Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion—Exhibition Tour with Andrew Bolton | Met Exhibitions

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Here we are in the exhibition, "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion." And I'm delighted to take you on a tour. When a item of clothing enters the Costume Institute's collection, its status is changed irrevocably. What was once a vital part of a person's lived experience, becomes a lifeless work of art that can no longer be worn, heard, touched, ... Read More