The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute exhibit will bring together the works of famous designers, photographers, and models from the 20th century in an exhibition sponsored by Marc Jacobs and Condé Nast from May 6 to August 9, 2009. Here is a sneak peek at some of the photos in the exhibit.

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The Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute exhibit "The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion" celebrates iconic images and models over the years. Here, Peggy Moffitt poses in a swimsuit by Rudi Gernreich.

With a pile of curls, Twiggy poses for Bert Stern in a dress by Yves Saint Laurent for the March 1967 issue of Vogue.

Veruschka portrays the sixties “Youthquake” in a safari suit by Yves Saint Laurent for Vogue Paris' August 1968 issue, shot by Franco Rubartelli.

Originally published in the January 1990 issue of British Vogue, Peter Lindbergh shot this iconic image of Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz, Christy Turlington, and Cindy Crawford, all in tops by Giorgio di Sant'Angelo.

Peter Lindbergh shoots Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford, Tatjana Patitz, Helena Christensen, Claudia Schiffer, Karen Mulder, and Stephanie Seymour—all dressed in Gianni Versace—for the September 1991 issue of Vogue.