“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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music_tv_movie_addict
September 16, 2022 at 6:22 pm
Maya’s comments on Kim Kartrashian made me love her even more Lmao
Alice Tkach
September 16, 2022 at 6:26 pm
i’m obsessed with this interview bro
nina
September 16, 2022 at 6:28 pm
I love how maya answers the questions
Lore Mateo
September 16, 2022 at 6:30 pm
Jesuschrist, I have never seen so many lies told in any other Lie Detector videos XD which I love because it proves we can’t trust what famous people say AT ALL (and probably most people we know)
Tita Tita
September 16, 2022 at 6:33 pm
How did they even have such chemistry? Please do another movie together!
The Steve Robin Channel
September 16, 2022 at 7:00 pm
Yessss
Sophia Bruce
September 16, 2022 at 6:36 pm
this is mesmerizing
MARK PAUL
September 16, 2022 at 6:53 pm
Camila ????????????
Freya Hastie
September 16, 2022 at 6:57 pm
“You make me nervous Maya” she’s so real for that
Dean Winchester
September 16, 2022 at 7:03 pm
Sucks to find out Eddie died during a lie detector test.
cristina????
September 16, 2022 at 7:09 pm
okay but maya’s voice omg
_kally's mashup_
September 16, 2022 at 7:11 pm
WE NEED ONE WITH MAIA REFICCO
The Christicorn
September 16, 2022 at 7:20 pm
Is that Ethan’s daughter? She looks like a combo Rosanna Arquette and some seventies early eighties rocker chick
Myrthe van der Tier
September 16, 2022 at 7:21 pm
Mayas voice????????????????????????????
Maria Cervera
September 16, 2022 at 7:23 pm
Do Sadie Sink next
Madison Rios
September 16, 2022 at 7:31 pm
can i just say the way both maya and camila talk make me panic…like i’m dying and i’m barely a minute into this video ????
Noa
September 16, 2022 at 7:33 pm
Their chemistry in the movie and real life are amazing. And they are so funny. Do Revenge 2?
Rufaro Asuquo
September 16, 2022 at 7:36 pm
Camilla and maya are awesome and epic I love both actresses
sele
September 16, 2022 at 7:37 pm
i’ve never seen maya speak so slowly, i feel seduced
caroline
September 16, 2022 at 7:38 pm
their chemistry
Fernanda Rodrigues
September 16, 2022 at 7:39 pm
i swear this was the best 19 minutes of my life, I’m literally crying
Isidora Navarro
September 16, 2022 at 7:43 pm
It’s okey Maya. I really love Harry Styles but I don’t like watermelon sugar at all ????
SandraNadika
September 16, 2022 at 7:47 pm
This is the best video on the internet right now ????❤️ Their chemistry is so amazing! Maya really rambles like Robin huh? ???? she’s so cute!!
Kate
September 16, 2022 at 7:48 pm
maya hawke has the best unintentional asmr voice
Fernanda Rodrigues
September 16, 2022 at 7:48 pm
if I were Camila and I was in front of Maya I would also say that I own the fan account Maya Hawke Brasil, as a Brazilian ????????????
yanina
September 16, 2022 at 7:51 pm
omg hello the chemistry ??