Through more than 250 objects dating from the seventeenth century to the present, The Costume Institute’s spring 2019 exhibition will explore the origins of camp’s exuberant aesthetic. Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay “Notes on ‘Camp ‘” provides the framework for the exhibition, which examines how the elements of irony, humor, parody, pastiche, artifice, theatricality, and exaggeration are expressed in #fashion.
Camp: Notes on Fashion
At The Met Fifth Avenue
MAY 9–SEPTEMBER 8, 2019
www.metmuseum.org
Ensemble, Jeremy Scott (American, born 1975) for House of Moschino (Italian, founded 1983), spring/summer 2018; Courtesy of Moschino. Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2019 Ensemble, Bertrand Guyon (French, born 1965) and headpiece by Stephen Jones (British, born 1957) for House of Schiaparelli (French, founded 1927), fall/winter 2018–19 haute couture; Courtesy of Schiaparelli. Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2019 Dress, Jeremy Scott (American, born 1975) for House of Moschino (Italian, founded 1983), spring/summer 2017; Courtesy of Moschino. Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2019 Ensemble, Alessandro Michele (Italian, born 1972) for Gucci (Italian, founded 1921), fall/winter 2016–17; Courtesy of Gucci Historical Archive. Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2018 Ensemble, Virgil Abloh (American, born 1980) for Off-White c/o Virgil Abloh (Italian, founded 2013), pre-fall 2018; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Virgil Abloh c/o Off- WhiteTM, 2018 (2018.585a–e). Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2018 Wedding Ensemble, Alejandro Gómez Palomo (Spanish, born 1992) for Palomo Spain (Spanish, founded 2015), spring/summer 2018; Courtesy of Palomo Spain. Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2019 Ensemble, Jun Takahashi (Japanese, born 1969) for Undercover (Japanese, founded 1990), fall/winter 2017–18; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Friends of The Costume Institute Gifts, 2017 (2017.399a–d). Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photo © Johnny Dufort, 2019 
