Past exhibitions include: "London Fashion", which received the first Richard Martin Award for Excellence in Costume Exhibitions from The Costume Society of America, "The Corset: Fashioning the Body", and "Gothic: Dark Glamour". Other special exhibitions have included "Isabel Toledo: Fashion From the Inside Out", in which the inauguration day ensemble Isabel Toledo designed for Michelle Obama in 2008 was on display, and a look at sustainable fashion with "Eco-Fashion: Going Green", an exhibition from 2010 examining the past two centuries of fashion’s good—and bad—environmental and ethical practices.