Met's Costume Institute to Celebrate 'Model as Muse'

This year, it was superheroes; next year, models—spindly superheroes of fashion—will be the focus of the spring exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute, the museum announced today. Slated to open next May, “The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion” will explore the relationship between high fashion and evolving ideals of beauty through the iconic fashion models of the 20th century. “We look at the power of clothing, fashion photography, and the model to project the look of an era,” said Costume Institute curator Harold Koda in a press release.