“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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Ashley L.
June 23, 2020 at 5:53 pm
This was GREAT
Whorhay Del Fuego
June 23, 2020 at 5:58 pm
There is a business near where I live that for the first few years I that I lived here was changing hands and opening up as something different every few months. Then about a decade ago it opened up as a tiny mexican grill. While I never see more than a few cars in the parking lot, even at the busiest times of day, it has somehow stayed open that whole time. After that first year I remember making a joke about how it was probably a money laundering front. Been ten years now.
MrHockeywaffle
June 23, 2020 at 5:59 pm
Drink every time she says Suspicious Activity Report
Timothy Cunningham
June 23, 2020 at 6:00 pm
Professor Reuhsen is awesome. I really enjoyed my classes with her!
TheOtherSide
June 23, 2020 at 6:02 pm
There was a restaurant that opened in my neighbourhood for only about two weeks and they then went away. Just like that.
Joel Hammer
June 23, 2020 at 6:03 pm
Shell companies are *never* set up for legal purposes.
Sepho
June 23, 2020 at 6:05 pm
Nice money laundering tips. Now the only thing I need, is to learn how to earn illegal pile of money in first place.
Jack Coquillon
June 23, 2020 at 6:12 pm
“Instuctions unclear, The FBI are now at my door….”
Pyramid QuartZ
June 23, 2020 at 6:12 pm
can’t wait to launder my 12 dollar tips
urbaniv
June 23, 2020 at 6:30 pm
How is bitcoin used now a days to laundry money
oldcowbb
June 23, 2020 at 6:32 pm
ok, i think i’m ready for my new business now
LionMen Music
June 23, 2020 at 6:33 pm
She doesnt have to Launder her money, she keeps it in the big wooden circle in her study…youre welcome FBI
Ari6lle1nWonderl2nd
June 23, 2020 at 6:33 pm
If you squint or kinda let your eyes go out of focus, her head looks abnormally large…Like a bobble head………….I think I’ve been on YouTube too long, I’m starting to hallucinate…this quarantine is literally driving me insane ????……but it’s little by little, so by the time I notice, it’ll be too late. Hah. Ha ha.????
Vivek Kumar
June 23, 2020 at 6:41 pm
Please get rid of this ugly TV and use better quality clips
meu02136
June 23, 2020 at 6:59 pm
Can’t believe she called Prez Lester’s assistant, what a diss.
Hassan Faheem
June 23, 2020 at 7:08 pm
Once breaking bad was mentioned, I did not doubt that they would be spot on
Florian Liouville
June 23, 2020 at 7:15 pm
Strangely you end with: “Money Laundering is never as easy as Hollywood makes it out to be.” But before that you claimed that every clip was very realistic… do they get it right or don’t they?
Thomas Gildea
June 23, 2020 at 7:20 pm
Thanks for the tips ????????
lygophile
June 23, 2020 at 7:26 pm
actually, judging by her comments, tv tends to get money laundering quite right. i mean compare this video to the one about hacking…
Machapaa D
June 23, 2020 at 7:33 pm
Dopest ????
Dillon Vincent
June 23, 2020 at 7:35 pm
I’m not the first to list it on the comments, but EVERYBODY know mattress outlets are fronts. I’ve never seen somebody actually taking a mattress out of one
Emotional Basketcase
June 23, 2020 at 7:36 pm
We have an Arby’s near me that I have never seen anyone inside of, but it’s been there for decades
altrogeruvah
June 23, 2020 at 7:37 pm
Absolutely enjoyed this one, very interesting
Roli Rivelino
June 23, 2020 at 7:44 pm
I know of an amusement arcade in one of the most expensive areas in London. It has been there for at least 30 years, and nobody is ever inside. I once went in to ask for some change, seeing as they’re an arcade, but they didn’t have any. Probably the most obvious front I’ve ever seen.
alex ds
June 23, 2020 at 7:52 pm
I wish she covered Bad Blood on Netflix which is based on the real Rizzuto crime family in Montreal and controlled many industries (construction, snow plowing, the port and many more) in Montreal for many, many years in order to launder their money. They even went as far as having police and politicians on payroll to avoid investigations into their businesses.