“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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gabrial kauffmannn
October 15, 2021 at 4:02 pm
AHHHHH
Eloise
October 15, 2021 at 4:02 pm
Wow, props to him for coming on camera. This is fascinating.
Philippe H
October 15, 2021 at 4:05 pm
Hopefully he can deprogram the Trump Cultists
Curious World
October 15, 2021 at 6:02 pm
I was just thinking of the whole ‘Q’/Trump thing. If those involved don’t meet the criteria of belonging to a cult, I’m not sure who would.
Leo
October 15, 2021 at 7:01 pm
Hopefully he can deprogram the Biden Cultists
itsjieyang
October 15, 2021 at 4:06 pm
With a Scientologist in the thumbnail ahah
WatchChannel50
October 15, 2021 at 4:07 pm
I just love it when I get the notification that says “someone has liked your comment” or “someone has subscribed!” ❤???? I have WARZONE clips. THANK YOU’
Spatulabob
October 15, 2021 at 4:38 pm
What a fantastic job. People who succumb to cults are victims and should be treated as so.
Maria Ilslington
October 15, 2021 at 4:39 pm
This video was really well edited and the man is really well spoken
Madrigal E
October 15, 2021 at 4:40 pm
I want more of this guy!
Criminal Saint
October 15, 2021 at 4:44 pm
This is a third channel that posted a video about cults. What’s up America?
Sarveen Suppiah
October 15, 2021 at 6:51 pm
I think these channels share a Whatsapp group and coordinate with each other and time their releases ????????????
Sammeet Telang
October 15, 2021 at 4:47 pm
I would like for Vanity Fair to bring an Advertising expert to review movies and tv shows on advertising.
neverescence
October 15, 2021 at 4:47 pm
I love the videos with the cult experts
Nick Taylor
October 15, 2021 at 4:56 pm
Can you deprogram trumptards ?
Christina MacGregor
October 15, 2021 at 5:21 pm
I wonder if extroverts or introverts are more likely to get involved with cults, or if there has even been a study on that. As an extrovert I can see the draw of a community asking you to join them, but maybe less for an introvert. But maybe I am wrong?
Emma
October 15, 2021 at 6:46 pm
I think certain types of cults could appeal to introverts. Many introverts prefer having a few very close friends but can find it hard to initiate those friendships, so having close relationships sort of built in to the cult experience could make it harder for an introvert to want to leave that situation. I could see savvy cult leaders being able to tailor their recruitment strategy to appeal to each personality type.
Rick Swordfire
October 15, 2021 at 5:22 pm
Suggestion: endocrinologist reviews steroid scenes in movies & TV
Dog Mattress
October 15, 2021 at 5:35 pm
The OG Rick Ross right here
Varun Vidyadharan
October 15, 2021 at 6:09 pm
When someone starts their intro with “i’ve been helping people..since..” you know they earn all respects.
SparkJoy
October 15, 2021 at 6:23 pm
Rick Ross is a legend and the scourge of New Age groups/cults who can’t stand the scrutiny he puts them under.
Curious World
October 15, 2021 at 6:24 pm
“Martha Marcy May Marlene” is a fantastic film and one, I imagine, that well-depicts how difficult escaping a cult must be. John Hawkes is brilliant, and Elizabeth Olsen is amazing as well. A terrific novel on how one is lured into a cult, is Emma Cline’s “The Girls”, which depicts a young girl’s introduction to the Manson family.
Jonathan Randell Smith
October 15, 2021 at 7:26 pm
It truly is fantastic! On a related note, I’ve not been part of a cult, but I was the victim of a very charismatic con artist in my early 30s. A brother figure, of sorts. For several months he fleeced me and a young woman who became his girlfriend out of a ton of money, and led us into some dark times as a result. (A mini-cult, perhaps.) A year later I watched that film a dozen times … what she went through was exactly my headspace in getting clear of this person. It was intense and difficult. (FWIW that con artist went to prison.)
connectingTheDots
October 15, 2021 at 7:05 pm
All people with narcissistic personality disorder are like cult leaders.
connectingTheDots
October 15, 2021 at 7:15 pm
What about children who were born into a cult? What is their original personality?
Adrian Duran
October 15, 2021 at 7:42 pm
Why are all these cults led by white guys?