CostumeInstitute Tag

There's loads to unpack in The Met’s latest Costume Institute exhibition “Women Dressing Women,” and it’s not only the creations of generations of female designers. While there is no such thing as a shortage of striking and sometimes au courant designs, there are also boundary-shifting garments and juxtapositions that magnify topics beyond legacy, sexism and history. If visitors don’t just glide through the galleries and stop to read the detailed wall text, they may leave with much to think about and debate. Omission, representation, inclusion, entrepreneurialism, body stereotypes, sustainability, gender fluidity and intergenerational communication are among the many conversation starters when “Women Dressing Women” bows to the general public on Thursday on the Fifth Avenue museum. The show will run until March...