“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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Eden Campbell
August 28, 2020 at 4:05 pm
Anyone ever seen Bear Grylls indoors?
Kyle Hardy
August 28, 2020 at 4:24 pm
Yeah in all the 5 star hotels he stays in during his survival shoots
osseous42
August 28, 2020 at 4:35 pm
@Kyle Hardy All? Why do you exaggerate?
meu02136
August 28, 2020 at 5:19 pm
@osseous42 have you been following him about and notarised every stay he’s had in 5 star hotels?
osseous42
August 28, 2020 at 5:24 pm
@meu02136 Have Kyle?
sensate2000
August 28, 2020 at 5:33 pm
@Kyle Hardy You beat me to it.
Ximena Vera
August 28, 2020 at 4:05 pm
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Ximena Vera
August 28, 2020 at 4:06 pm
amazing video! ❤️
Ximena Vera
August 28, 2020 at 4:06 pm
love the video! ????
Yejun Chun
August 28, 2020 at 4:07 pm
Gotta repect Bear Grylls. Amazing guy!
Ajay
August 28, 2020 at 4:25 pm
I thought the three words are…
Imporvose adapt overcome.
Ajay
August 28, 2020 at 4:25 pm
Eat the bug Harry Potter, it’s healthy ????????????
Danny G
August 28, 2020 at 4:48 pm
Realistic and not realistic doesn’t seem like the best metric, I think it’d be better to rate the usefulness of the survival skills
The Blue Penguin Gamer
August 28, 2020 at 4:51 pm
Grizzly bear grylls
Joshua Marjonen
August 28, 2020 at 4:54 pm
Wholesome content
chill bane
August 28, 2020 at 4:56 pm
Bear Grylls is as Fake as the Movies…..There you go..thats the Review.
Bryan Kelly
August 28, 2020 at 5:05 pm
Isn’t this guy one big facade or is everyone cool with his show being absolute BS ..?
*Shrugs*
Menstrel
August 28, 2020 at 5:15 pm
What, no awkward attempt to shoehorn another woman into this series?
Jimmy Logan
August 28, 2020 at 5:17 pm
I don’t know why he doesn’t have a youtube channel…
Wtf bear! Wtf
bigb7965
August 28, 2020 at 7:18 pm
He does. Just search his name. It’s the first result
Random Chimp
August 28, 2020 at 5:26 pm
My mans really getting immersive. He’s using a stone, powered on a potato to record by the looks of it.
Benji Sun *Moxie*
August 28, 2020 at 5:46 pm
watch the recent season of Alone (just ended not long ago). one of the contestants (Roland) did land a big game and had to deal with scavengers and also having to carry all that meat on hour long hikes back to camp then another hour out again. sufficed to say, what he lands and what he ends up safely back in camp are 2 wildly different numbers. still, dude was badass.
Brendan Ressler
August 28, 2020 at 6:00 pm
I feel like it’s not fair to put into the wild on this list because it’s a true story
Cy Clones
August 28, 2020 at 6:06 pm
What about hunger games is that in part one if not I want part 3 on that
Brian Myers
August 28, 2020 at 6:21 pm
I can’t believe this guy is still a thing. What a fraud.
S1QuanA
August 28, 2020 at 6:40 pm
did he just tape glass bottles onto his hand lmao
Stephen Slabbert
August 28, 2020 at 6:41 pm
Protein is protein 🙂
Rex Xodia
August 28, 2020 at 6:42 pm
We all know is a green screen, Bear is actually on his house petting a real bear and eating worms… as you do
Avery the Cuban-American
August 28, 2020 at 6:47 pm
Bear Grylls, what an absolute mad lad. Great to see him on Vanity Fair. Also, he’s in Wales? Who else wants to visit Wales?
Phimosis Jones
August 28, 2020 at 6:55 pm
Based
Wali Poops Alot
August 28, 2020 at 7:05 pm
Saw Bear in thumbnail and screamed this guy is awesome. Wish he shared some of his experiences as he did in his other video. Well, guess I gotta wait for part 3!