Masterworks: Unpacking Fashion—Gallery View, Harold Koda Gift

View of The Carl and Iris Barrel Apfel Gallery featuring some of the ensembles donated by designers in honor of Harold Koda upon his retirement as curator in charge of The Costume Institute in January 2016. This installation is part of the Costume Institute's fall 2016 exhibition, Masterworks: Unpacking Fashion. During the seven decades since The Costume Institute became part of The Met in 1946, that collecting strategy has shifted from creating a collection of Western high fashion that is encyclopedic in breadth to one focused on acquiring masterworks. http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2016/masterworks/exhibition-galleries The exhibition, in the Anna Wintour Costume Center, highlights approximately 60 of these masterworks from the early 18th century to the present. The Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Gallery is organized chronologically with ensembles shown on platforms resembling oversized packing crates. Each object—primarily women's wear, as well as some men's wear ensembles and a selection of accessories—is accompanied by an in-depth explanation of its significance within the canon of fashion history. Production Credits: Director and Producer: Kate Farrell Editor: Kaelan Burkett, Dia Felix Camera: Alex Rappaport Lighting Design: Ned Hallick Lighting Design: Christopher Yurnet Production Coordinator: Lisa Rifkind © 2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art