On this video, Dezeen previews the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute’s newest blockbuster vogue exhibition Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Style, following final evening’s Met Gala.
The exhibition explores the idea of rebirth and renewal in vogue, showcasing the archival and restoration processes that happen behind the scenes of the Met’s Costume Institute.
The exhibition brings collectively historic and modern items from the museum’s archive
The present additionally makes use of nature as a visible metaphor to discover concepts across the transience of vogue.
Along with bringing to life the behind-the-scenes work of fashion conservation, the exhibition additionally explores the sensory points of vogue, with guests being inspired to odor aromas of floral motifs, really feel the textures of various embroideries, and speak to historic figures via the usage of synthetic intelligence (AI).
The title of the exhibition is derived from the “sleeping beauties” of the institute’s archives – items which are too fragile to be displayed on mannequins. As an alternative, the exhibition makes use of AI, animation and X-rays to carry these historic clothes to life for guests.
Roughly 220 clothes and equipment spanning 4 centuries can be on show as a part of the present.
Sleeping Beauties can be open to the general public from the tenth of Might, following the annual Met Gala fundraiser, which came about yesterday and celebrated the exhibition’s debut.
Celebrities interpreted the theme of The Backyard of Time on the purple carpet, with celebrities like Zendaya, Nicki Minaj and Gigi Hadid sporting floral motifs.
The exhibition was organised by Andrew Bolton, curator in control of The Costume Institute, with photographer Nick Knight performing as artistic guide for the exhibition.
Exhibition design is by structure studio Leong Leong in collaboration with The Met’s Design Division.
Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion takes place from 10 Might to 2 September at The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork in New York. See Dezeen Events Guide for an up-to-date listing of structure and design occasions going down all over the world.