Ever wanted to touch one of the dresses at the Met? Or how about smell it? At last, now's your chance.
The museum's new exhibit, "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion," takes a multi-sensory approach allowing visitors to smell, touch, and hear the clothing, not just look at it. With more than 200 garments from the 1600s to today, the exhibition is the largest and most ambitious in the Costume Institute's history in terms of range and scope.
Here are five things to expect from the exhibit, which runs May 10-September 2