Leslie Bonham Carter.

Three of The Met’s most visited exhibitions were organized by the Costume Institute. Soon, museum-goers will be able to relish fashion almost as soon as they enter the building. In addition to announcing the department’s upcoming show (and de facto Met Gala topic)—“Costume Art”—the Metropolitan Museum of Art inaugurated the Condé M. Nast Galleries, the new permanent first-floor home for fashion exhibitions, in the presence of the late publisher’s daughter Leslie Bonham Carter and members of her family. “For all of us at Condé Nast ,” said Roger Lynch, the company’s chief executive, “this is a full-circle moment . . . our company and The Met have worked together to elevate fashion from craft to art form, making it part of our shared story.”

Nast, born in New York

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