Permanent display
Closing soon
In America: An Anthology of Fashion
7 May 2022 — 5 Sep 2022 at period room
In America: An Anthology of Fashion is the 2022 high fashion art exhibition of the Anna Wintour Costume Center, a wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) which houses the collection of the Costume Institute.
It is the second part of a two-part exhibit that explores fashion in the United States. This exhibition highlights stylistic narratives and histories of the American Wing Period Rooms, each one immersively recreating a distinct era spanning the 1700s to the 1970s.
The rooms capture both men's and women's fashion while also illuminating America's domestic life and the far-reaching influences of culture, politics, and style across each period.
It is the second part of a two-part exhibit that explores fashion in the United States. This exhibition highlights stylistic narratives and histories of the American Wing Period Rooms, each one immersively recreating a distinct era spanning the 1700s to the 1970s.
The rooms capture both men's and women's fashion while also illuminating America's domestic life and the far-reaching influences of culture, politics, and style across each period.
About the venue
period room
A period room is a display that represents the interior design and decorative art of a particular historical social setting usually in a museum. Though it may incorporate elements of an individual real room that once existed somewhere, it is usually by its nature a composite and fictional piece…