“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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7 Horseshoes & A 4 Leaf Clover
August 21, 2020 at 5:22 pm
Ross left multiple women who were his intellectually equal, dumbed down his intellect to date Rachel, a beautiful dumb girl. Should’ve stayed with Julie; and Charlie didn’t have such low character to leave Ross for Greg Kinnear’s character after he dumped her. Then again, Ross was BO-RING! He would be considered the dumbest on Big Bang Theory.
This show had its moments but it was NEVER really written very well. In this scene, Ross, has a PhD would ever be so dumb to interrupt her at work like this.
Talia Mason
August 21, 2020 at 5:52 pm
If you ask me Emily was the best for him.
insert name here
August 21, 2020 at 6:10 pm
??? Rachel wasn’t dumb lol what
shabrina z
August 21, 2020 at 6:59 pm
I know a lot of friends with PhD that acts and thinks like Ross.
Although it is weird that Ross never realy met anyone in his field.
But If you know people at all. Those title dont realy mean anything on a persons social intelligence.
Ryan Anthony
August 21, 2020 at 5:27 pm
Leopard print solves everything
chester9966
August 21, 2020 at 5:31 pm
You should review Leonard and Penny’s relationship on Big Bang Theory.
Talia Mason
August 21, 2020 at 5:31 pm
Should definitely look at Niles and Maris and Frasier and Lilith next. ????
7 Horseshoes & A 4 Leaf Clover
August 21, 2020 at 5:48 pm
Frasier and Lillith were HILARIOUS. A Freudian and a Jungian (I think).
7 Horseshoes & A 4 Leaf Clover
August 21, 2020 at 5:33 pm
Laura looks almsot JUST like Nicole Sullivan.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005474/mediaviewer/rm507085056
Ash. Ⓥ
August 21, 2020 at 5:36 pm
Wow
Sofia Martellini Rosa
August 21, 2020 at 5:36 pm
Ok guys but the real question here is : *”WERE THEY ON A BREAK?!”*
Mehwish Owais
August 21, 2020 at 6:30 pm
No…the question is…what does ‘break’ mean?
loddi.jthinkle89
August 21, 2020 at 6:32 pm
Yes
Maritina Xánthe
August 21, 2020 at 6:52 pm
Yeah, they were lmfao
Nagy Gréta
August 21, 2020 at 6:56 pm
I dont get it because Rachel said that they should take a break and Ross agreed so here it is, and it was here the whole time YES THEY WERE ON A BREAK
MrPhebe9731
August 21, 2020 at 7:36 pm
To be fair yes they were on a break but Ross shouldn’t have hooked up with someone while they were still in the midst of getting their r/n sorted out.
Ella Peebles
August 21, 2020 at 5:38 pm
i do love ross and rachel, but mondler were definitely the best couple in the whole show
7 Horseshoes & A 4 Leaf Clover
August 21, 2020 at 7:03 pm
Mondler, hilarious. Sounds like the human version of mongrel; something bastardized that was constructed in a lab somewhere. They were the best couple that felt like a real couple and they seemed legitimately funny rather than forced.
PrimeNumber19
August 21, 2020 at 5:40 pm
Ross never cheated. Calling it a betrayal automatically means Ross did a bad thing. No he didn’t, Rachel did by breaking up with him then saying, just kidding. That’s emotionally manipulative to the core.
janiqua
August 21, 2020 at 6:26 pm
The only emotional manipulation going on was Ross acting obsessive and controlling about who Rachel could be friends with. He deserved to be broken up with.
PrimeNumber19
August 21, 2020 at 6:34 pm
janiqua I don’t disagree for one second. But what he does while single is not Rachel’s business. And yes what he did was wrong before they broke, but what she did after that was wrong also.
Kitteh of Interest
August 21, 2020 at 5:41 pm
Re: They didn’t understand what the break means… As much as I always thought this whole thing was wrong and Ross was totally in the wrong to run into another woman’s arms that night, Rachel totally meant what he thought she meant. The next morning, she wants to be his girlfriend again. They both knew “we were on a break,” but I find the ultimate question is if Ross should have been with someone on the night they broke up.
Kitteh of Interest
August 21, 2020 at 5:44 pm
Incredible video. I know these scenes almost by heart due to watching them so much (we had the box sets but no cable back in the early Aughts) but these were some fresh and interesting ways to think about them!
Wes K
August 21, 2020 at 5:50 pm
Two people with very different personalities at different points in their lives. Ross is established, while Rach is trying hard to establish her career.
7 Horseshoes & A 4 Leaf Clover
August 21, 2020 at 5:53 pm
EVEN The blonde woman at the 18 min mark clip seemed better for Ross than Rachel. I remember this episode and he casts her aside.
7 Horseshoes & A 4 Leaf Clover
August 21, 2020 at 5:54 pm
Classic mistake of writers is to write guests stars as NICE people then mistakenly have the main characters act like assholes to them. We’re supposed to sympathize with the main characters.
7 Horseshoes & A 4 Leaf Clover
August 21, 2020 at 5:57 pm
Ross having babies with people and getting married a lot was an interesting flaw to his character though.
E SL J
August 21, 2020 at 6:01 pm
Let’s be honest it was toxic
flufftronable
August 21, 2020 at 6:03 pm
How hard is it to remember the assistants name is Sophie, you just watched it
Sandra Roehrig
August 21, 2020 at 6:27 pm
Please do Lily and Marshall (HIMYM).
Nadia Jahani
August 21, 2020 at 6:48 pm
yesssssssss
Painter Lava Lamp
August 21, 2020 at 6:51 pm
I hated Lily
Mehwish Owais
August 21, 2020 at 6:30 pm
Ross was a toddler.
Charlie Smith
August 21, 2020 at 6:41 pm
ohmygosh i LOVE these two i started following their podcast after their first vanity video ????
Albert Silva
August 21, 2020 at 6:48 pm
Very nice
TOstevo
August 21, 2020 at 6:57 pm
I’m surprised Zach didn’t mention that the actress at 17:41 looks EXACTLY like Laura.
K Tierney
August 21, 2020 at 7:16 pm
Vanity fair protects pedos.
Nagy Gréta
August 21, 2020 at 7:16 pm
Ok ok ok ok, but this is so professional and brilliant and talented acting, that i sometimes i think this was real
Jessica Benedek
August 21, 2020 at 7:24 pm
Oh yay!!! Love your podcast, I was wondering when the new video was coming!!
MrPhebe9731
August 21, 2020 at 7:45 pm
Taking notes for my future spouse.