•
1971–1972:
Fashion Plate (October 1971 – January 1972) •
1973–1974:
The World of Balenciaga (March–September 1973) •
1974–1975:
Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design (November 1974 – August 1975) •
1975–1976:
American Women of Style (December 1975 – August 1976) •
1976–1977:
The Glory of Russian Costume (December 1976 – August 1977) •
1977–1978:
Vanity Fair: A Treasure Trove (December 1977 – September 1978) •
1978–1979:
Diaghilev: Costumes and Designs of the Ballets Russes (November 1978 – June 1979) •
1980–1981: ''The Manchu Dragon: Costumes of China, the Chi'ng Dynasty'' (December 1980 – August 1981) •
1982–1983:
Le Belle Époque (December 1982 – September 1983) •
1983–1984:
Yves Saint Laurent: 25 Years of Design (December 1983 – September 1984) •
1984–1985:
Man and the Horse (December 1984 – September 1985) •
1985–1986:
Costumes of Royal India (December 1985 – August 1986) •
1986–1987:
Dance (December 1986 – September 1987) •
1987–1988:
In Style: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Costume Institute (November 1987 – April 1988) •
1988–1989:
From Queen to Empress: Victorian Dress 1837–1877 (December 1988 – April 1989) •
1989–1990:
The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to Empire, 1789–1815 (December 1989 – April 1990) •
1992–1993:
Fashion and History: A Dialogue (December 1992 – March 1993) •
1993–1994:
Diana Vreeland: Immoderate Style (December 1993 – March 1994) •
1994–1995:
Orientalism: Visions of the East in western dress (December 1994 – March 1995) •
1995–1996:
Haute Couture (December 1995 – March 1996) •
1996–1997:
Christian Dior (December 1996 – March 1997) •
1997–1998:
Gianni Versace (December 1997 – March 1998) •
1998–1999:
Cubism and Fashion (December 10, 1998 – March 14, 1999) •
1999–2000:
Rock Style (December 9, 1999 – March 19, 2000) •
2000–2001: No costume exhibition presented •
2001:
Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years (May 1 – July 29, 2001) •
2001–2002: No costume exhibition gala presented •
2004:
Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century (April 2? – August 8, 2004) •
2005:
The House of Chanel (May 5 – August 7, 2005) •
2005–2006:
Rara Avis: Selections from the Iris Barrel Apfel Collection (September 13, 2005 – January 22, 2006) •
2006:
AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion (May 3 – September 6, 2006) •
2007:
Poiret: King of Fashion (May 9 – August 5, 2007) •
2008:
Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy (May 7 – September 1, 2008) •
2009:
The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion (May 6 – August 9, 2009) •
2010:
American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity (May 5 – August 10, 2010) •
2011:
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty (May 4 – August 7, 2011) •
2012:
Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations (May 10 – August 19, 2012) •
2013:
Punk: Chaos to Couture (May 9 – August 14, 2013) •
2014:
Charles James: Beyond Fashion (May 8 – August 10, 2014) •
2014–2015:
Death Becomes Her: A Century of Mourning Attire (October 21, 2014 – February 1, 2015) •
2015:
China: Through the Looking Glass• (May 7 – September 7, 2015) •
2015–2016:
Jacqueline de Ribes: The Art of Style (November 19, 2015 – February 21, 2016) •
2016:
Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology (May 5 – September 5, 2016) •
2016–2017:
Masterworks: Unpacking Fashion (November 18, 2016 – February 5, 2017) •
2017:
Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between (May 4 – September 4, 2017) •
2018:
Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination (May 10 – October 8, 2018) •
2019:
Camp: Notes on Fashion (May 8 – September 9, 2019) •
2020:
About Time: Fashion and Duration •
2021–2022 In America: A Lexicon of Fashion (part one of a two part exhibition) •
2022 In America: An Anthology of Fashion (part two of a two part exhibition) •
2023 Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty •
2024 Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion •
2025 Superfine: Tailoring Black Style •
2026 Costume Art ==References==