The 2010 Met Gala's "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity" exhibition was the first to draw on the evolution of the modern American woman's image from 1890 to 1940, a period covered by 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 figures initiated style revolutions that paralleled their social, political, and sexual emancipation. It highlighted several archetypes, such as Gibson Girls," Bohemians, and…