2010 Met Gala's "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity" exhibition was the first to be drawn from the newly established Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at the Met. Its central theme revolved around the evolution of the modern American woman's image from 1890 to 1940, a period that was crucial in shaping contemporary perceptions of American femininity. The exhibit focused on various archetypes of American femininity, as represented through dress, demonstrating how these…