STORY: :: The Met unveils its 2024 Costume Institute exhibit
ahead of the annual star-studded gala
:: May 6, 2024
:: New York
:: The theme this year highlights garments tied
to nature and the sensory journey of fashion
:: Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge, Met's Costume Institute
Once a garment comes into the Met's collection, all of that is diminished. You can't touch anymore, you can't smell it, you can't hear it, you can't wear it. So, the idea - so all you are left with is a sense of sight, really. So, the idea was really to just sort of bring back these sensorial qualities of fashion that is part of its living art form. So that was really the idea behind it.
The exhibition features 220 garments, spanning four centuries of fashion history with a theme of nature.
Technology - including artificial intelligence, soundscapes and projections - is used throughout the space.
The idea is to evoke the smells, sounds, textures and motions of garments.
This year's celebrity co-chairs for the fundraising dinner are Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Lopez and Zendaya.
