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Bring On The Punk!

<p>Monday marks the annual Costume Institute gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which this year fetes punk’s impact on high fashion. See photography from the new exhibition.</p>

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Dennis Morris/The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Sex Pistols star Sid Vicious, in 1977.

Dennis Morris/The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Original New York punk Richard Hell, photographed in the late 1970s.

Kate Simon/The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Jordan, 1977.

Rex USA,via The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Sex Pistols’ Jonny Rotten in 1976.

Richard Young/Rex USA,via The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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A dark creation by Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo for Comme des Garçons, 1982.

Peter Lindbergh,via The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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A design by Hussein Chalayan featured in the spring-summer 2003 issue of Dazed and Confused magazine.

Eric Nehr

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A knit dress by American design duo Rodarte in Vogue's July 2008 issue.

David Sims/The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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A design by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel appears on model Dara Werbowy in Vogue's March 2011 issue.

David Sims/The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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