Anna Wintour Costume Center Explained

Anna Wintour Costume Center
Map Type:	New York City
Established:	2014
Location:	1000 5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City 10028
Director:	Andrew Bolton
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The Anna Wintour Costume Center is a wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art main building in Manhattan that houses the collection of the Costume Institute, a curatorial department of the museum focused on fashion and costume design. The center is named after Anna Wintour, the longtime editor-in-chief of Vogue, Chief Content Officer^[1] of Condé Nast, and chair of the museum's annual Met Gala (often called the "Met Ball")^[2] since 1995. It was endowed by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch.^[3] As of August 2017, the chief curator is Andrew Bolton.^[4]

The center was formally opened by the First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama on May 5, 2014. Guests included Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane Von Furstenberg, Tory Burch, Zac Posen, Ralph Lauren, and Donatella Versace.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

History

In 1902, wealthy philanthropists Irene and Alice Lewisohn began to volunteer at the Henry Street Settlement House in New York, a community center that provided social services and healthcare to immigrant families.^[9] Alice, who acted in plays herself, began working as a drama teacher, while Irene devoted herself to dance productions. In 1914, the sisters bought a lot on the corner of Grand and Pitt Streets and donated it to the Settlement for building a new theater. The Neighborhood Playhouse opened in 1915. By 1920, the theater employed professional actors, and it was known for its experimental productions and its revue "The Grand Street Follies."^[10] Theater designer Aline Bernstein served her apprenticeship there from 1915 to 1924 designing costumes and stage sets.

The Playhouse closed in 1927, but the company continued to produce plays on Broadway under the management of Helen F. Ingersoll. In 1928, with Rita Wallach Morganthau, the Lewisohns established the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre at East 54th Street, where it became an actor training school and students were offered a two-year program formal drama and dance training to become professionals.

During their years of running the school theatre and producing plays, a body of knowledge was formed about acting, theater production, and costume, set and stage design. In 1937, Irene Lewisohn opened a home for this library, the Museum of Costume Art, on Fifth Avenue. Aline Bernstein served as the first President and Polaire Weissman as its first executive director.^[11] After Irene Lewisohn's death in 1944, Lord & Taylor president Dorothy Shaver worked to bring the collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Shaver believed that this would strengthen the American fashion industry and raised $350,000 from New York garment manufacturers to finance the transaction.^[12] The Costume Art museum became part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1946, becoming The Costume Institute but was independently run until 1959 when it became a curatorial department in the museum.^[13] The Met is now home to the Irene Lewisohn Costume Reference Library.

Since 1946, with help from the fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert, the institute has hosted the annual Met Gala to raise money for operating expenses.

In 2009, the American Costume Collection of the Brooklyn Museum was transferred to the Costume Institute, as The Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The high costs of maintaining and displaying the collection was the main impetus for the move, which followed years of close collaboration between the two organizations. The collection of the Brooklyn museum is older, having been formed from private donations by former New York high society personalities, beginning with the donation in 1903 of an 1892 cream colored crepe dress worn by Kate Mallory Williams at her graduation from Brooklyn Heights Seminary.^[14] Prior to the move, 23,500 objects from the Brooklyn collection were digitized and these images are now shared by both organizations.^[15] At the time of the acquisition, the Met costume collection consisted of 31,000 objects from the 17th-century onwards.^[15] The opening exhibition in 2014 featured work by British-born designer Charles James, an important figure in New York fashion of the 1940s and 1950s and whose work is in the Brooklyn collection.^[16]

On September 8, 2015, it was announced that Harold Koda would be stepping down from his position as Curator in Charge of the Costume Institute. Andrew Bolton, who had joined the Costume Institute in 2002 as associate curator and was made curator in 2006, was announced as his replacement.^[17]

In May 2017, the Costume Institute featured an exhibition featuring the works of Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons. The exhibit was the Costume Institute's first exhibition focusing on a living designer since Yves Saint Laurent in 1983.^[18]

List of exhibitions

• 1971–1972: Fashion Plate (October 1971 – January 1972)^[19]
• 1972–1973: Untailored Garments (January–July 1972)^{[20] [21]}
• 1973–1974: The World of Balenciaga (March–September 1973)^[22]
• 1974–1975: Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design (November 1974 – August 1975)^[23]
• 1975–1976: American Women of Style (December 1975 – August 1976)^[24]
• 1976–1977: The Glory of Russian Costume (December 1976 – August 1977)^{[25] [26]}
• 1977–1978: Vanity Fair: A Treasure Trove (December 1977 – September 1978)^{[27] [28]}
• 1978–1979: Diaghilev: Costumes and Designs of the Ballets Russes (November 1978 – June 1979)^[27]
• 1979–1980: Fashions of the Habsburg Era: Austria-Hungary (December 1979 – August 1980)^{[27] [29]}
• 1980–1981: The Manchu Dragon: Costumes of China, the Chi'ng Dynasty (December 1980 – August 1981)^[27]
• 1981–1982: The Eighteenth-Century Woman (December 1981 – September 1982)^{[27] [30] [31]}
• 1982–1983: Le Belle Époque (December 1982 – September 1983)^{[27] [32]}
• 1983–1984: Yves Saint Laurent: 25 Years of Design (December 1983 – September 1984)^{[27] [33]}
• 1984–1985: Man and the Horse (December 1984 – September 1985)^{[27] [34]}
• 1985–1986: Costumes of Royal India (December 1985 – August 1986)^{[27] [35]}
• 1986–1987: Dance (December 1986 – September 1987)^{[27] [36]}
• 1987–1988: In Style: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Costume Institute (November 1987 – April 1988)^{[27] [37]}
• 1988–1989: From Queen to Empress: Victorian Dress 1837–1877 (December 1988 – April 1989)^{[27] [38]}
• 1989–1990: The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to Empire, 1789–1815 (December 1989 – April 1990)^[27]
• 1990–1991: Théâtre de la Mode – Fashion Dolls: The Survival of Haute Couture (December 1990 – April 1991)^[27]
• 1991–1992: Gala held, but no concurrent costume exhibition^[39]
• 1992–1993: (December 1992 – March 1993)^{[27] [40]}
• 1993–1994: Diana Vreeland: Immoderate Style (December 1993 – March 1994)^{[27] [41]}
• 1994–1995: Orientalism: Visions of the East in western dress (December 1994 – March 1995)^{[27] [42] [43]}
• 1995–1996: Haute Couture (December 1995 – March 1996)^[44]
• 1996–1997: Christian Dior (December 1996 – March 1997)^{[45] [46]}
• 1997–1998: Gianni Versace (December 1997 – March 1998)^{[47] [48] [49]}
• 1998–1999: Cubism and Fashion (December 10, 1998 – March 14, 1999)^[50]
• 1999–2000: Rock Style (December 9, 1999 – March 19, 2000)^[51]
• 2000–2001: No costume exhibition presented^[52]
• 2001: Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years (May 1 – July 29, 2001)^[53]
• 2001–2002: No costume exhibition gala presented^[52]
• 2003: Goddess: The Classical Mode (May 1 – August 3, 2003)^[54]
• 2004: Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century (April 2? – August 8, 2004)^[55]
• 2005: The House of Chanel (May 5 – August 7, 2005)^[56]
• 2005–2006: Rara Avis: Selections from the Iris Barrel Apfel Collection (September 13, 2005 – January 22, 2006)^[57]
• 2006: (May 3 – September 6, 2006)^[58]
• 2007: Poiret: King of Fashion (May 9 – August 5, 2007)^{[59] [60]}
• 2008: (May 7 – September 1, 2008)^{[61] [62]}
• 2009: The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion (May 6 – August 9, 2009)^{[63] [64] [65]}
• 2010: (May 5 – August 10, 2010)^{[66] [67] [68]}
• 2011: Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty (May 4 – August 7, 2011)^{[69] [70] [71]}
• 2012: Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations (May 10 – August 19, 2012)^[72]
• 2013: (May 9 – August 14, 2013)^{[73] [74]}
• 2014: Charles James: Beyond Fashion (May 8 – August 10, 2014)^{[75] [76] [77]}
• 2014–2015: (October 21, 2014 – February 1, 2015)^[78]
• 2015: • (May 7 – September 7, 2015)^[79]
• 2015–2016: Jacqueline de Ribes: The Art of Style (November 19, 2015 – February 21, 2016)^[80]
• 2016: (May 5 – September 5, 2016)^[81]
• 2016–2017: Masterworks: Unpacking Fashion (November 18, 2016 – February 5, 2017)^[82]
• 2017: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between (May 4 – September 4, 2017)^[83]
• 2018: Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination (May 10 – October 8, 2018)^[84]
• 2019: (May 8 – September 9, 2019)^[85]
• 2020: About Time: Fashion and Duration^[86]
• 2021–2022 (part one of a two part exhibition)^[87]
• 2022 In America: An Anthology of Fashion (part two of a two part exhibition)
• 2023 Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty
• 2024 Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion

External links

• Charles James: Beyond Fashion—Link to the 2014 opening exhibition, honoring the work of Charles James
• Guide to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Digital collections of the Costume Institute
• Costume Institute Records, 1937–2011 from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives, New York.

Notes and References

1. News: Lee . Edmund . 2020-12-15 . Condé Nast Puts Anna Wintour in Charge of Magazines Worldwide . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-04-20 . 0362-4331.
2. News: Met Gala 2017: avant garde looks on the red carpet – in pictures . Marriott . Hannah . May 2, 2017 . The Guardian . January 29, 2019 . Gilbert . Sarah . en-GB . 0261-3077 . April 6, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190406001931/https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2017/may/02/met-gala-2017-avant-garde-looks-on-the-red-carpet-in-pictures . live .
3. Web site: Met Names Costume Institute Complex in Honor of Anna Wintour . WWD . January 14, 2014 . January 15, 2014 . Karimzadeh, Marc . January 16, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116152221/http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/met-names-costume-institute-complex-in-honor-of-anna-wintour-7360586?src=nl%2FmornReport%2F20140115 . live .
4. News: Trebay . Guy . At the Met, Andrew Bolton Is the Storyteller in Chief . August 13, 2015 . New York Times . April 29, 2015 . October 2, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151002173729/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/fashion/mens-style/at-the-met-andrew-bolton-is-the-storyteller-in-chief.html . live .
5. Web site: Michelle Obama to open Anna Wintour's Met costume center . Usatoday.com . April 30, 2014 . May 6, 2014 . December 14, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211214055735/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/04/30/michelle-obama-to-open-anna-wintours-met-costume-center/8515179/ . live .
6. Web site: First lady of fashion Anna Wintour gets teary as First Lady Michelle Obama honors her at the Met . NY Daily News . March 17, 2006 . May 6, 2014 . May 5, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140505233342/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/michelle-obama-open-met-museum-anna-wintour-costume-center-article-1.1779815 . live .
7. Web site: Tiffany Yannetta . Inside the Anna Wintour Costume Center's Charles James Exhibit - Afternoon at the Museum - Racked NY . May 5, 2014 . Ny.racked.com . May 6, 2014 . December 14, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211214055720/https://ny.racked.com/2014/5/5/7602091/inside-the-costume-institutes-charles-james-exhibition . live .
8. Web site: Michelle Obama Cuts the Ribbon for New Anna Wintour Costume Center . Speakeasy (blog) . . April 17, 2012 . May 6, 2014 . May 6, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140506150443/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/05/05/michelle-obama-cuts-the-ribbon-for-new-anna-wintour-costume-center/ . live .
9. Web site: Henry Street Settlement . Encyclopedia Britannica . en . January 29, 2019 . January 30, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190130000933/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Henry-Street-Settlement . live .
10. Web site: Neighborhood Playhouse Records . New York Public Library Archives & Manuscripts . January 29, 2019 . January 30, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190130053207/http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2112 . live .
11. Web site: Costume Institute Records, 1937-2008 . Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives . January 29, 2019 . May 25, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180525214647/http://libmma.org/digital_files/archives/Costume_Institute_records_b18646104.pdf . live .
12. Book: Stuart, Amanda Mackenzie . Empress of Fashion, A Life of Diana Vreeland . Harper Collins . 2012 . 248.
13. Web site: The Costume Institute . www.metmuseum.org . January 30, 2019 . January 29, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190129103703/https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/the-costume-institute . live .
14. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/arts/design/16muse.html Brooklyn Museum's Costume Treasures Going to the Met
15. http://www.artstor.org/what-is-artstor/w-html/col-brooklyn-costume.shtml Collection of the Brooklyn Museum costumes
16. Web site: Michelle Obama Cuts the Ribbon at Anna Wintour Costume Center . WWD . May 5, 2014 . May 7, 2014 . Karimzadeh, Marc . May 8, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140508025030/http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/michelle-obama-cuts-the-ribbon-at-anna-wintour-costume-center-7667268?src=nl%2FmornReport%2F20140506 . live .
17. Web site: Harold Koda to Step Down After Leading Met Museum's Costume Institute for 15 Years; Andrew Bolton to Become Curator In Charge of the Department . September 8, 2015 . The Met . https://web.archive.org/web/20170315012834/http://www.metmuseum.org/press/news/2015/harold-koda-retirement . March 15, 2017 . January 29, 2019.
18. Web site: The 2017 Met Gala Theme Will Be Comme des Garçons's Rei Kawakubo . Vogue . October 21, 2016 . en . January 29, 2019 . February 7, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170207163623/https://www.vogue.com/article/met-gala-2017-theme-rei-kawakubo-comme-des-garcons . live .
19. Fashion Plate: An Opening Exhibition for the New Costume Institute . The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin . October 1971 . Stoddart . Katherine . Cavallo, Adolph S . 30 . 1 . 45–48 . May 23, 2014 . To salute the fashion industry of New York, whose tireless efforts and financial contributions were instrumental in making the new Costume Institute a reality, the Museum will present Fashion Plate in the Costume Institute in the fall of 1971...Fashion Plate will be the first of these gallery installations – the inaugural exhibition. . 10.2307/3258574 . 3258574 . April 7, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130407030626/http://www.metmuseum.org/pubs/bulletins/1/pdf/3258574.pdf.bannered.pdf . live .
20. January 1972 . Costume Institute opens new exhibition . Press release . New York . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 23, 2014 . The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its second exhibition on Wednesday, January 26. Entitled Untailored Garments it presents a diverse assemblage of clothing—mostly non-European in origin—which is folded and draped on the human body rather than cut and seamed. . May 24, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140524041906/http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16028coll12/id/2595 . live .
21. Around Town:Museums . New York . June 19, 1972 . 26 . May 23, 2014.
22. Book: Martin . Richard . Richard Martin (curator) . Koda . Harold . 1993 . Diana Vreeland: Immoderate Style . New York . Metropolitan Museum of Art . 15 . 9780870996917 . 29315100 . May 23, 2014 . July 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210716222331/https://books.google.com/books?id=Bckx9vz_jIsC . live .
23. In and Around Town:Museums . New York . August 25, 1975 . 26 . May 23, 2014.
24. December 1975 . New Costume Institute exhibition, American women of style, to open at Metropolitan Museum December 13 . Press release . New York . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 23, 2014 . May 24, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140524041956/http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16028coll12/id/4413 . live .
25. News: Museum to Exhibit Old Russian Clothes . May 24, 2014 . Palm Beach Daily News . November 9, 1975 .
26. Web site: History of Russian costume from the eleventh to the twentieth century : from the collections of the Arsenal Museum, Leningrad ; Hermitage, Leningrad ; Historical Museum, Moscow ; Kremlin Museums, Moscow ; Pavlovsk Museum / [catalogue compiled by T.S. Alyoshina, I.I. Vishnevskaya, L.V. Efimova, T.T. Korshunova. V.A. Malm, E. Yu. Moiseenko, M.M. Postnokova-Loseva, E.P. Chernukha] ]. May 24, 2014 . May 24, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140524042149/http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15324coll10/id/77663/rec/2 . live .
27. Web site: Museum Exhibitions 1870–2012 . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 24, 2014 . December 9, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171209135918/http://libmma.org/digital_files/archives/Museum_Exhibitions_1870-2011.pdf . live .
28. News: Treasure trove of costumes . May 24, 2014 . St. Petersburg Times . November 2, 1977 . July 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210716222906/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19771102&id=TwMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6450,882435 . live .
29. Book: The Imperial Style: Fashions of the Hapsburg Era: Based on the Exhibition "Fashions of the Hapsburg era, Austria-Hungary" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 1979 – August 1980 . 1980 . Metropolitan Museum of Art . New York . 0870992325 . Cone, Polly . May 24, 2014 . June 26, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140626022140/http://www.metmuseum.org/research/metpublications/The_Imperial_Style_Fashions_of_the_Hapsburg_Era . live .
30. News: Morris . Bernadine . 18th Century Sparks Gala Fashion Night . May 27, 2014 . December 8, 1981 . May 28, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140528010334/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/08/style/18th-century-sparks-gala-fashion-night.html . live .
31. News: Leon Talley . Andre . Vreeland's Show . May 26, 2014 . The New York Times . December 6, 1981 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527224724/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/06/magazine/fashion-vreeland-s-show.html . live .
32. News: Duka . John . La Belle Europe Reigns Again At Met Museum . May 27, 2014 . The New York Times . December 7, 1982 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527212159/http://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/07/style/la-belle-europe-reigns-again-a-met-museum.html . live .
33. News: Morris . Bernadine . Gala Night at Met Hails Saint Laurent . May 27, 2014 . The New York Times . December 6, 1983 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527224621/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/06/style/gala-night-at-met-hails-saint-laurent.html . live .
34. News: Morris . Bernadine . At Costume Institute Show, Equestrian is the Theme . May 27, 2014 . The New York Times . December 4, 1984 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527224441/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/04/style/at-costume-institute-show-equestrian-is-the-theme.html . live .
35. News: Morris . Bernadine . A Celebration of Royal India's Fashions . May 26, 2014 . The New York Times . December 10, 1985 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527224620/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/10/style/a-celebration-of-royal-india-s-fashions.html . live .
36. News: Morris . Bernadine . Amid Costumes A Little Night Music . May 27, 2014 . The New York Times . December 10, 1986 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527224641/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/10/garden/amid-costumes-a-little-night-music.html . live .
37. News: Morris . Bernadine . Spectacular outfits abound at 15th annual costume gala . May 27, 2014 . The New York Times . December 8, 1997 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527224627/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/08/style/spectacular-outfits-abound-at-15th-annual-costume-gala.html . live .
38. News: Morris . Bernadine . Costume Show: Victorian Elegance . May 27, 2014 . The New York Times . December 6, 1988.
39. News: In Decked Halls, Wassails . May 26, 2014 . The New York Times . December 15, 1991 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527224502/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/15/news/in-decked-halls-wassails.html . live .
40. News: Morris . Bernadine . Review/Fashion; Costume Change At the Met . May 26, 2014 . The New York Times . December 8, 1992 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527224535/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/08/news/review-fashion-costume-change-at-the-met.html . live .
41. News: EVENING HOURS; The Ladies in Red . May 26, 2014 . The New York Times . December 12, 1993 . May 28, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140528010514/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/12/style/evening-hours-the-ladies-in-red.html . live .
42. Book: Orientalism: Visions of the East in Western Dress . 1994 . Metropolitan Museum of Art . 0870997335 . September 30, 2016 . January 20, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210120005954/https://books.google.com/books?id=hekHtXjGGRwC . live .
43. News: Dullea . Georgia . Glamour Guys for the Ball . May 26, 2014 . The New York Times . September 25, 1994 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527224455/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/25/style/glamour-guys-for-the-ball.html . live .
44. News: Brozan . Nadine . Chronicle . May 27, 2014 . The New York Times . October 9, 1995 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527214405/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/09/nyregion/chronicle-299595.html . live .
45. Web site: USA: NEW YORK: CHRISTIAN DIOR'S COSTUME INSTITUTE GALA . Associated Press . May 26, 2014 . May 28, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140528005237/http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/USA-NEW-YORK-CHRISTIAN-DIOR-S-COSTUME-INSTITUTE-GALA/139b4faf7e9da34c30c10342f129ec26?query=CELEBRITY+NEWS&current=5&orderBy=Relevance&hits=5&referrer=search&search=%2Fsearch%3Fquery%3DCELEBRITY%2520NEWS%26allFilters%3DMuseums%3ASubject%2CFashion%2520designers%3ASubject&allFilters=Museums%3ASubject%2CFashion+designers%3ASubject&productType=IncludedProducts&page=1&b=29ec26 . live .
46. News: Brozan . Nadine . Chronicle . May 26, 2014 . The New York Times . August 1, 1996 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527224553/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/01/style/chronicle-626333.html . live .
47. News: DiGiacomo . Frank . Inside the sold-out Costume Institute gala . May 26, 2014 . New York . December 15, 1997 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527215808/http://observer.com/1997/12/inside-the-soldout-costume-institute-gala/ . live .
48. News: Menkes . Suzy . The Verve and Vivacity of Versace in Met Retrospective . May 26, 2014 . The New York Times . December 9, 1997 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527224433/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/09/style/09iht-versace.t.html . live .
49. News: C.R. White . Constance . At the Met, a Golden Melting Pot . May 26, 2014 . The New York Times . December 11, 1997 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527224432/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/11/style/at-the-met-a-golden-melting-pot.html . live .
50. November 2, 1998 . CUBISM AND FASHION . Press release . New York . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 25, 2014 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527214701/http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/1998/cubism-and-fashion . live .
51. December 3, 1999 . ROCK STYLE IS THEME FOR METROPOLITAN MUSEUM'S DECEMBER COSTUME INSTITUTE EXHIBITION . Press release . New York . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 25, 2014 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527212523/http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/1999/birock-styleib-is-theme-for-metropolitan-museums-december-costume-institute-exhibition . live .
52. Web site: Costume Institute Gala Returns . BizBash . May 26, 2014 . July 31, 2002 . May 7, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150507222455/http://www.bizbash.com/costume_institute_gala_returns/new-york/story/2303 . live .
53. November 13, 2000 . JACQUELINE KENNEDY: THE WHITE HOUSE YEARS . Press release . New York . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 25, 2014 . May 26, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140526080852/http://metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2000/jacqueline-kennedy-the-white-house-years . live .
54. May 2003 . Goddess to be Theme of Costume Institute's Spring 2003 Exhibition and Gala at Metropolitan Museum . Press release . New York . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 25, 2014 . May 26, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140526080403/http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2003/goddess-to-be-theme-of-costume-institutes-spring-2003-exhibition-and-gala-at-metropolitan-museum . live .
55. News: Menkes . Suzy . Voluptuous lives, 'Dangerous Liaisons' . May 26, 2014 . The New York Times . April 27, 2004 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527212511/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/27/style/27iht-fsuzy_ed3_.html . live .
56. May 2005 . Metropolitan Museum to Present Unprecedented Chanel Exhibition . Press release . New York . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 25, 2014 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527220123/http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2005/metropolitan-museum-to-present-unprecedented-chanel-exhibition . live .
57. September 2005 . Rara Avis: Selections from the Iris Barrel Apfel Collection . Press release . New York . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 25, 2014 . September 30, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150930020638/http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2005/iris-barrel-apfel . live .
58. April 22, 2006 . AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion . Press release . New York . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 25, 2014 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527212526/http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2006/anglomania-tradition-and-transgression-in-british-fashion . live .
59. April 22, 2006 . "Poiret: King of Fashion" at Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute to Celebrate Paul Poiret, Visionary Artist-Couturier of Early 20th Century . Press release . New York . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 26, 2014 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527214236/http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2007/poiret-king-of-fashion-at-metropolitan-museums-costume-institute-to-celebrate-paul-poiret-visionary-artistcouturier-of-early-20th-century . live .
60. Web site: Poiret's Descendents . . May 24, 2014 . May 8, 2007 . May 24, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140524073602/http://runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/08/poirets-descendents/ . live .
61. May 2008 . Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute Salutes Power of "Superheroes" Imagery in Fashion . Press release . New York . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 26, 2014 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527214238/http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2008/metropolitan-museums-costume-institute-salutes-power-of-superheroes-imagery-in-fashion . live .
62. News: Wilson . Eric . Stars and Superheroes Sparkle at Museum Gala . May 26, 2014 . The New York Times . May 6, 2008 . May 13, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180513152222/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/nyregion/06gala.html?_r=0 . live .
63. Web site: The Model as Muse Embodying Fashion . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 24, 2014 . July 13, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200713190410/https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2009/model-as-muse . live .
64. May 2009 . Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute Explores Role of Fashion Models as Muses of Recent Eras . Press release . New York . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 26, 2014 . July 14, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714182442/http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2009/metropolitan-museums-costume-institute-explores-role-of-fashion-models-as-muses-of-recent-eras . live .
65. News: Wilson . Eric . A Museum Gala Where High Cheekbones and Higher Hemlines Rule . May 24, 2014 . The New York Times . May 4, 2009 . September 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923083654/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/fashion/05gala.html . live .
66. May 3, 2010 . "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity" at Metropolitan Museum to Open May 5, 2010; First Costume Institute Exhibition Based on Renowned Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection . Press release . New York . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 25, 2014 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527211904/http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2010/american-woman-fashioning-a-national-identity-at-metropolitan-museum-to-open-may-5-2010-first-costume-institute-exhibition-based-on-renowned-brooklyn-museum-costume-collection . live .
67. News: Horyn . Cathy . American Women on the March . May 24, 2014 . The New York Times . May 3, 2010 . November 7, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151107215355/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/arts/04iht-FGALA.html . live .
68. News: Menkes . Suzy . Elegance Is the Norm at Costume Institute Gala . May 24, 2014 . The New York Times . May 3, 2010 . May 2, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140502005859/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/nyregion/04costume.html . live .
69. Web site: Alexander McQueen's Iconic Designs to be Celebrated in a Spring 2011 Costume Institute Retrospective . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 24, 2014 . February 1, 2010 . May 24, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140524070225/http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/now-at-the-met/news/2010/alexander-mcqueens-iconic-designs-to-be-celebrated-in-a-spring-2011-costume-institute-retrospective . live .
70. News: Menkes . Suzy . Alexander McQueen in All His Dark Glory . May 24, 2014 . The New York Times . May 2, 2011 . May 12, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130512074034/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/fashion/03iht-FMET03.html . live .
71. Web site: Forrester . Sharon . Met Ball 2011 . vogue.co.uk . May 24, 2014 . May 24, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140524074230/http://www.vogue.co.uk/spy/celebrity-photos/2011/05/03/met-ball-2011-costume-institute-gala . live .
72. May 7, 2012 . Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada's Impossible Conversations at Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute . Press release . New York . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 23, 2014 . May 24, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140524044832/http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2012/schiaparelli-and-prada-press-release . live .
73. May 9, 2013 . Punk Fashion Is Focus of Costume Institute Exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art . Press release . New York . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 23, 2014 . May 27, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140527125006/http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2012/punk-chaos-to-couture . live .
74. News: Armstrong . Lisa . Met Ball 2013: The Punk Parade . May 24, 2014 . Telegraph . May 7, 2013 . May 24, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140524073153/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG10042162/Met-Ball-2013-The-Punk-Parade.html . live .
75. April 10, 2014 . Charles James: Beyond Fashion May 8 – August 10, 2014 . Press release . New York . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 23, 2014 . May 23, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140523040715/http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2013/charles-james . live .
76. News: Trebay . Guy . Inside the Met Ball: Sculptures in Silk . May 24, 2014 . The New York Times . May 7, 2014 . May 13, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140513103154/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/08/fashion/inside-the-met-ball-and-after-parties.html . live .
77. News: Moore . Booth . Met Costume Institute Gala: Beyond fashion indeed . May 24, 2014 . Los Angeles Times . May 23, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140523211926/http://www.latimes.com/fashion/alltherage/la-ar-met-costume-institute-gala-beyond-fashion-indeed-20140506-story.html . live .
78. Web site: Death Becomes Her: A Century of Mourning Attire . The Met . https://web.archive.org/web/20171025144438/https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2014/death-becomes-her . October 25, 2017 . January 29, 2019.
79. April 14, 2015 . China: Through the Looking Glass: Costume Institute's Spring 2015 Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum to Focus on Chinese Imagery in Art, Film, and Fashion . Press release . New York . Metropolitan Museum of Art . May 4, 2015 . May 16, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150516231556/http://metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2015/china-through-the-looking-glass . live .
80. Web site: Jacqueline de Ribes: The Art of Style . The Met . https://web.archive.org/web/20180507213344/https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2015/jacqueline-de-ribes . May 7, 2018 . January 29, 2019.
81. Web site: Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology . May 3, 2016 . May 2, 2016 . New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art . April 29, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160429151306/http://www.metmuseum.org/press/exhibitions/2015/manus-x-machina . live .
82. Web site: Masterworks: Unpacking Fashion . The Met . https://web.archive.org/web/20180225155424/https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2016/masterworks . February 25, 2018 . January 29, 2019.
83. Web site: Rei Kawakubo / Comme des Garcons Art of the In-Betweens . The Met . https://web.archive.org/web/20181223185319/https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2017/rei-kawakubo . December 23, 2018 . January 29, 2019.
84. Web site: Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination . The Met . https://web.archive.org/web/20190129171523/https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2018/heavenly-bodies . January 29, 2019.
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86. Web site: About Time: Fashion and Duration | the Metropolitan Museum of Art . September 17, 2021 . September 14, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210914211438/https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2020/about-time . live .
87. Web site: A Glimpse Behind the Curtain at the Costume Institute's New Show . August 13, 2021 . September 17, 2021 . September 17, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210917154540/https://www.vogue.com/article/costume-institute-exhibition-in-america-a-lexicon-of-fashion-andrew-bolton . live .