“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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Welanda Kaya
November 4, 2020 at 6:17 pm
daddyyyy
D D
November 4, 2020 at 6:18 pm
I was backpacking in Bali when I first experienced the “Oi Oi Oi “chant . At any given moment, a random individual male would burst out of the door of a hostel , or bar , or a business, at full speed , chanting it at the top of his lungs . It was rather startling the first few times it occurred, we ignored after that. Thankfully we only stayed in the city the night we arrived in Bali and the night we left . The rest of the time we were in the “bush” so, didn’t run into many exuberant visitors out there.
chloehermanson
November 4, 2020 at 6:19 pm
He’s…Australian…?
Amber B.
November 4, 2020 at 6:19 pm
We call zooper doopers freezies in Canada!
Elizabeth Ingram
November 4, 2020 at 6:20 pm
This guy’s hilarious…
Rishona Tambde
November 4, 2020 at 6:31 pm
The way he explained fairy bread❤️????
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November 4, 2020 at 6:31 pm
JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU AND CARES FOR YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY EVERYONE ✨
Musique Classique
November 4, 2020 at 6:32 pm
Is it hot in here?
Demi Brink
November 4, 2020 at 6:32 pm
wait…. he’s australian?
Andi Molloy
November 4, 2020 at 6:33 pm
Oh so I’m a pommy ????????????
dustin spaugh
November 4, 2020 at 6:37 pm
*SALHAYE BUTTAH*
Kebbythetraveler
November 4, 2020 at 6:38 pm
*describes aussie slang with more aussie slang*
This is one of the better Aussie ones y’all have done XD but isn’t Pommy actually offensive?
Ghostbeef
November 4, 2020 at 7:50 pm
I believe so, yes, but I can’t remember why offhand
Kebbythetraveler
November 4, 2020 at 7:54 pm
@Ghostbeef something about property of her majesty I think
Paige Keenor
November 4, 2020 at 6:43 pm
I’m obsessed with Jacob elordi
Anna Mastrini
November 4, 2020 at 6:44 pm
HE LOOKS AMAZING AAA
Ruhiyyih Miller
November 4, 2020 at 6:53 pm
I literally had no idea he was Australian
Jocelyn Stepp
November 4, 2020 at 6:53 pm
i love him
Jonathan Kirby
November 4, 2020 at 6:57 pm
I thought it was Oggie Oggie Oggie.
Mateo
November 4, 2020 at 7:05 pm
Tuckshop is also used in The Bahamas… I was so shocked when he uttered those words.
Raph Reyes
November 4, 2020 at 7:14 pm
Hoo Roo!
Aida Camarero
November 4, 2020 at 7:17 pm
I’m here for the dog, he needs to know I love him
vToxicFlame
November 4, 2020 at 7:17 pm
Post the Billie Eilish 4th year already no cares about the other people.
Edwin Manzanares Macias
November 4, 2020 at 7:28 pm
Australia is very dangerous place to live beautiful but dangerous.
Schaden Freude
November 4, 2020 at 7:29 pm
I’d like to add “Donga”. Grate word.
So if you’re out in the bush and can’t see a single bush or tree, you’re in the donga (desert).
Waffles With Burberry Sauce
November 4, 2020 at 7:36 pm
He’s someone that looks like every Wattpad character in them Teen Romances
Nickolaus Trevino
November 4, 2020 at 7:39 pm
Hundreds and thousands?!?