The Mannequins at This Year’s Met Exhibit Are Just as Important as the Clothes
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's latest Costume Institute exhibit, 'Costume Art', features specially designed mannequins molded from 3-D scans of real people, highlighting the connection between fashion and human anatomy. The exhibit, running from May 10th to January 10, 2027, was conceived by curator Andrew Bolton and features artwork and fashion pieces.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute has opened its latest exhibit, 'Costume Art', which runs from May 10th to January 10, 2027. The exhibit was conceived by curator Andrew Bolton and explores the connection between fashion and human anatomy. The clothes are displayed on specially designed mannequins, many of which have been molded from 3-D scans of real people, including activist Sinéad Burke and model Aariana Rose Philip. Brooklyn-based artist Frank Benson crafted the mannequins using 3D modeling technology. The mannequins were designed to be true-to-form, capturing organic movement and form, and were created in collaboration with Bolton, designer Michaela Stark, and artist Samar Hejazi.
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