“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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@Inna-gs4yn
June 24, 2024 at 3:16 pm
This outfit is definitely YES ❤
@edwardc2635
June 24, 2024 at 3:19 pm
Love it Vogue❤
@ModelJoanVierra
June 24, 2024 at 3:20 pm
It’s not mature dress
@kristaclark447
June 24, 2024 at 3:36 pm
she’s 22?
did you mean not modest?
@christianurena510
June 24, 2024 at 3:40 pm
Your last two brain cells were fighting for third place while you were typing this
@skaiiskaii
June 24, 2024 at 3:41 pm
@@christianurena510END HA
@petsmart1000
June 24, 2024 at 3:42 pm
@@kristaclark447not modest is a massive understatement, I’m not a prude or anything, though she looks beautiful, the top is just so unflattering. And though she is very pretty, THAT dress isn’t IT. Imo I think it’s just for shock and awe. Her stylist could have put her in a much more flattering dress. ????♀️
@user-wm6ps8st6b
June 24, 2024 at 3:23 pm
The top for sure is flat out ugly
@dt4ikjgtkgvhe4qkjbvh
June 24, 2024 at 3:26 pm
definition of not pretty just skinny
@margaridaa23
June 24, 2024 at 3:26 pm
what a slay
@tweety123
June 24, 2024 at 3:26 pm
How in the world do you call this a fashion? I don’t care how you pride yourself as a fashion designer…. to me, this dress looks so ugly
@SunyaSvetlaya
June 24, 2024 at 3:27 pm
What a horrible dress… really ????
@camilamunizmartinez2293
June 24, 2024 at 3:29 pm
she’s so iconic
@madisonP_IHP
June 24, 2024 at 3:30 pm
She looks amazing … jaw dropping ????❤
@agustin3256
June 24, 2024 at 3:30 pm
she looks absolutely STUNNING, and none can say the opposite
@Jvideowatcher
June 24, 2024 at 3:31 pm
I feel like she needs a new talking to point because she mentions “growing up” and wanting to be more mature in nearly every interview. At this point, you’re 21+ already…that talking point was exhausted when she turned 20 tbh
@JulieSo24
June 24, 2024 at 3:33 pm
She has a lot of trust in those straps ????
@shiawaseexpress5193
June 24, 2024 at 3:33 pm
This is so tasteless. Seems kind of Fashion victim.
@ClownCopper
June 24, 2024 at 3:35 pm
she isn’t beautiful????
@anasverse
June 24, 2024 at 3:35 pm
love you emma
@idkidk8278
June 24, 2024 at 3:36 pm
Don’t sell that soul girly pop
For real tho..
@christianurena510
June 24, 2024 at 3:38 pm
Vogue’s “It Girl” and we love to see it! Smart, smart people
@cynthiagrape5406
June 24, 2024 at 3:43 pm
That dress looks ridiculous.
@utopia8722
June 24, 2024 at 3:44 pm
Ok i love emma but what the fck is that dress.
@manuelguevara1437
June 24, 2024 at 3:45 pm
Oh my
@southernassweettea2228
June 24, 2024 at 3:46 pm
Top is awful!
@juliasilvazy
June 24, 2024 at 3:50 pm
she is sooo pretty
@carlaestevez6544
June 24, 2024 at 3:50 pm
Why don’t you show your p*ssy?
@sethumamba
June 24, 2024 at 3:50 pm
Love Emma and Vogue’s relationship ❤