“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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@marijamdidzgalvyte2131
May 28, 2024 at 12:11 pm
I like that Allison actually embraced being reflective about the show and the character. Ebon was just being a “cool guy”, less generous. And then he didn’t even watch her show, come on! A typical gender dynamic in Girls, ha.:/
@ThomasMees
May 28, 2024 at 12:30 pm
Ok
@DanaJaneWriter
May 28, 2024 at 12:29 pm
OMG MY CRUSHES
@NoFate97
May 28, 2024 at 12:30 pm
Everyone on Girls was unbearable, it was so fun.
@aliensuperstar711
May 28, 2024 at 12:37 pm
MAMA AND PAPA
@LaRafa7
May 28, 2024 at 12:48 pm
Sorry Marnie is still the worst.
@JeffsGoldblum
May 28, 2024 at 12:49 pm
Walk with me… I have a plan to give Allison Williams and Andrew Rannells retroactively the Emmy. WALK WITH ME
@hairiseverything
May 28, 2024 at 2:32 pm
I’m walkin! ????????♂????♀
@luukjoling1
May 28, 2024 at 12:57 pm
She is very gracious, he shouldve watched the show. Its amazing! ????
@eleanormaim8295
May 28, 2024 at 1:01 pm
Girls is an underrated classic.
@themrjfo
May 28, 2024 at 1:03 pm
petition for Kelly Clarkson and Jack Antonoff to collab ????️
@eleanormaim8295
May 28, 2024 at 1:05 pm
I love what she says about the guys on the show being considered actors and the girls were just playing versions of themselves. Sexism!
@karlortegon7614
May 28, 2024 at 1:15 pm
Wait Allison is so well-spoken and thoughtful and lovely… need her to interview everyone
@hairiseverything
May 28, 2024 at 2:45 pm
Seriously, she’s SO INTELLIGENT which is why she’s such a gifted Comedian.
@Anna-iq4yq
May 28, 2024 at 1:22 pm
oh they did this for me specifically
@hairiseverything
May 28, 2024 at 2:34 pm
That’s *exactly* how I feel lol I shreiked when I saw it on my homepage!
@ccwalksinthesun
May 28, 2024 at 1:23 pm
Allison is sooo versed in like internet-talk haha that can only be more evident because she’s talking to Ebon, who doesn’t seem to know or care a lot about it
@christellebilodeau
May 28, 2024 at 1:25 pm
OPEN YOUR HEART TO ME BELLA!
@ccwalksinthesun
May 28, 2024 at 1:25 pm
And next week we’ll see Adam and Lena reunion? Zosia and Alex? I’m in for all the Girls content you want to give me… please give it to meee
@thas89
May 28, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Hear me out, not watching her miniseries is a very Desi move and Allison trying to play it off as okay, is very Marnie.
@hairiseverything
May 28, 2024 at 2:35 pm
????
@danvarg
May 28, 2024 at 1:28 pm
GIRLS is soo iconic. 4 of them perfect casting. I demand a reunion ????
@soiiiboom
May 28, 2024 at 1:32 pm
OMFGGGGGGGG
@LysandreRinz
May 28, 2024 at 1:58 pm
Wait Allison is so well-spoken and thoughtful and lovely… need her to interview everyone
@detectivegumshoe695
May 28, 2024 at 2:32 pm
The thought of Brian Williams lurking in Girls rewatch comments sections where everyone is yas queening Marnie has broken my brain klxlkjdgkjl
@hairiseverything
May 28, 2024 at 2:42 pm
AHHHHHH this is the ONLY reuinion I’ll ever care about, as a GIRLS fan who still watches regularly to this day. SO LOVELY to see these two together! It’s pretty much like watching a real life former couple or former bandmates because of how intimate they had to be and how strong the memories were. ????
@hairiseverything
May 28, 2024 at 2:49 pm
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again- Allison Williams is a a True Artist and a GENIUS Comedic Actress. That scene where Marnie performs “Stronger” is one of MY FAVORITE COMEDIC CRINGE SCENES OF ALL TIME, I still have no idea how she made it through a whole take of that without breaking so to hear that she performed it to total silence on the day makes it even more impressive It STILL makes me laugh EVERY TIME… ????????????
@emmabennett7699
May 28, 2024 at 3:05 pm
I’m genz and when i watched girls i hated marnie, thought she was the worst. She was so wishy-washy, indecisive and not self-aware. She didnt care who she hurt to get her way. Maybe if i watched it again ill feel differently
@CherryFilms7
May 28, 2024 at 3:20 pm
Nah come on now Allison, they were definitely narcissists ????
@watervillegangmember
May 28, 2024 at 3:48 pm
No, Marnie was selfish and self absorbed.