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Domestic Fantasies
Historic paper dolls from the Drawings and Prints collection tell a story of conspicuous consumption and evolving social values.
Liliya Dashevski
March 12
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Todd Oldham: The Muchness of André Leon Talley
Join designer Todd Oldham behind the scenes at The Met’s Costume Institute.
November 21, 2024
Covers of Vogue featuring Apo Whang-Od and Isabella Rossellini
Aged to Perfection
Honoring fashion elders in The Costume Institute Library
Julie Lê
August 21, 2024
The chest panel of an embroidered thobe. The embroidery accents the beige linen fabric with reds, greens, and blues in symmetrical, geometric patterns.
Tatreez in Time
The memory, meaning, and makers of Palestinian embroidery.
Wafa Ghnaim
July 26, 2024
Beige transparent dress on the left side of the image, with pink floweres growing in the belly of the dress. On the left side, there is a man in a black tux staring down at a tux and a bed of grown grass.
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Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion—Exhibition Tour with Andrew Bolton
Join Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute, on a tour of the exhibition “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.”
Andrew Bolton
May 17, 2024
Black and white photo of a woman examining a sequence gown wrapped around a mannequin
Defying Gravity
Learn about the transformative collaboration between the designer Zelda Wynn Valdes and the entertainer Joyce Bryant.
Jim Byers
March 7, 2024
Episode artwork for Harlem Is Everywhere, featuring James Van Der Zee's "Couple, Harlem," with a Black couple in fur coats posing next to a cadillac
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Harlem Is Everywhere: Episode 2, Portraiture & Fashion
What role did fashion play in the Harlem Renaissance?
Jessica Lynne, Bridget R. Cooks, and Robin Givhan
February 20, 2024
a gold pectoral with coins and a pseudo-medallion that holds fourteen gold coins and two gold discs that are linked together and held by a large gold tube surrounding it.
Wearing Coins in Late Antiquity
Why were gold coins used as jewelry throughout the Byzantine Empire?
Stephanie Caruso
January 23, 2024
Model wearing a white silky outfit and a silver and gold embroidered jacket designed by Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent: When Fashion Meets Art
On the 40th anniversary of Yves Saint Laurent’s exhibition at The Met, we revisit the connection between fashion and art.
Aurola Wedman Alfaro
December 14, 2023
Associate Conservator Melina Plottu works on the conservation of purple silk dress
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Conserving Gallenga’s Theodosia
Follow the conservation treatment of Maria Monaci Gallenga’s “Theodosia” tea gown and learn about Gallenga’s unique vision as a textile artist and fashion designer.
Mellissa Huber and Melina Plottu
December 4, 2023