Today, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its largest fashion exhibition ever. "China: Through the Looking Glass," a collaboration between the museum's Costume Institute and Department of Asian Art, which celebrates its centennial this year, explores the ways in which Chinese aesthetics have influenced Western fashion, from the dawn of the silk trade in the late first century to today. It spans three floors and includes more than 140 articles of clothing shown alongside Chinese costumes, paint...
Today, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its largest fashion exhibition ever. "China: Through the Looking Glass," a collaboration between the museum's Costume Institute and Department of Asian Art, which celebrates its centennial this year, explores the ways in which Chinese aesthetics have influenced Western fashion, from the dawn of the silk trade in the late first century to today. It spans three floors and includes more than 140 articles of clothing shown alongside Chinese costumes, paint...
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