The Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual Costume Institute exhibition is the most spectacular event of its kind. The subjects explore fashion history, from 2001's "Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House years" to 2011's "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" and 2014's "Charles James: Beyond fashion," and in turn reflect and create the contemporary zeitgeist. Each exhibition draws a provocative and engaging narrative attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors....

The ten preschoolers in Mrs. Madoff's class wear their Halloween costumes to school, filling the room with a cat, a pirate, a witch, and other characters.

Advice on making costumes accompanies designs for ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Romanesque, medieval, Renaissance, Elizabethan, and Victorian style costumes.

Gives a glimpse into the creative world of the fashion designer, showing how new styles are conceived, produced, and marketed.