Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Riding habit

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Riding habit (left; detail), ca. 1830
American
Blue wool and silk velvet
Courtesy of the Museum of The City of New York
Bicycling jacket (right), 1890s
American
Beige cotton twill
Courtesy of the Block Island Historical Society Collection

Bustier

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Bustier (left), 1990
Designed by Jean Paul Gaultier (b. 1952) for Madonna's "Blond Ambition" Tour, 1990
Pink silk satin
Courtesy of The MLVC Library and Archive
Men's bra (right), 1990
Designed by Jean Paul Gaultier (b. 1952) for Madonna's "Blond Ambition" Tour, 1990
Blue silk velvet
Courtesy of The MLVC Library and Archive

Corset cover

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Corset cover (left), ca. 1914
American
White cotton
Courtesy of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology
Bust enhancer (center), ca. 1900
De Bevoise
White cotton and horse hair
Courtesy of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Gift of Mrs. Benjamin Hinkley Riggs
Corset cover (right), 1900–1910
American
Ivory cotton and metal
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Hoechst Fiber Industies Fund, 1982 (1982.316.8)