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The Perils and Pleasures of Institutionalizing “Camp” at The Met

Susan Sontag created a sprawling and unwieldy definition in 58 points published in 1964 which inspired the Met's Costume Institute’s current exhibition Camp: Notes on Fashion

If you have never encountered the concept of camp before, but saw some of the pictures of what the glitterati were wearing to the Met Gala, you might be forgiven for thinking it had something to do with ruffles, feathers, and general absurdity in fashion.

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