“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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eggyolk
October 13, 2020 at 6:51 pm
I am arab and I understood 99% of it
eggyolk
October 13, 2020 at 6:52 pm
told you hebrew was cursive arabic
Leryn
October 13, 2020 at 6:54 pm
she is perfect
Kiera Spane
October 13, 2020 at 6:58 pm
The Best Woman Ever.
The Sweetest Language Ever.
Thanks ❤️
Average Moviegoer
October 13, 2020 at 7:02 pm
the last phrase really applies to my feelings for her
Daniel Levit
October 13, 2020 at 7:04 pm
It was so cringy, and laughable at the same time, LOL! Oh well, I guess she did her best with what she was given. Now, people can show off using some cool and hip new Hebrew slang, yay.
Mihail Colun
October 13, 2020 at 7:10 pm
An army of simps about to charge.
Stale Buns
October 13, 2020 at 7:10 pm
Ugly
Drunk cousin
October 13, 2020 at 7:13 pm
No thanks. I don’t need to learn the language of the people who hate me and my family.
Fatima Mizyan
October 13, 2020 at 7:20 pm
Free Palestine ????????
Lanky Kong
October 13, 2020 at 7:20 pm
Man, we need more gal gadot in our lives
Julia harvey
October 13, 2020 at 7:21 pm
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THISSS
Adrian Duran
October 13, 2020 at 7:24 pm
So you do pronounce the t in Gadot. I thought it was like Godot, and the t goes unpronounced
Hannah Auerbach
October 13, 2020 at 7:35 pm
@vanityfair something must have happened that the Hebrew text of Gals adlib got reversed. As an Israeli ???????????????? it’s עפה עליך/עף עליך the ע is at the beginning not the ך
Lola S
October 13, 2020 at 7:36 pm
I see Vanity Fair wants to capitalize on the bad PR moment Gal Gadot has this week due to her being casted as Cleopatra. I guess any press is good press.
תמר שושני
October 13, 2020 at 7:38 pm
יש ישראלים?
Axelle Saint-Alme
October 13, 2020 at 7:44 pm
She’s gonna be such an incredible cleopatra… She’s talented but so down to earth at the same time. I love her, she’s so cute
Julia Janzen
October 13, 2020 at 7:44 pm
wait what, we have “tacheles reden” in german as well and it means the same, how did that happen????
Polliana Oliveira
October 13, 2020 at 7:46 pm
Oh, man, Gal is so amazing!! ????????????????
MUSHROOM FOR HWASA
October 13, 2020 at 7:47 pm
2:20 fr I use this word all the time ????
MUSHROOM FOR HWASA
October 13, 2020 at 7:49 pm
It sounds so weird in English ????????
Ben Messer
October 13, 2020 at 7:49 pm
חינם בלסטין
Dru Underwood
October 13, 2020 at 7:50 pm
Can i still call it Yiddish?
shir shy
October 13, 2020 at 7:51 pm
Lol some of them are really old slangs… We dint use them much…
עמית שרגא
October 13, 2020 at 7:52 pm
First time I’m hearing “what am I, A goat?”. Never heard anyone says that in israel.