“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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Cheree and Maya
September 7, 2022 at 4:12 pm
Love you Hailey
Kaylie Buttera
September 7, 2022 at 4:43 pm
She’s not model worthy
Chanel blué
September 7, 2022 at 5:19 pm
Why not
Fruity Flows
September 7, 2022 at 5:24 pm
where’s your display picture
Jason
September 7, 2022 at 4:47 pm
Remember when Vogue used to have legends on its cover like audrey hepburn, marilyn monroe, kate moss etc …. Now they have Hailey and Kendall. How low can you go?
big balls
September 7, 2022 at 5:44 pm
Ikr. It’s low tier
D0LLY ☆
September 7, 2022 at 6:01 pm
hailed isn’t that bad
Noneofyourbusiness
September 7, 2022 at 6:16 pm
@D0LLY ☆ yes she is. Name me a worse model than Hailey? You can’t bcuz Hailey is the worst
D0LLY ☆
September 7, 2022 at 6:22 pm
@Noneofyourbusiness kendall
Noneofyourbusiness
September 7, 2022 at 6:26 pm
@D0LLY ☆ Lmao. Actually Kendall is better than her. Not by a lot but still
betty august
September 7, 2022 at 4:48 pm
no
thousand points of light
September 7, 2022 at 4:50 pm
hailey bieber is highly overrated, mediocre at best.
blub blub blub
September 7, 2022 at 4:52 pm
Eww no
Fruity Flows
September 7, 2022 at 5:24 pm
where’s your actual display picture of yourself
blub blub blub
September 7, 2022 at 5:28 pm
@Fruity Flows Where is yours bozo?
Chanel Lexi
September 7, 2022 at 4:53 pm
Hailey is the most overrated model the world has ever seen
Chanel Lexi
September 7, 2022 at 5:14 pm
@Fruity Flows You don’t have one either so why are you talking? And what does that have to with anything? My point still stands. Aww are you hurt stan?
Fruity Flows
September 7, 2022 at 5:21 pm
@Chanel Lexi . I’m a man who came across this short. I’m always curious about insecure women since my sister was one and didn’t get along with my gf. I had a stepmom as well so I’m always intrigued by why women dislike other women or feel the need to put them down.
Maybe I’m butthurt and don’t even know it, but the fact remains is that insecure women always find a way to put young pretty women down , hence you are insecure and projecting it on Hailey..just think about it????????
Chanel Lexi
September 7, 2022 at 5:25 pm
@Fruity Flows Ain’t no one insecure. I’m entitiled to my opinion. What about that don’t you get? And what is a man doing on here arguing with women and using cringy emojis? Don’t you have better things to do? And clean your fingernails
Segatusalem
September 7, 2022 at 5:27 pm
@Fruity Flows if anyone is projecting is you bro this seems like her comment affected you personally ????????
Sm
September 7, 2022 at 5:08 pm
So beautiful, her face features are so unique ✨❤️
Kyra
September 7, 2022 at 5:13 pm
BOO HAILEY! ????????
angelll
September 7, 2022 at 5:25 pm
Beautiful wearing everything????????????????????
kat
September 7, 2022 at 5:26 pm
She is just absolutely gorgeous my goodness
kat
September 7, 2022 at 5:26 pm
THE SHOES THO – NO STOP WHY they look so bad ????????????
Это моё мнение
September 7, 2022 at 5:37 pm
no matter how it sounds, but I do not believe in such models as Jenner, Gerber, Hailey, Hadidi and so on, they have rich parents. so I could be on the cover of vogue. yes, they are very beautiful, successful. BUT ????
midoriorio
September 7, 2022 at 5:59 pm
They are literally the highest paid models in the world?? Who else do you want?
Noneofyourbusiness
September 7, 2022 at 6:17 pm
@midoriorio Back in the day the highest paid models were the best models like naomi, gisele, kate. Nowadays the highest paid models are the worst models. They’re paid that much because of their last name. Because they’re famous not because they’re good models
Deuces_biatch
September 7, 2022 at 5:51 pm
So average and bland
kait oi138
September 7, 2022 at 6:02 pm
The shoes yuck
Troficante Mr
September 7, 2022 at 6:04 pm
привет как дела не слышала за Бородину говорят она старалась от героина по улицам ходит в тапках без трусов в майке типо модель короче
xo xo
September 7, 2022 at 6:12 pm
Haileys is one of the most boring looking models
sherrysynthesis
September 7, 2022 at 7:02 pm
Gorgeous ????
dani
September 7, 2022 at 7:09 pm
Early omg
Lena Soreil
September 7, 2022 at 7:16 pm
Hailey Bieber is woman goals, everything goals!
Dream
September 7, 2022 at 7:23 pm
So Average …
Sarina Bradshaw
September 7, 2022 at 7:33 pm
I just don’t know why, but I just can’t make myself to like her.
Sarina Bradshaw
September 7, 2022 at 7:35 pm
God she tries, but she’ll always be homewrecker.