From Molded Torsos to Corseted Curves, the State of the Body at The Met

From Molded Torsos to Corseted Curves, the State of the Body at The Met

The “Costume Art” exhibit at The Met’s Costume Institute is all about how fashion meets the human body over centuries. But what does it say about our relationship with our bodies today?

Did the Met Exhibit Succeed in Terms of Body Diversity?

Size-inclusivity advocate Lauren Chan analyzes the layers of diversity within the Costume Institute's Costume Art exhibit.

With ‘Costume Art’, the Met makes a case for making fashion diverse again

With a series of glowing new galleries, the Costume Institute inaugurates its 2026 spring exhibition 'Costume Art' which celebrates the dressed body across millennia of human creativity. Here's our review

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's new exhibition celebrates the human body as art

At the 2026 Met Gala, guests explored the intersection between fashion and art