The Costume Institute
“I remain fully accountable for the pain caused by my words in the past, particularly the hurt I caused to the Jewish and Asian communities, and I remain deeply sorry for it,” Galliano stated.
Aiming to present embodied dress as a core thread in art history, “Costume Art” is more of a philosophical proposal for ‘fashion as art’ than an aesthetic category.
Featuring 220 garments and accessories spanning four different centuries in the Museum’s collection.
Between Chanel brides, couture Camélias, pearls in the thousands, and ultra-realistic Choupette impersonations, the fame-flooded event had Karl Lagerfeld written all over it.
The expansive showcase will open to the public at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5.
