“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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@kholilr8881
August 9, 2024 at 10:24 am
am i the first?
@user-jk6no1mg9u
August 11, 2024 at 5:30 am
Beautiful ❤
@Maddiexo18
August 9, 2024 at 10:24 am
Iconic ! Love it !!!
@captinzoom
August 9, 2024 at 10:33 am
It sad she never is with her other kids. People talk about how tom doesn’t talk to suri but never how Nicole doesn’t talk to Conner
@serenasomerset
August 9, 2024 at 10:56 am
He’s not her biological kid AND he’s in a cult. She’s with her other kids constantly.
@user-sz2ut4od6s
August 9, 2024 at 12:01 pm
Tom poisoned Bella and Connor against her. They remained loyal to him during the divorce and were raised as Scientologists.
@aazaasaa
August 9, 2024 at 12:26 pm
They’re into scientology and they can’t have connections to relatives who are not part of scientology. So it’s on them not Nicole.
@tiaweidman
August 9, 2024 at 12:50 pm
They consider her a Suppressive Person because of Scientology. If you leave the cult, your family cuts you off.
@captinzoom
August 9, 2024 at 1:39 pm
@@serenasomersetI think your comment is the most logical. They’re not her Bio kids so she dropped them and started a new family and got a Oscar. She didn’t like his beliefs and opted out. Kate took her kid and kept her out of the spot light. Nicole using her kid to push watches.
@sweetnightmares9892
August 9, 2024 at 11:55 am
AMAZING VIDEO THANKS SHE IS MY FAVORITE❤❤ THANK YOU SO MUCH
@Blaah6
August 9, 2024 at 1:17 pm
Nicole Kidman, does she age?
@Hayyyyyhorsehay
August 9, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Nah that’s Keith urban
@gracereilly1973
August 10, 2024 at 7:31 pm
Everybody is gonna look like their dad when their mum is struggling to look human still ????
@user-gp4xv1oc8c
August 9, 2024 at 11:51 pm
Nicole is more beautiful!!!❤
@mareecrook2162
August 9, 2024 at 11:52 pm
Wow nicole no doubt whose daughter she belongs to she is almost identical to keith urban
@sunnysheriff2742
August 10, 2024 at 2:27 am
Sad how she made Sunny shill Omega. She has used the girls for PR since they were tiny.
@awang557
August 10, 2024 at 4:38 am
Sunday Rose.
@undefinedd1147
August 10, 2024 at 9:37 am
I wonder what life is like for tall people.
@rimpysaini466
August 10, 2024 at 12:19 pm
Her daughter looks average
@user-ws4dz7ss3n
August 10, 2024 at 2:53 pm
Beautiful
@user-dc3ly2sp8m
August 12, 2024 at 8:50 am
She is tall and lean like her mom, but she looks more like her dad. She is beautiful.