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Students from across the country submitted original designs inspired by this year’s Costume Institute exhibition, About Time: Fashion and Duration.
Leon Christian, Sven Larsen, Niles Marthone, Samantha Santana, and Chloe Lovelace
March 18, 2021
Go behind-the-scenes with Joyce Fung as she shares how she and her team created the illusion of magically suspended couture for About Time: Fashion and Duration.
Joyce Fung
February 2, 2021
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The painter Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun once wrote of the 18th century, “Women reigned then; the Revolution dethroned them.”
November 13, 2020
Take a look at youth designers and makers who have gathered at The Met over the last three summers, eager to be inspired by the works in the exhibitions and develop their own creative designs.
Darcy-Tell Morales
May 28, 2020
We reached out to creators of our favorite #MetGalaChallenge entries to learn firsthand what went into the making of their DIY'd Met Gala looks.
Maria Kozanecka
May 11, 2020
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This outrageous and slyly self-aware documentary revisits The Costume Institute’s 1982 exhibition La Belle Époque, from the decadence in fin-de-siècle Paris through the global pandemonium of World War I.
May 1, 2020
In an exclusive interview, Michael Cunningham talks with Rachel High about his latest short story, “Out of Time.”
Rachel High
May 1, 2020
Chief External Relations Officer Nancy Chilton takes a look back at the history of The Met Gala, from its inception in 1948 to the red carpet spectacle of today.
Nancy Chilton
April 30, 2020
Assistant Museum Librarian for the The Costume Institute Julie Lê discusses the collection of The Irene Lewisohn Costume Reference Library.
Julie Lê
April 15, 2020
Former Assistant Archivist Celia Hartmann discusses the early history of the Costume Institute Library.
Celia Hartmann
April 1, 2020