The Metropolitan Museum of Art has been invaded by superheroes, and no it’s not a setting for a comic book story, it’s the Met’s latest exhibit. Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton says “Superheroes are about issues of the body, identity and transformation, about acting your fantasies and transforming yourself into anyone or anything you want to be. Those are all the things at the heart of fashion.”

(AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)

Metropolitan Museum’s page for the exhibit

Detailed coverage with photos at geekanerdblog
DC Comics President Paul Levitz discussing the exhibit at Newsrama
Article at ComicBox
Article at International herald tribune
Superheroes at the Met, what to see via Vogue
Sartorially Super via Vogue
Runway images from imnotobsessed

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