Description

The exhibition theme traditionally dictates the concept around which the star-studded guest list crafts their ensembles, and while Costume Art, will focus heavily on the physical form (the exhibit will reportedly be organized around concepts like the Naked Body, the Classical Body, and the Pregnant Body) the dress code itself offers a broader thesis: Fashion is Art. Per The Met, the dress code will invite guests to express their own relationship to fashion as an embodied art form. How exactly that will be interpreted by the evenings stars, including co-chairs Beyonc, Nicole Kidman, and Venus Williams is anyones guess, but we could expect to see anything from a return to last years form-focused naked dress trend to gowns that take a direct cue from art history