In America: An Anthology of Fashion
With "An Anthology of Fashion", the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art returns with part two of this year's major exhibition "In America", offering an even more comprehensive look at the elements that have shaped American fashion over time. The clothing created and worn by its residents serves as an aesthetically stunning tour through hundreds of years of this nation's history.
This year's show explodes throughout the majority of the American Wing of the museum, expanding on last year's sparse, cognitively challenging presentation of clothing organized by the representation of numerous ideas. Here are five items to be on the lookout for during your visit to the popular show.
Three particularly significant garments are on exhibit as soon as visitors walk into the exhibit: a coat worn by George Washington (possibly to his inauguration), the Brooks Brothers jacket that Abraham Lincoln was shot in, and a coat (also by Brooks Brothers) that was once a part of a uniform worn by an enslaved man. (Some of the portions of Lincoln's coat that were given out to mourners at the time are missing).
Location: Anna Wintour Costume Center
Website: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2022/in-america-anthology
Price:
- $30 for adults; $22 for seniors; $17 for students.
- Free for Members, Patrons, and children under 12.
