"The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion" Exhibition
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Exploring the reciprocal relationship between high fashion and evolving ideals of beauty, The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion focuses on iconic models of the twentieth century and their roles in projecting, and sometimes inspiring, the fashion of their respective eras. The exhibition, organized by historical period from 1947 to 1997, will feature haute couture and ready-to-wear masterworks accompanied by fashion photography and video footage of models who epitomized their epochs.
The exhibition is made possible by Marc Jacobs.
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Schedule
from May 06, 2009 to August 09, 2009