“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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@dragoonseye76
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 pm
These theories are interesting if not plausible.
@chiragsawariya4875
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 pm
i have seen all of it ………did they just posted s4 promotion video?
@alijahpelletier
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 pm
They reposted this, and fooled me.
@ryandossantos7762
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 pm
Whoa SEASONS TO COME?????? SEASONSSS??
@byron7843
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 pm
The last season was so long ago I forgot what the cast looked like
@EbinJohnson-y6x
November 21, 2025 at 1:34 pm
Me every time mispronounce the name Dustin as dustbin😅😅😅❤❤❤
@anirbansinha7747
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 pm
OMGGGGGGGGGGG
@MrWelly-6
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 pm
Did anyone else realize he said steven instead of steve? at 11:20
@captainduck3421
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 pm
“Steve an- and Dustin” i think it was just a stutter
@jotaaxz
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 pm
Why is the actor who plays Eddie there if he’s not going to be in the final season?
@Liam-q1p9g
November 21, 2025 at 1:42 pm
3:41 entity? Stranger things part 2 x Dead by daylight hint? MHHH (Probably not)
@EbinJohnson-y6x
November 21, 2025 at 1:42 pm
I think Maya hawke is faking her voice😅😅😅
@EllaIngraham
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 pm
he said played hopper not plays 🙁
@Horselover-p5b
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 pm
Does that mean Eddie might come back if he’s in this video
@disruptiveluna
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 pm
facts folowed by theory that seems almost impossible to deny now….
s2 the introduction of maxx, when she was trying to convince them to join, they mentioned their party, the wizard, the fighter, and such, and maxx said she could be thier zoomer, mentioning her skateboard, she could zoom around real fast, later in s2, she was the driver of the her brothers car, their zoomer zooming around….
after the last episode of s4……it seems clear even if shes alive and they will probably somehow bring her back, she will be crippled for life, in a wheel chair, alwaiys on wheels, always zooming……
@JessicaMoya-b4i
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 pm
Regarding the first theory, did not Nancy realize in Season 4 that the Upside Down is in the past? Because she didn’t have any guns in her closet yet, and she remembered the flashcards she used with Steve in S1.
@flowmotiiion
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 pm
Weird repost.
@TheEclipse2977
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 pm
Is nobody going to talk about how David Harbour just confirmed the existence of the Thessalhydra….MULTIPLE TIMES!!!!😭
@slophia1880
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 pm
I don’t think he did because when he mentioned the thessalhydra he was talking about the mind flayed and he probably thought that was the monsters name
@TheMilkyBarKid3
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 pm
I was thinking the exact same thing 😂
@Lee19976
November 21, 2025 at 2:50 pm
11:15
@nathans1996
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 pm
Maya is so beautiful, she also looks so much like her Mom.
@kalimeister708
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 pm
Sara never existed. She was an implanted memory. This is because Hopper is actually Elevan’s father. He just doesn’t remember because there’s a false memory there hindering that memory.
@alpogarg
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 pm
He btw said seasons to come!!!
@RayRay-175
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 pm
Guys these aren’t new videos these are a compilation of the videos that have been done even before season 4
@BradCrockett2423
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 pm
1:51 Intergalactic Monster? No one said anything about that
@alvasalva6500
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 pm
hi
@tonyrodriguez2943
November 21, 2025 at 2:43 pm
I love Natalia Dyer 👠👠.
@Lee19976
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 pm
Did Hopper confirm a Murray spin off?