New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has revealed plans for a new exhibition entitled “The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion”

The exhibition – which will be part of the Met’s annual Costume Institute Gala in May this year – will explore the history of modelling and society over the past fifty years.

Coveted fashion designer Marc Jacobs and editor of US Vogue Anna Wintour – a chairman of the event and trustee of the Met – have joined forces to arrange the display, which aims to show how the world of fashion has altered since Christian Dior’s 1947 New Look collection.

Curator in charge of the Costume Institute Harold Koda explained the exhibition – which will be co-chaired by Kate Moss - will be split into 10-year eras, featuring 50s stars such as Dovima and Suzy Parker, 60s icons like Twiggy as well as modern-day models including Kate Moss.

Marc - wearing a grey astrakhan coat and kilt-fronted shorts – and Anna were at the museum to announce the plans yesterday (18.02.09).

They were joined by thirteen mannequins all dressed in Giorgio Di Sant’Angelo - the originator of the first body-con designs, whose designs will feature in the exhibition - and a wall-sized copy of the famous British Vogue cover shot featuring the original supermodels, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Tatiana Patitz and Cindy Crawford.

The upcoming exhibition will be styled by Academy Award-winning designer John Mhyre and will run from May 6 until August 9.

Meanwhile, as the New York leg of Fashion Week prepares to close, some of the newest runway stars are tiring of the late nights, long days and runway shows.

Model Nika Lauraitis has revealed her secrets to surviving the week, explaining: “I try to stay energised by having a good breakfast and lots of beauty sleep. Sleep whenever and wherever you can! Save all you energy for castings and the catwalk.”