“Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination is about the influence of Catholic imagery on designers. It’s the largest show The Costume Institute has ever staged. The garments that we’ve chosen specifically relate to religious objects within the Met’s collection, and we have 50 masterworks from the Vatican Collection. Many haven’t been seen outside of the Vatican before.”—Andrew Bolton, The Wendy Yu Curator in charge at The Costume Institute.
Here is a look inside the exhibition Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, on view at The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters from May 10 through October 8, 2018.