Costume Art at the Met Elevates Fashion to Antiquities-Level Spotlight
The Met’s Costume Institute unveils a new 12,000-square-foot space for Costume Art, pairing 200 garments with 200 artworks and organizing them into 13 “body” themes to recast fashion as art and pedestalize diverse bodies—while the Met Gala’s Bezos-backed launch stirs controversy about funding, the exhibition foregrounds the dressed body as a key lens through which fashion and antiquities sit in dialogue.