Exhibition 001
Working title
New York Is the Runway
- Status
- In development
- Target opening
- March 31, 2027
- Format
- Digital exhibition
- Current stage
- Research & development
In development
Target: March 31, 2027
The MoSS / Programme
Exhibitions
Culture, in context.
Street style is a record of how people live, create, adapt, and express themselves.
Through exhibitions, The Museum of Street Style seeks to examine the relationships between clothing, identity, music, geography, and cultural change.
Our exhibition program is being developed to bring overlooked histories into focus, connect objects with the people who gave them meaning, and encourage new ways of understanding the world through what we wear.
01Our exhibition philosophy
More than what was worn.
An exhibition at The MoSS begins with a question.
What does a particular style reveal about its time?
How did a community transform an ordinary garment into a cultural symbol?
Who influenced a movement, and whose contributions have been overlooked?
Our exhibitions are intended to explore these questions through historical research, photography, objects, oral histories, publications, and other forms of cultural evidence.
We are interested in the relationship between individual expression and collective identity.
The MoSS will seek to present street style not as a sequence of trends, but as an evolving history of people, places, and ideas.
02First exhibition
New York has never needed a runway to make a statement.
From neighborhood sidewalks to subway platforms, generations of New Yorkers have transformed everyday spaces into places of cultural expression.
New York Is the Runway will explore how clothing, identity, music, and community have shaped the visual history of the city—and how those expressions have influenced the world.
The target opening is a development milestone and is not yet a confirmed opening date.
03Exhibition 001 — proposed chapters
These chapters describe the exhibition's proposed structure. Each will open when its research is complete.
- 01Proposed
The City as Canvas
How New York's streets and public spaces provide settings for personal expression.
- 02Proposed
Neighborhood Languages
How different communities and neighborhoods develop distinctive forms of style.
- 03Proposed
Music and the Street
The relationship between musical movements, performance, and everyday dress.
- 04Proposed
The Art of Adaptation
How individuals alter, combine, reinterpret, and personalize garments.
- 05Proposed
From Local to Global
How styles associated with New York circulate internationally.
- 06Proposed
The People Behind the Image
The photographers, wearers, makers, and communities who contribute to the historical record.
04Exhibition 001 — New York Is the Runway
One project, five programmes.
The exhibition is the museum's first organizing research project. Related Journal essays, collection records and city profiles appear here as they are published.
Journal
Material will appear here once it has been researched and published.
Collection
Material will appear here once it has been researched and published.
World
Material will appear here once it has been researched and published.
05Future exhibitions
Histories still to be explored.
The MoSS is developing an exhibition program that will examine street style across different periods, places, communities, and cultural movements.
Future subjects may explore the relationship between fashion and music, the influence of migration, the evolution of everyday garments, and the ways communities establish their own visual identities.
As research progresses, new exhibitions will be announced.
Founding milestones
Building The MoSS
The Museum of Street Style is being built one carefully researched project at a time.
These are development targets and are subject to change.
December 2026
First Journal Publication
Development target
March 2027
Inaugural Digital Exhibition — Target Opening (this programme)
Development target
April 2027
First Digital Collection Records
Development target
May 2027
New York City Profile
Development target
June 2027
Institute Research Publications
Development target