New Met Gala fashion exhibit seeks to ‘reclaim’ body types that art history has ignored
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Designs in the "Pregnant Body" section are displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute exhibition, "Costume Art," on Saturday, May 2, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)Designs by Burberry, left, and Vivienne Westwood are displayed on Sinad Burke mannequins in the "Disabled Body" section of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute exhibition, "Costume Art," on Saturday, May 2, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)Designs by Willie Norris Workshop on an Aariana Rose Philip mannequin, left, and Rick Owens on a Goddess Bunny mannequin are displayed in the "Disabled Body" section of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute exhibition, "Costume Art," on Saturday, May 2, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)A design by Dolce & Gabbana in the "Classical Body" section is displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute exhibition, "Costume Art," on Saturday, May 2, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)Designs in the "Corpulent Body" section are displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute exhibition, "Costume Art," on Saturday, May 2, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
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Designs in the "Pregnant Body" section are displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute exhibition, "Costume Art," on Saturday, May 2, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)