Sandy Schreier on Gathering & Letting Go Of Her Couture

Sandy Schreier - the renowned collector of 20th century French and American couture - reveals how she pioneered collecting vintage originals. She goes back to her time as a toddler in her hometown, Detroit, and explains how the wives of the city’s famed “auto titans” - and later the legendary Old Hollywood costume designer, Jean Louis - contributed to her holdings of 15,000 pieces of rare fashion and accessories. Sandy talks about working with the Costume Institute at New York’s Metropolitan Museum since the 1970s as well as why and how she recently gifted the institution with 165 designs. This was one of the largest gifts in recent Costume Institute history. Sandy also sheds light on the creative process involved in staging the Costume Institute’s 2019 exhibition which commemorated her gift, In Pursuit of Fashion: The Sandy Schreier Collection.