Shoji

Tadashi

next to a more modern one by Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons, featuring a shiny, quilted patent-leather hood.

An eerie sight is Thierry Mugler’s short black vampire dress, worn by a mannequin stepping out of a coffin, from the 2009 show “Gothic: Dark Glamour”. Also featured is “Fashion and Surrealism”, a 1987 show that was one of the museum’s most popular; an eye-catching (literally) suit by Larry Shox features a pattern of huge, disembodied eyeballs.

Jeremy Scott

Scott Barrie

And if you like corsets, look no further than the waist-cinching examples from the 2000 show aptly named “The Corset”,