The costume galleries have long suffered from cramped quarters and often lifeless installations behind glass panes, which make the garments look more like clothes in a shop window than works of art.

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My smoky breath turns to liquid as it hits the window and, if I rub the mist into heavy droplets, I can make it trickle down the glass.

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