“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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@kotkaconforza
February 5, 2025 at 12:04 pm
what a legend
@HMF47
February 5, 2025 at 12:06 pm
What I like about Boris is that he’s not much of a villain for James Bond as he is for Natalya. It gives her more agency in the movie, and to this day, it’s one of the best indictments of incel-types. In that way, GoldenEye was ahead of its time.
@frank8738
February 5, 2025 at 12:08 pm
Why didn’t he react to his part on Xmen ?
@conorbrierley1
February 5, 2025 at 12:29 pm
Yeah Nightcrawler is arguably his most famous role
@jeremyparsons5379
February 5, 2025 at 2:50 pm
Don’t worry about it petal
@ladyfashionsoul
February 5, 2025 at 12:10 pm
Iconic
@IndiFalcon
February 5, 2025 at 12:18 pm
“Citroen 2CV, not James Bond-y”
Except it was in one of the best Bond chases in “For Your Eyes Only”
@adamoz9090
February 5, 2025 at 12:27 pm
Grew up watching him in Spy Kids. Iconic role!
@arabellaaa29
February 5, 2025 at 12:27 pm
he was apart of my childhood! i loved romy and michele, josie and the pussycats and spy kids ✨
@Betta66
February 5, 2025 at 12:27 pm
GoldenEye is a near perfect movie. Thank you for giving us Boris
@BonShula
February 5, 2025 at 12:36 pm
What a great actor. I am also a fan of his brother Andrew Gooning
@SteveJohnson-ht6kv
February 5, 2025 at 12:40 pm
I like this guy
@HyperShadowRIku21
February 5, 2025 at 12:53 pm
This. This is the one I’ve been waiting for.
@auntvesuvi3872
February 5, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Thanks to Alan, director Adam Lance Garcia and everyone involved! 🤩
@RedTail1-1
February 5, 2025 at 1:02 pm
Alan and Ewan sound exactly the same.
@StephenMintz
February 5, 2025 at 1:16 pm
I’ve met him and he is exactly as saucy and delightful as you’d want him to be.
@LycanVisuals
February 5, 2025 at 1:17 pm
INVINCIBLE lives rent free in my head.
@elonmusk1010
February 5, 2025 at 1:20 pm
Here for spy kids
@alexfortin
February 5, 2025 at 1:45 pm
Part 2 please
@madsaf
February 5, 2025 at 1:47 pm
i love alan so much 😭❤️
@brandonhooper7748
February 5, 2025 at 1:52 pm
Goldeneye!
@dredgerivers7730
February 5, 2025 at 2:02 pm
The guy working the desk with Tom Cruise is NOT Paul Reubens?!
@messymomentsss
February 5, 2025 at 2:05 pm
“Stern Castle Daddy” yesssss alan
@alalulu4503
February 5, 2025 at 2:22 pm
Omg he looks perfect, that face card, that outfit! Alan is definitely a part of my childhood, in Spy Kids he caught my attention among whole cast the most even then
@benhenderson8952
February 5, 2025 at 2:28 pm
The Mask 🎭
alan is what 😳
@MollySanchez-j1x
February 5, 2025 at 2:39 pm
RELEASE THE JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS CUT
@buffyVampslyr364
February 5, 2025 at 2:45 pm
X-men, Spy Kids, and the L Word are the only things I really know him for, but i love him in all of those roles. Oh and Josie and the Pussycats!