer John C. Erickson
2007
Design House Ponte
Designer Harry Pontefract
2025
NUD CYCLADIC 9, Sarah Lucas  British, Nylon, synthetic fiber, concrete, steel wire
Sarah Lucas
2010
Design House Yours Truly
Designer Peter Jensen
spring/summer 2025
Winter Resorters, Florida, Walker Evans  American, Gelatin silver print
Walker Evans
1941, printed ca. 1970
Design House Erdem
Erdem Moralioglu
Manufacturer Barbour
spring/summer 2024
On loan to The Met
Bruce Weber
1995
Design House Batsheva
Designer Batsheva Hay
fall/winter 2024–25
The Old Duchess, George Luks  American, Oil on canvas, American
George Luks
1905
Design House Vetements
Designer Guram Gvasalia
fall/winter 2024-25
Retired man and his wife at home in a nudist camp one morning, N.J., Diane Arbus  American, Gelatin silver print
Diane Arbus
1963
On loan to The Met
Design House Undercover
Designer Jun Takahashi
fall/winter 2015–16
On loan to The Met
Design House Undercover
Designer Jun Takahashi
fall/winter 2015–16
Before and After I, Andy Warhol  American, Casein on canvas
Andy Warhol
1961
Mourning dress, silk, American
American
1902–4
Mourning hat, Crocker  American, silk, American
Design House Crocker
Designer Mary Elizabeth Crocker
ca. 1903
Mourning veil, Silk, wool, American
American
1900–1920
Mourning Virgin, Limewood, South German
South German
1510–20
On loan to The Met
Design House Comme des Garçons
Designer Rei Kawakubo
fall/winter 2005–06
Bride, from "Dance of Death", Wenceslaus Hollar  Bohemian, Etching; second state of four
Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar
After Hans Holbein the Younger
[1651] late 18th century printing
Mourning dress, Charlotte Duclos  French, silk, jet, glass, French
Designer Charlotte Duclos
1910–12
Hairpin, metal, glass, American
American
1870–89
Hairpin, metal, glass, American
American
1870s
Queen Victoria...Troubled by Flies, Dennis Corrigan  American, Cronaflex film print
Dennis Corrigan
1972
Ensemble, Olivier Theyskens  Belgian, (a) cotton, jet, metal; (b) silk, jet, mother-of-pearl; (c) leather, synthetic fiber, metal; (d, e) leather, plastic, Belgian
Designer Olivier Theyskens
spring/summer 1998
Ensemble, Alexander McQueen  British, (a) silk, jet, (b) wool, (c, d) leather, British
On loan to The Met
Design House Alexander McQueen
Designer Alexander McQueen
Designer Mr. Pearl
fall/winter 1996–97
"Memento Mori", Simon Costin, a) wood, metal, bone, claw, synthetic, jet, crystal, bone, hematite; b) paper, cotton, silk; c) paper, British
Designer Simon Costin
1986
Design House Schiaparelli
Designer Daniel Roseberry
fall/winter 2020–21
Lover's Eye locket, Watercolor miniature on ivory set in a gold locket with blue enamel, seed pearls, stones, and hair, Probably British
Probably British
ca. 1840
Lover's Eye ring, Watercolor on ivory set in a gold ring, Probably British
Probably British
1794
"Eye" brooch, Portrait miniature possibly on ivory; pearls; rock crystal; gold, English
English
early 19th century
Lover's Eye Bracelet, Watercolor on ivory set in a gold bracelet, Probably British
Probably British
ca. 1860
Mourning Pin, Gold, pearls, jet, American
American
1862
Reliquary crucifix pendant, Gold, enamel, pearls; hair, Spanish or Sicilian
Spanish or Sicilian
17th–18th century
Brooch, Gold, jet, pearls, crystal, and hair, American
American
ca. 1850
Locket, Gold, hair, and crystal, American
American
1706
Coat, Alexander McQueen  British, polyester, acetate, plastic, British
Design House Alexander McQueen
Designer Alexander McQueen
fall/winter 1998–99
On loan to The Met
Design House Alexander McQueen
Designer Alexander McQueen
fall/winter 1998–99
Picture frame, House of Carl Fabergé, Nephrite, silver mounts, Russian, St. Petersburg
House of Carl Fabergé
Workmaster: Karl Gustav Hjalmar Armfelt
1904–8
Untitled (Nicole), Adam McEwen  British, Chromogenic print
Adam McEwen
2004
On loan to The Met
Design House Gaultier Paris
Designer Jean Paul Gaultier
fall/winter 2006–07 haute couture
Death and the Woman, Edvard Munch  Norwegian, Drypoint
Edvard Munch
Printer Otto Felsing
1894–95
Ensemble, Thom Browne  American, silk, glass, plastic, wood, leather, cotton, American
Thom Browne
spring/summer 2018
Elegantly dressed male and female skeletons arm in arm (vignette for the feast of the dead), José Guadalupe Posada  Mexican, Type-metal engraving
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1894
Ensemble, House of Givenchy  French, Silk, fur (goat), synthetic, metal, French
Design House House of Givenchy
Designer Riccardo Tisci
fall/winter 2010-11 haute couture, edition 2016
A Letter to Me and You (Memento Mori), Anonymous, German, 19th century  German, Lithograph
Anonymous, German, 19th century
ca. 1860
Design House Marchesa
Designer Georgina Chapman
Designer Keren Craig
fall/winter 2012-13, edition 2026
Rosary Terminal Bead with Lovers and Death's Head, Elephant ivory, with emerald pendant, gilded metal mount, North French or South Netherlandish
North French or South Netherlandish
ca. 1500–1525
Design House Helmut Lang
Designer Helmut Lang
spring/summer 2001
Ensemble, Helmut Lang  Austrian, (a, b) synthetic fiber; (c) cotton, latex, metal; (d, e) leather, plastic; (f) plastic, metal, Austrian
Designer Helmut Lang
spring/summer 2003
Corset, Royal Worcester Corset Company  American, Cotton, metal, bone, American
Manufacturer Royal Worcester Corset Company
ca. 1872
Ensemble, Iris van Herpen  Dutch, (a, b) plastic (polyamide); (c, d) leather, plastic (acrylic), Dutch
Design House Iris van Herpen
Designer Iris van Herpen
Manufacturer Materialise
fall/winter 2011–12 haute couture
Chosen, Hugh Hayden  American, Alaskan yellow cedar and steel
Hugh Hayden
2023
On loan to The Met
Design House Undercover
Designer Jun Takahashi
fall/winter 2025–26
B4 Female, 34 Years, Andrea Modica  American, Platinum-palladium print
Andrea Modica
2000
On loan to The Met
Design House Undercover
Designer Jun Takahashi
fall/winter 2005–06
On loan to The Met
Design House Noir Kei Ninomiya
Designer Kei Ninomiya
fall/winter 2026–27
Skull, Andy Warhol  American, Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas
Andy Warhol
1977
Design House Christian Louboutin
autumn/winter 2022
Design House Christian Louboutin
autumn/winter 2022
Design House Christian Louboutin
autumn/winter 2022
Design House Christian Louboutin
autumn/winter 2022
Design House Christian Louboutin
autumn/winter 2022
Design House Christian Louboutin
autumn/winter 2022
Design House Christian Louboutin
autumn/winter 2022
Design House Christian Louboutin
autumn/winter 2022
Brown Bag Test, December 21, 2014, Proof and Counterproof, Anders Bergstrom  American, Scraping and soft-ground etching
Anders Bergstrom
Printer Anders Bergstrom
Publisher Anders Bergstrom
2014–15
Purse, Telfar  American, polyurethane, polyester blend, American
Design House Telfar
Designer Telfar Clemens
2022
Purse, Telfar  American, polyurethane, polyester blend, American
Design House Telfar
Designer Telfar Clemens
2022
Purse, Telfar  American, polyurethane, polyester blend, American
Design House Telfar
Designer Telfar Clemens
2022
On loan to The Met
Design House Miyake Design Studio
Designer Issey Miyake
spring/summer 1999
On loan to The Met
Design House Miyake Design Studio
Designer Issey Miyake
spring/summer 1999
On loan to The Met
Design House Miyake Design Studio
Designer Issey Miyake
spring/summer 1999
On loan to The Met
Design House Miyake Design Studio
Designer Issey Miyake
spring/summer 1999
Thomæ Bartholini Casp. f. anatomia: ex Caspari Bartholini parentis Institutionibus, omniumque recentiorum & propriis observationibus: tertiùm ad sanguinis circulationem reformata cum iconibus novis accuratissimis, Caspar Berthelsen Bartholin  Danish
Author Caspar Berthelsen Bartholin
Editor Thomas Bartholin
1651
[Nude, Printed by Twice Exposing the Same Negative, Once Flipped], Heinz Hajek-Halke  German, Gelatin silver print
Heinz Hajek-Halke
1933