"Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty"

Alexander McQueen became fashion's enfant terrible in 1992 when the then 21-year-old debuted his own line. Though he eventually became accepted by the fashion establishment, his designs (up until his 2010 death) continued to be both irreverent and astonishingly original. The Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute brings together more than 100 examples of McQueen's designs, from the exaggerated pleated dresses in his Origami collection to the lower-than-hip-hugging Bumster trouser, which is credited as the origin of the low-rise fad. The exhibit is open on Mondays, when the museum is normally closed, from 9:30am to 2pm for visitors willing to pay $50, as well as Aug 4 and 5 until 9pm and Aug 6 and 7 until midnight.