Editing Metropolitan Museum of Art (section)

==== Costume Institute ====
{{main|Anna Wintour Costume Center}}
[[File:Robe à la Française MET DT3884.jpg|thumb|Robe à la française 1740s, as seen in one of the exhibits at the Costume Institute]]
The Museum of Costume Art was founded by [[Aline Bernstein]] and [[Irene Lewisohn]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/68652.html |title=1944 |access-date=December 16, 2008 |quote=Philanthropist Irene Lewisohn died today in New York City. She and her sister Alice built and endowed the Neighborhood Playhouse. With Aline Bernstein she founded the Museum of Costume Art on Fifth Avenue in 1937. |magazine=[[Playbill]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408051558/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/68652.html |archive-date=April 8, 2009 }}</ref> In 1946, with the financial support of the fashion industry, the Museum of Costume Art merged with The Metropolitan Museum of Art as The Costume Institute, and in 1959 became a curatorial department.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/the-costume-institute|title=The Costume Institute {{!}} The Metropolitan Museum of Art|website=www.metmuseum.org|access-date=April 2, 2019}}</ref> Today, its collection contains more than 35,000 costumes and accessories.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/museum-departments/curatorial-departments/the-costume-institute |title=The Metropolitan Museum of Art – The Costume Institute |publisher=Metmuseum.org |access-date=June 11, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621225542/http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/museum-departments/curatorial-departments/the-costume-institute |archive-date=June 21, 2012 }}</ref> The Costume Institute used to have a permanent gallery space in what was known as the "Basement" area of the Met because it was downstairs at the bottom of the Met facility. However, due to the fragile nature of the items in the collection, the Costume Institute does not maintain a permanent installation. Instead, every year it holds two separate shows in the Met's galleries using costumes from its collection, with each show centering on a specific designer or theme. The Costume Institute is known for hosting the annual [[Met Gala]] and in the past has presented summer exhibitions such as [[Savage Beauty (exhibition)|Savage Beauty]] and [[China: Through the Looking Glass]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Bourne |first=Leah |url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/threadny/THREAD-Everything-You-Ever-Wanted-to-Know-About-the-Met-Gala-But-Were-Too-Afraid-To-Ask-121096889.html |title=Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Met Gala (But Were Too Afraid To Ask) |publisher=NBC New York |date=May 5, 2011 |access-date=May 2, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032814/http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/threadny/THREAD-Everything-You-Ever-Wanted-to-Know-About-the-Met-Gala-But-Were-Too-Afraid-To-Ask-121096889.html |archive-date=May 2, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Trebay|first1=Guy|title=At the Met, Andrew Bolton Is the Storyteller in Chief|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/fashion/mens-style/at-the-met-andrew-bolton-is-the-storyteller-in-chief.html|access-date=August 13, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=April 29, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002173729/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/fashion/mens-style/at-the-met-andrew-bolton-is-the-storyteller-in-chief.html|archive-date=October 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Tomkins|first1=Calvin|title=Anarchy Unleashed|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/25/anarchy-unleashed|access-date=August 13, 2015|magazine=The New Yorker|date=March 25, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016060324/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/25/anarchy-unleashed|archive-date=October 16, 2015}}</ref>

In past years, Costume Institute shows organized around designers such as [[Cristóbal Balenciaga]], [[Chanel]], [[Yves Saint Laurent (designer)|Yves Saint Laurent]], and [[Gianni Versace]]; and style doyenne like [[Diana Vreeland]], [[Mona von Bismarck]], [[Babe Paley]], [[Jayne Wrightsman]], [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]], [[Nan Kempner]], and [[Iris Apfel]] have drawn significant crowds to the Met. The [[Met Ball|Costume Institute's annual Benefit Gala]], co-chaired by ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' editor-in-chief [[Anna Wintour]], is an extremely popular, if exclusive, event in the fashion world; in 2007, the 700 available tickets started at $6,500 (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=6500|start_year=2007}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) per person.<ref>{{cite news |last=Postrel |first=Virginia |title=Dress Sense |date=May 2007 |work=[[The Atlantic]] |page=133}}</ref>
Exhibits displayed over the past decade in the Costume Institute include: Rock Style, in 1999,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=Liv Tyler and Stella McCartney Reminisce About the Time They Wore Hanes to the Met Gala |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/liv-tyler-stella-mccartney-oral-history-1999-met-gala-look |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref> representing the style of more than 40 rock musicians, including [[Madonna]], [[David Bowie]], and [[the Beatles]]; Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed, in 2001, which exposes the transforming ideas of physical beauty over time and the bodily contortion necessary to accommodate such ideals and fashion;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/extreme_beauty_the_body_transformed |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=www.metmuseum.org}}</ref> The [[Chanel]] Exhibit, displayed in 2005,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=2018-09-04 |title=Chanel Returning to the Met for Its Pre-Fall Show |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/chanel-returning-to-the-met-for-its-pre-fall-show-1202774706/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}</ref> acknowledging the skilled work of designer [[Coco Chanel]] as one of the leading fashion names in history; Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy, exhibited in 2008,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Eric |date=2008-05-06 |title=Stars and Superheroes Sparkle at Museum Gala |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/nyregion/06gala.html |access-date=2023-01-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> suggesting the metaphorical vision of superheroes as ultimate fashion icons; the 2010 exhibit on the American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity, which exposes the revolutionary styles of the American woman from the years 1890 to 1940, and how such styles reflect the political and social sentiments of the time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-07-28 |title=Photos From 'American Woman:Fashioning A National Identity' At The Met |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/photos-from-american-woma_n_632781 |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}</ref> The theme of the 2011 event was "[[Alexander McQueen]]: [[Savage Beauty (exhibition)|Savage Beauty]]".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Eric |date=2011-07-29 |title=At the Met, McQueen's Final Showstopper |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/fashion/mets-mcqueen-retrospective-is-expected-to-break-records.html |access-date=2023-01-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Each of these exhibits explores fashion as a mirror of cultural values and offers a glimpse into historical styles, emphasizing their evolution into today's own fashion world. On January 14, 2014, the Met named the Costume Institute complex after [[Anna Wintour]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/met-names-costume-institute-complex-in-honor-of-anna-wintour-7360586?src=nl/mornReport/20140115 |title=Met Names Costume Institute Complex in Honor of Anna Wintour |magazine=[[Women's Wear Daily]] |date=January 14, 2014 |access-date=January 15, 2014 |author=Karimzadeh, Marc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116152221/http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/met-names-costume-institute-complex-in-honor-of-anna-wintour-7360586?src=nl%2FmornReport%2F20140115 |archive-date=January 16, 2014 }}</ref> The curator is [[Andrew Bolton (curator)|Andrew Bolton]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chu |first=Christie |date=2015-09-09 |title=Andrew Bolton Takes Over Costume Institute |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/andrew-bolton-curator-metropolitan-museum-331144 |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Artnet News}}</ref>