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Met exhibition review: 2024’s spring show is a feast for the senses
Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion conjures the rustling of silk taffeta and the scent of a New York socialite
The rustling of silk, the clattering of seashells and the sweet aroma of flowers. All these captivating effects, plus many more, are now beckoning visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s ambitious spring fashion exhibition.
Titled Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion, the show is an ode to the multisensory aspects of fashion, shifting focus to the evocative smells, sounds and textures of certain garments and accessories pulled from the museum’s collection. In an age when social media has flattened fashion to pixels on a screen, consider this the Met’s appeal to engage with it in the physical world.
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