Through the 80 pieces by 70 creators, the 'Women Dressing Women' exhibition also looks at the art of womenswear from the 20th Century up to the modern day, as well as the environmental advocacy of designers like Gabriela Hearst and Hillary Taymour
A visitor at the media preview of the Costume Institute "Women Dressing Women" exhibit, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on December 4, 2023
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New York's Metropolitan Museum has pulled the curtain back on its latest blockbuster exhibit, showcasing women couturiers many of whom have been kept in the shadows of obscurity until now.
One of the centerpieces of the "Women dressing women" exhibition is a dress by pioneering African-American designer Ann Lowe who was largely ignored in her day, even though she designed Jackie Kennedy's wedding gown in 1953.