“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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@guunationyt1954
October 10, 2024 at 12:00 pm
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@Karyn-276a
October 10, 2024 at 12:01 pm
Her sense of humor is Awesome!???????? You tell ‘em Anna❤
@phoenixjoaquin368
October 10, 2024 at 12:02 pm
I’m like a dog chasing cars, I wouldn’t know what to do if I caught one????????
@vanessastegall
October 10, 2024 at 12:10 pm
That’s why she’s Poppy
@BubbleBas
October 10, 2024 at 12:11 pm
Oh she would know about pettiness
@poolside123canadian7
October 10, 2024 at 12:21 pm
Anna has that brand of comedy I’ve only seen once before. In Elliot Page. Watch Hard Candy or Juno & their performance, you’ll know what I mean. It’s brilliant! I love Anna! I just hope this doesn’t lead her to get one of those judge shows every celebrity is seeming to get now a days.
@leoniee077
October 10, 2024 at 12:41 pm
gosh, she’s funny af ????????????
@icup9014
October 10, 2024 at 12:54 pm
“I feel like Simon Biles, you know that …
????️????????️
– Anna Kendrick (8:30).
I’m dying
@ImNotGregGraffin
October 10, 2024 at 12:56 pm
The meme queen is back!
@emilyykang
October 10, 2024 at 1:01 pm
Funniest celebrity out there
@shiftybat7318
October 10, 2024 at 1:09 pm
If you jump ahead of your partner on a show you are Both invested in (that part is important) the only true penance is a full-attention rewatch with said partner, including rubs of some kind (foot, leg, steak) which you owe to them for damages.
@aarongittelman2508
October 10, 2024 at 1:44 pm
I agree! Make them dinner. Enhance the experience somehow!
@Idkanymorelol.
October 10, 2024 at 2:00 pm
i’ve missed her sooooo much ????
@NO.1FanOfBechloe
October 10, 2024 at 2:05 pm
she’s the funniest human ever????i love her forever❣️
@nobodyknowsmeimsure
October 10, 2024 at 2:20 pm
2:04 I know that voice…
@apollokickz
October 10, 2024 at 2:26 pm
8:18 “sir what r we doing?” IM DYING, shes hilarious
@gunm808
October 10, 2024 at 2:39 pm
Anna is the celebrity everyone wants to be parasocial with. I wish this was a daily show like Dear Abby…
@Welling7
October 10, 2024 at 2:41 pm
????????????????
I love her so much!
@SuperWarbringer666
October 10, 2024 at 3:03 pm
????????this was great! I wonder where they got these recordings? Maybe it’s just voice actors?
@robertagu5533
October 10, 2024 at 3:26 pm
If there is ever a Comedic parody movie, say about a young Judge Judy or loosely bout Judy… i think Anna here would be a prime candidate for the role… think itd be funny to see… an her sorta humor an personality would earn her a Grammy…
@tonyrodriguez2943
October 10, 2024 at 3:47 pm
All hail for ????Judge Anna Kendrick.
@HenryRosales-y2b
October 10, 2024 at 3:49 pm
Only i cant lie that i want you Anna ❤