It takes guts to make a fashionable impact in New York City. And Renata Buzzo’s got ‘em. In fact, her guts, lungs and uterus — all hand-stitched to third-dimensional perfection in a dress she calls “Corset Anatomia,

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 'Costume Art' exhibition, launched with the 2026 Met Gala, examines how fashion and art have portrayed the human body across history. Curated by Andrew Bolton, it pairs garments with artworks to highlight pregnant, ageing ...

The spring exhibition will inaugurate the museum's new 12,000-square-foot Condé M. Nast Galleries by exploring the profound connection between the dressed body and art history.

In the “Corpulent Body” section, meanwhile, are forms based on models Jade O’Belle and Charlie Reynolds, along with artist and couturier Michaela Stark, and singer-songwriter Yseult. The nine living inspirations for the mannequins submitted to a 3D-scanning process known as photogrammetry to have their likenesses recreated for “Costume Art.”

The new "Costume Art" exhibition pairs artworks with garments, some of them displayed on custom mannequins constructed through 3D printing