"Fashion and the Field Museum Collection: Maria Pinto."

Temporary curator and Chicago fashion designer Maria Pinto partners with the Field to create this historically chic exhibit, in which she selected 25 items from the museum’s voluminous collection and paired them with her designs, mostly from 2008–10. This may be as close as you’ll get to a front row seat at an exclusive fashion show. Her picks include a raincoat made of seal intestines by Alaskan Inuits, fur hot pants also created by Inuits and a traditional Kenya headdress worn by the wealthy. Many of the items are made from natural materials and reveal the ways people across the globe use fashion for practicality and as a status symbol.