“Fashion is very much an art form not in spite of the body, but because of it,” says Andrew Bolton, OBE, curator in charge of the Costume Institute. And this year’s exhibition, “Costume Art,” seeks not just to address this tantalizingly complex issue, but to explore it in all its many facets. The central thesis is as simple as it is thrilling: pair existing artworks with corresponding garments or accessories and let your synapses fire. The very layout of the show—broken into sections that move from Biblical nudity to the au courant idea of body diversity to the ways in which we’ve long used clothes not merely to adorn but to subvert and distort the body—indicates just how richly drawn this subject is and why it’s mesmerized artists since time immemorial.
Sinéad Burke, CEO of Tilting the Lens, emphasizes how this exhibit highlights bodies that have traditionally been overlooked, and as someone with a physical disability, she is among those featured. Her body has been memorialized in the exhibition as a custom mannequin, alongside model and musician Aariana Rose Philip, transforming their presence into a lasting part of the narrative around representation, fashion, and identity.
Additionally, this exhibition will be the first in the costume department’s new home, the Conde M. Nast Galleries. Once relegated to a modest 4,500-square-foot space in the museum’s basement, the department will now take flight in a grand, 12,000-square-foot display room on the ground floor, just off the central Great Hall. It is, says Max Hollein, the museum’s director, a symbol of how important clothing has become to The Met’s mission in exploring the many facets of art in the modern age. “We collect paintings, sculptures, textiles, arms and armor, but especially all the fashion,” he says. “And we want to make sure that it’s understood that fashion is a fantastic form of art.”
Featuring testimonials from Misty Copeland, Alex Consani, Gwendoline Christie, Aimee Mullins, Sinéad Burke, Aariana Rose Philip and more.
Director: Nina Ljeti
Directors of Photography: Michael Lopez, Henry Gill
Editor: Evan Allan
Senior Producer: Bety Dereje
Producer: Rashida Josiah
Associate Producers: Anisa Kennar, Justine Ramirez, Lea Donenberg
Camera Operator: Chanthila Phaophanit
Assistant Camera: Kahdeem Prosper Jefferson, Gordan Wong
Gaffers: Billy Voermann, Mary Kalecinska
Swing: Alex Frischman
Audio: Mariya Chulichkova, Joanna Hunt
Set Designers: Ilana Portney, Dana Keren
Production Assistants: Quinton Johnson, Myles Haywood
Runners: Edie Chesters, Rachel Ademidun
Groomer for Andrew Bolton: Shin Arima
Makeup Artist for Sinéad Burke and Alex Consani: Ai Yokomizo
Hairstylist for Sinéad Burke and Alex Consani: Sonny Molina
Makeup Artist for Misty Copeland: Victor Henao
Hairstylist for Misty Copeland: Nai’vasha Grace
Makeup Artist for Aariana Philip: Meadow Soleil Cloud
Makeup Artist for Gwendoline Christie: Daniel Kolaric
Hairstylist for Gwendoline Christie: Joe Kelly
Hair & Makeup Artist for Aimee Mullins: Stèfan Jemeel
Production Coordinator: Tanía Jones
Production Manager: Kristen Helmick
Senior Production Manager: Venita Singh-Warner
Line Producer: Natasha Soto-Albors
Assistant Editors: Andy Morell, Fynn Lithgow
Senior Motion Graphics Designer: Samuel Fuller
Post Production Coordinator: Holly Frew
Supervising Editor: Kameron Key
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Entertainment Director: Sergio Kletnoy
Global Talent Casting Directors: Ignacio Murillo, Morgan Senesi
Executive Producer: Rahel Gebreyes
Senior Director, Digital Video: Romy van den Broeke
Senior Director, Programming: Linda Gittleson
VP, Video Programming: Thespena Guatieri
Florist: London Blooming Haus
Photography By Paul Westlake
Images Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Special Thanks: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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@ExpectoPatronum28
November 11, 2024 at 12:35 pm
The vanity the privilege. It’s all so sickening.
@steven.events
November 11, 2024 at 2:41 pm
Athletes are married to her peers.
@heeneeeeeeeee
November 11, 2024 at 12:38 pm
The jealousy in these comments… Get well soon
@cchalery
November 11, 2024 at 12:49 pm
@@heeneeeeeeeee love the get well soon ????
@almaverso.
November 11, 2024 at 1:34 pm
People and their things… if you know the reference. Kaia is top and Marc Jacobs? Love love love!
@julianotis1482
November 11, 2024 at 12:40 pm
She’s wearing Chloé
@skhulilengema4094
November 11, 2024 at 12:47 pm
I like Kaia Gerber. I think she’s great at her job, nevermind that her mother is Cindy Crawford. But why is she looking so thin, almost sickly?
@huzaifanadeem188
November 11, 2024 at 1:03 pm
Kaia is pretty charming, articulate and humble. She can be a decent actress if she goes more towards the comedy and other easy going genres.
@almaverso.
November 11, 2024 at 1:32 pm
she is sweet and charming, really nice listening to her.
@MeganMoon777
November 11, 2024 at 1:04 pm
Omg she got her teeth done! It completely changed her face ????
@almaverso.
November 11, 2024 at 1:32 pm
I didn’t realize!
@NannyDiaries23
November 11, 2024 at 1:41 pm
They’re too big
@kate-he6xt
November 11, 2024 at 1:57 pm
no did she?! i wondered what it was that looked different
@glamdiors5315
November 11, 2024 at 2:35 pm
The way yall make up the weirdest stuff is insane those are her natural teeth some of them are even crooked
@almaverso.
November 11, 2024 at 2:36 pm
@@kate-he6xt I don’t find the difference… maybe
@alicialynnette9889
November 11, 2024 at 1:22 pm
Love what she said on drag race!! ????
@dididimimi1489
November 11, 2024 at 1:31 pm
What is up w Marc’s voice?
@almaverso.
November 11, 2024 at 1:31 pm
Oh my, this is so ICONIC! Thanks Vogue!
@criticadarling
November 11, 2024 at 1:33 pm
@mtv please resurrect House of Style with Kaia hosting
@CarmenBelcher
November 11, 2024 at 1:38 pm
You know she’s skinny when the camera doesn’t add 10 lbs ????
@georgi_0
November 11, 2024 at 1:42 pm
She looks very unhealthy and gaunt. I hope she recovers soon…
@ichigodragon.
November 11, 2024 at 1:51 pm
What has she done to her face again ??!! Why?? ????
@naylalector721
November 11, 2024 at 1:53 pm
2:13 ✨It’s fashion, darling✨
@CarmenSantana-jn3nb
November 11, 2024 at 1:57 pm
She is beautiful just like her mom but please eat a sandwich…
@providencephelps1497
November 11, 2024 at 2:01 pm
Books?
@shannon222ish
November 11, 2024 at 2:06 pm
She’s incredibly beautiful. I do realize she’s a model & extremely tall & surely naturally thin by nature however..she does appear unhealthily thin. I hope that’s just how it appears.
@Nancy-sf2pl
November 11, 2024 at 2:08 pm
6:57 “Even if there was absolutely no money involved [in acting] I would still be doing it” am I tripping or is that not a completely insane thing for someone of her privilege to say?????
@Elinacab
November 11, 2024 at 2:17 pm
This isnt cute lol
@ericanl
November 11, 2024 at 2:21 pm
So skinny,.,. Holy moly
@atina-tabe
November 11, 2024 at 2:24 pm
Does anyone know the brand of her glasses?
@elsinina
November 11, 2024 at 2:25 pm
She lost weight again, unfortunately. She is sweet and charming, I’m sorry to see she has some struggle going on once again
@jouliaivanova302
November 11, 2024 at 2:26 pm
До мамы ей конечно далеко
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November 11, 2024 at 2:39 pm
Girl should eat a sandwich
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November 11, 2024 at 2:39 pm
Yawn ????