num_pages: 256
description: This lavishly illustrated volume is the first comprehensive publication on the Brooklyn Museums internationally renowned historic costume collection. The nearly 25000-object collection comprises fashionable womens and mens garments and accessories from the 18th through the 20th century. It features sumptuous 19th-century gowns from the House of Worth exquisite works by the great 20th-century French couturiers iconic Surrealist-based designs of Elsa Schiaparelli sportswear classics from pioneer American women designers and the incomparable draped and tailored creations of Charles James. In 2009 the Brooklyn Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art entered into a groundbreaking long-term partnership to steward Brooklyns collection. The objects were transferred to The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan with Brooklyn maintaining curatorial access. Exhibitions of costumes from the collection will be held at both institutions in early May 2010.
language: English
title: High Style: Masterworks from the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art