Exhibitions/ Camp: Notes on Fashion/ Selected Images

Camp: Notes on Fashion

At The Met Fifth Avenue
May 9–September 8, 2019

Selected Images

Couture ensemble of purple feathers adorned with bejeweled butterflies

Jeremy Scott (American, born 1975) for House of Moschino (Italian, founded 1983). Ensemble, spring/summer 2018. Courtesy of Moschino. Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2019

Couture ensemble made of pink fabrics, with a headpiece resembling two flamingos facing each other

Bertrand Guyon (French, born 1965) for House of Schiaparelli (French, founded 1927). Ensemble, fall/winter 2018–19 haute couture. Courtesy of Schiaparelli. Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2019

Couture ensemble comprising a black, form-fitting dress with an extravagant pink-and-white section around the waist

Jeremy Scott (American, born 1975) for House of Moschino (Italian, founded 1983). Dress, spring/summer 2017. Courtesy of Moschino. Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2019

Couture jacket featuring a mint-green base and adorned with red and gold fabrics and peek-a-boo arm holes

Alessandro Michele (Italian, born 1972) for Gucci (Italian, founded 1921). Ensemble, fall/winter 2016–17. Courtesy of Gucci Historical Archive. Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2018

Black form-fitting dress with the text "Little Black Dress" embroidered along the side and black knee-high boots with the text "For Walking"

Virgil Abloh (American, born 1980) for Off-White c/o Virgil Abloh (Italian, founded 2013). Ensemble, pre-fall 2018. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Virgil Abloh c/o Off-White™, 2018 (2018.585a–e). Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2018

Couture wedding ensemble with gauzy train

Alejandro Gómez Palomo (Spanish, born 1992) for Palomo Spain (Spanish, founded 2015). Wedding ensemble, spring/summer 2018. Courtesy of Palomo Spain. Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2019

Couture ball gown made of bright, luxurious red fabrics

Jun Takahashi (Japanese, born 1969) for Undercover (Japanese, founded 1990). Ensemble, fall/winter 2017–18. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Friends of The Costume Institute Gifts, 2017 (2017.399a–d). Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2019

Couture dress in the shape of a swan with its neck wrapped around the mannequin's neck

Marjan Pejoski (British, born Macedonia, 1968). Dress, fall/winter 2000–2001. Courtesy of Marjan Pejoski. Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2019

Vest and short pants made of glittery green and pink fabrics

Jeremy Scott (American, born 1975). Ensemble, spring/summer 2012 menswear. Courtesy of Jeremy Scott. Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2019

One men's ensemble and one woman's ensemble, both form-fitting garments made to replicate each body's form

Left: Walter Van Beirendonck (Belgian, born 1957). Ensemble, spring/summer 2009. Courtesy of Walter Van Beirendonck. Right: Vivienne Westwood (British, born 1941). Ensemble, fall/winter 1989–90. Courtesy of Vivienne Westwood Archive. Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2019

High-waisted black pants with a short-sleeve shirt with the text "Too much irony!"

Franco Moschino (Italian, 1950–1994) for House of Moschino (Italian, founded 1983). Shirt, spring/summer 1991. Courtesy of Moschino. Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2018

Two women's ensembles of blazers and pleated skirts in bright mint colors

Thom Browne (American, born 1965). Ensembles, spring/summer 2017. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Thom Browne, 2018 (2018.134.1a–d [left]) (2018.134.2a–f [right]). Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2018

Evening dress with an ankle-length black skirt overlaid with fabric in the design of a tutu and ballet dancer legs in pointe shoes

Franco Moschino (Italian, 1950–1994) for House of Moschino (Italian, founded 1983). Dress, fall/winter 1989. Courtesy of Moschino. Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2018

Two ensembles: at left, a blazer and pencil skirt with a shoulder throw; at right, a floor-length roomy coat

Marc Jacobs (American, born New York, 1964). Ensembles, spring/summer 2016. Courtesy of Marc Jacobs. Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2018

Black-and-white square photograph of Susan Sontag wearing a turtleneck sweater and lying on her back, photographed by Peter Hujar

Peter Hujar (American, 1934–1987). Susan Sontag, 1975. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2006 (2006.183). © 1987 The Peter Hujar Archive L.L.C.



Ensemble by Bertrand Guyon (French, born 1965) and headpiece by Stephen Jones (British, born 1957) for House of Schiaparelli (French, founded 1927), fall/winter 2018–19 haute couture. Courtesy of Schiaparelli. Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2019