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Across institutions such as the Victoria and Albert Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute, fashion has undergone a quiet but consequential reclassification over the past decade or so, now being granted the same curatorial seriousness as painting or sculpture. Once dismissed as ephemera – seasonal, disposable, beholden to commerce – it now sits beneath museum lighting, framed by curatorial argument and institutional authority.
The Met Gala 2026 makes…
