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Diagonal folds of pale silk on a plinth

The Diagonal Grain: The Bias Cut and the Invention of Modern Drape

By Editorial Staff

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Sculptural folds of undyed cloth on a plinth

The Museum Argument: How the Costume Institute Put Fashion in the Canon

Tailoring shears and undyed cloth in museum light

Sarah Burton Appointed at Givenchy, the House Announces

The Met Opens New Galleries With Costume Art Exhibition

The Met Opens New Galleries With Costume Art Exhibition

The Twenty-Five Passages: What the Law Requires Before a Dress May Be Called Haute Couture

The Twenty-Five Passages: What the Law Requires Before a Dress May Be Called Haute Couture

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The Grain of the Cloth: How Madeleine Vionnet Cut the Dress Free of the Corset

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The Dinner That Pays the Curators: How the Met Gala Underwrites Fashion's Place Inside the Museum

The Dinner That Pays the Curators: How the Met Gala Underwrites Fashion's Place Inside the Museum

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The Raggedy Ann Eye: How Twiggy Turned a Rag Doll's Painted Lashes Into the Face of the 1960s

The Raggedy Ann Eye: How Twiggy Turned a Rag Doll's Painted Lashes Into the Face of the 1960s

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A wool shift dress pieced together mid-air like a Mondrian canvas, with black grid lines becoming visible across the fabric.

The Grid and the Body: How Yves Saint Laurent Turned a Mondrian Painting Into a Dress

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