The New York Times' Vanessa Friedman reported on the opening of the 12,000-square-foot Condé M. Nast Galleries in the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

"Created by Miriam Peterson and Nathan Rich of the architecture firm Peterson Rich," Friedman writes, "which also designed the exhibition, the galleries have been conceived to fit seamlessly into the existing semiology of the museum. They are floored in white granite, replete with classic pedestals and platforms, and bathed in a soft glow (since fabric is too fragile to be exposed to daylight, this has been created by recessed uplighting). It's as if the new galleries had always been there; as if fashion had always belonged."