“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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killer 36900
June 17, 2021 at 4:00 pm
First
Up!T J.R.
June 17, 2021 at 4:01 pm
https://youtu.be/fbsT1sELT9k 2nd
Nagy Gréta
June 17, 2021 at 4:02 pm
I dont know why, but i always thought that Hugh was American…i dont know why…this is so embarrassing
Trina Q
June 17, 2021 at 4:05 pm
Same here, though you’re clued in once you hear his delightful British accent!
Chantal Arko-Dadzie
June 17, 2021 at 4:36 pm
How tho? He’s literally never played an american
Nagy Gréta
June 17, 2021 at 4:38 pm
@Chantal Arko-Dadzie i dont kniw how i thought it. I just supposed it somehow????
steve conn
June 17, 2021 at 7:10 pm
Huh?
R R
June 18, 2021 at 10:00 am
@Nagy Gréta What? When I think of Hugh, I think he’s the most British man to ever British. A posh British man at that. I’ve only seen him play a lower-class thug in The Gentlemen (he was amazing btw). I think you’ve never seen his movies… that maybe it. I’d start with Maurice because he was breathtakingly beautiful in that movie.
The NORTH
June 17, 2021 at 4:02 pm
I was just watching Paddington 2!
•JellyBean Bear•
June 17, 2021 at 4:04 pm
Omg i thought he would be much younger than now. Whenever i think about him, i think of the man in Bridgit jone diary
R R
June 18, 2021 at 9:55 am
He’s 60+. Still extremely attractive and charming. Massive wake up call for me because Bridget Jones was 20 years ago
???? and I watched it at the cinema (both movies with him in. Didn’t bother with the 3rd one because no Hugh).
Trina Q
June 17, 2021 at 4:04 pm
One of my favourite movies of Hugh’s is definitely “Paddington 2.” I love how he’s good naturedly poking fun of himself and his past roles through Phoenix! ????
TRIBE OF MENTORS
June 17, 2021 at 4:05 pm
*The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires* ????
Inazarab
June 17, 2021 at 9:02 pm
A great teacher does all of that. If a teacher demonstrates but doesn’t tell or explain then they aren’t a great techer.
Conor Edgar
June 17, 2021 at 4:19 pm
It kind of annoys me that they never mention Noah (Jupe) by name… He just keeps getting better and better & he really was strong in this scene
rumpledsocks
June 18, 2021 at 6:21 am
Seriously! It baffles me how he outsells in all of these major things, yet never gets any recognition or praise.
ErebosGR
June 17, 2021 at 4:35 pm
Jonathan was more of a narcissist and much less of a sociopath. While those traits are not mutually exclusive and can coexist, they are not the same.
Amy Baxter
June 17, 2021 at 4:42 pm
First I LOVE Hugh Grant! He was the whole reason I wanted to watch this show and he absolutely had me convinced he was not the killer. I thought it was Nicole Kidman????Absolutely fantastic series!!
Average Talent
June 17, 2021 at 6:22 pm
Nicole Kidman is the lamest dullest most boring human ever created. I’d rather watch water evaporate than anything with her in it.
steve conn
June 17, 2021 at 7:09 pm
Great comeback for Hugh (and accurate portrait of a deflective narcissist).
sher
June 17, 2021 at 7:41 pm
Would have enjoyed this showed a lot more if the kid’s acting hadn’t been so bad to be honest
annie macleod
June 17, 2021 at 10:25 pm
The kids acting was rlly good
Krish Kapur
June 17, 2021 at 7:49 pm
Hugh look a bit old there Hugh
Maks Moses
June 17, 2021 at 9:58 pm
This show was so stupid. Pretty okay acting but story was so dragged on for the worst payoff
MrBeesknees95
June 17, 2021 at 10:58 pm
Nicole Kidman’s character wearing snake skin is also so important. Later on she betrays Jonathan (Hugh Grant) after telling him she’d stand up for him in the trial and purposely failing at that. What a snake ????????????
R R
June 18, 2021 at 10:03 am
I recommend watching Hugh Grant in the movie Maurice (based on a novel by
E. M. Forster). Good lord help me! He was beautiful in that movie (I mean he still is a zaddy). It was a brilliant movie too, albeit a little sad.
Kanyin’s Tv
June 18, 2021 at 5:52 pm
Quick reminder that God will never put weight on your shoulders that He knows you can’t handle. Whatever your going through just be patient and see why God made you wait. It may be hard but it’s all worth it????.