"The design frames the show as a continuous spatial sequence, where garments and artworks share the same platforms, materials, and sightlines, creating a consistent ground plane."
"Instead of organizing fashion chronologically or by designer, the exhibition moves through a series of body types, tracing how the human figure has been shaped and interpreted across time."
"This structure brings forward forms that have often been sidelined, placing them within the same visual field as canonical representations and shifting attention toward the body."
Costume Art opens in the new Condé M. Nast Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, showcasing fashion alongside the museum's collection. Architects Miriam Peterson and Nathan Rich designed the galleries to create a continuous spatial experience, linking garments and artworks. The exhibition organizes fashion by body types rather than chronologically, highlighting diverse representations of the human figure. This approach emphasizes the body as a reference point across time, pairing garments with artworks that share formal or conceptual similarities.
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