“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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HeyItsMe
June 11, 2020 at 4:07 pm
Hey let’s be friends 2WkC
F-14 Tomcat
June 11, 2020 at 4:13 pm
Not First but new
Thangliana #
June 11, 2020 at 4:13 pm
So many semi-long flight scenes in movies yet you started off with the incredibles..a cartoon..
Saturn -Kun
June 11, 2020 at 4:51 pm
Start with the best
DanteRU0312
June 11, 2020 at 4:53 pm
You got a problem with cartoons?
Thangliana #
June 11, 2020 at 4:39 pm
We need review on PearlHarbour
Clay McCoy
June 11, 2020 at 4:51 pm
Idea: Fighter Pilot tries to land plane on NES game Top Gun…
art deco
June 11, 2020 at 7:41 pm
Clay McCoy
That’s what I was thinking too.
Fighter Pilots evaluate – through the years – video game fighter jets; big one being, landing in NES’s Top Gun.
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June 11, 2020 at 4:51 pm
Check out my music.
Roman A.
June 11, 2020 at 4:58 pm
Some words in the subtitles are wrong. But that’s okay.
Roman A.
June 11, 2020 at 5:12 pm
This was very interesting. Thank you sir.
Augusto Crespo
June 11, 2020 at 5:13 pm
THIS IS HOW I SPEND MY QUARANTINE TIME. Having a professional dude fact-checking movies for kids.
Old Man Cali
June 11, 2020 at 6:48 pm
Lol this post is hilarious.
Lumber Neck
June 11, 2020 at 5:23 pm
AYYYYY VINCENT AIELLO
deanopain
June 11, 2020 at 5:30 pm
I like to think this guy rants about movies on his own and someone has just secretly recorded this.
Sharp Design
June 11, 2020 at 6:31 pm
So, he’s introducing himself to the wall..lol
Evil Rezzident
June 11, 2020 at 5:44 pm
How in the world is behind enemy lines not on here? Just thinking of that scene trying to outrun the S.A.M. gives me goosebumps.
ndksou
June 11, 2020 at 6:43 pm
GQ did a similar “fighter pilot reacts” video and they covered Behind Enemy Lines already.
thismeltingsnow
June 11, 2020 at 5:46 pm
I’m sorry I stopped watching after this idiot kept calling out the missiles in the Incredibles for not being realistic. First off, the missiles were made by Syndrome. Super villain and smart guy. Pretty sure the movie can get away with the logic that these missiles were designed to track objects, even alongside the aircraft. But most importantly…IT’S A CARTOON!!!!! ????????
Caitlin Sullivan
June 11, 2020 at 5:48 pm
Now ask him how many innocent people he’s murdered
Jonathan Allard
June 11, 2020 at 6:40 pm
Ok Hippie.
melvina628
June 11, 2020 at 6:14 pm
Do this video and the movies it discusses help our non-allies any?
Calum Thatcher
June 11, 2020 at 6:21 pm
To be fair to the Dunkirk pilot landing rather than ditching it seems like most pilots did not survive ditching spitfires. Their engines are so heavy they sunk extremely quickly. Also despite appearances they glide very well so although the specific attitude in the film is not realistic the general premise of running out of fuel but still shooting down a dive bomber is not completely impossible.
Nikki Capron
June 11, 2020 at 6:34 pm
My grandpa was on the aircraft carrier Valley Forge during WWII. I never got to hear his stories, but I love listening to others who have been on aircraft carriers! it makes me feel closer to my grandpa
Old Man Cali
June 11, 2020 at 6:46 pm
If he has never seen a UFO then they don’t exist.
Old Man Cali
June 11, 2020 at 6:51 pm
Bring this guy back. More, more. Hey how to become a pilot?
HULL GRAFFITI
June 11, 2020 at 7:01 pm
love the way he gives Arnie more leeway than a cartoon….
lomin8
June 11, 2020 at 7:27 pm
this video was amazingly educational and enjoyable, bring him back please!
Sean McCadden
June 11, 2020 at 7:40 pm
I think True Lies really missed its opportunity in not having Arnold’s character say “Hasta La Vista Baby” when he fired the missile with the guy on it at the Helicopter ????
Doug Sundin
June 11, 2020 at 7:42 pm
Clearly the alien ship was so big it had its own gravity and pulled ine the F-18, just like last jedi. Rian Johnson redeemed!!
RR
June 11, 2020 at 7:53 pm
These are excellent videos and are the only reason I like this channel.