Weird, magnificent, captivating. Welcome to the Met Museum Challenge runway, where I reimagined 11 items from the archive as a fashion show. *Please turn your sound on when watching* The looks

I. Vase, George E. Ohr, 1897–1900 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/19874

II. Plate, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg, 1755–60 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/204533

III. Feathered panel, Wari artist(s), 650–1000 CE https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/312677

IV. Marble head of an athlete, Roman, ca. 138–192 CE https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248579

V. Studies of Fruits, Insects and Shells, attributed to Georg Flegel, late 16th–mid-17th century https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/334930

VI. Seated Buddha, Gandhara, 1st–mid-2nd century https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/72381

VII. Vase with Molded Diamond Pattern, 10th–11th century https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/453244 with Red jasper amulet of the sun on the horizon, Egyptian, 664–334 BCE https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/243717

VIII. Miniature broad collar, early Ptolemaic, 332–246 BCE https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/547900

IX. Irises, Vincent van Gogh, 1890 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436528

X. Manuscript Leaf, from a Book of Hours, French, 15th century https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/475399

XI. Inlay, feather pattern, Ptolemaic–Roman, ca. 200 BCE–CE 100 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/551583

How I built it

Honestly, it took many, many iterations. I started with a completely different idea. It was going to be a post-apocalyptic world, and the outfits would represent the new world that came after. But the more I built it on the FLORA canvas, the more it leaned toward a fashion show, so at some point I stopped fighting it back and started creating.

Every object came onto the canvas as its own starting point and branched out from there (silhouette, material, styling). Having all 11 chains on the same board is what kept it feeling like one collection instead of eleven separate experiments.

Then I built each look magazine style, so you can see the object and the outfit side by side, the way you'd meet it in the gallery. And the runway show at the end.

I hope you'll enjoy it, and let me know which one you like the most.