![]() Part One of In America is organized by Andrew Bolton and Amanda Garfinkel, Assistant Curator, and The Costume Institute Curatorial team in consultation with Patricia Marroquin Norby, The Met’s Associate Curator of Native American Art. These additions will reflect the vitality and diversity of contemporary American fashion. Parts One and Two will close on September 5, 2022. Starting March 21, more than half of the pieces in the Lexicon exhibition will be rotated out, and garments by designers not yet feature d-as well as designers whose work appeared in the first rotation-will be displayed. Parts One and Two will be on view concurrently Part One, In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, is on view in the Anna Wintour Costume Center and celebrates The Costume Institute’s 75th anniversary. It has enabled us to engage directly with current conversations-both artistic and cultural-that are directing and defining the future of fashion, reflecting The Costume Institute’s ongoing ambition to present ‘fashion history in the making.” – Andrew Bolton, the Wendy You Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute. The show’s yearlong timeframe has allowed us to experiment with a new methodology that reflects the concept of fashion as a living, breathing art form, one that speaks powerfully to the zeitgeist. “The second rotation of In America: A Lexicon of Fashion introduces many new garments as well as many new designers to further examine the expressive qualities underpinning American fashion. Together, these dynamic and interconnected elements will offer a nuanced portrait of American fashion and the individuals who defined it during this pivotal period. Inspired by the curatorial vision of Andrew Bolton, Jessica Regan, and Amelia Peck, eight film directors -Janicza Bravo, Sofia Coppola, Julie Dash, Tom Ford, Regina King, Martin Scorsese, Autumn de Wilde, and Chloé Zhao-will create fictional cinematic vignettes, or “freeze frames,” within each room, imparting new perspectives on American fashion and highlighting the directors’ singular aesthetics. The complicated social, cultural, and artistic narratives of these spaces amplify and contextualize the exhibition’s key themes-the inception of an identifiable American style and the emergence of the named designer, who is recognized for their distinct artistic sensibility. The garments will be presented within the rich atmospheric setting of the Museum’s American Wing period rooms, or historical interiors, which encapsulate a curated survey of more than a century of American domestic life and reveal a variety of stories-from the personal to the political, the stylistic to the cultural, and the aesthetic to the ideological. The show will feature approximately 100 examples of men’s and women’s dress from this formative period that reveal unfinished stories about American fashion. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ![]() The Gilded Age design is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection. Officially opening to the public on May 7, In America: An Anthology of Fashion will explore the foundations of American fashion through a series of sartorial displays featuring individual designers and dressmakers who worked in the United States from the 19th to the mid-late 20th century. Tom Ford, Adam Mosseri, and Anna Wintour will continue their roles as honorary co-chairs for the event, following last September’s benefit for Part One of the In America exhibition. Regina King, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and Lin-Manuel Miranda will serve as the evening’s co-chairs. ![]() In celebration of Part Two, In America: An Anthology of Fashion, The Costume Institute or better known as the Met Gala will return Monday, in New York. The event provides The Costume Institute with its primary source of annual funding for exhibitions, publications, acquisitions, operations, and capital improvements. Part Two, In America: An Anthology of Fashion ![]()
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