“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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Eskel
May 21, 2020 at 5:44 pm
6:30 Oh okay, because I would often hear brits say “cheers” to thank someone and I thought I was using the term wrong my whole life.
Mads D
May 21, 2020 at 5:45 pm
In Danish, ‘grim’ means ugly.
Fritz Falkson
May 21, 2020 at 5:46 pm
how about innt, that’s kind of a slang….innit?
Kate D
May 21, 2020 at 5:48 pm
I’ve never seen one of these british slang videos where someone explains the words so well as this one
Nitin Anand
May 21, 2020 at 5:50 pm
“bog standard old lady”
assassin8or
May 21, 2020 at 5:53 pm
What you should really be watching is “Learn English with Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington”
Andrew Davies
May 21, 2020 at 5:54 pm
YouTube recommended a new video to me…miracles do happen.
supervegeta101
May 21, 2020 at 6:01 pm
Just watched Too Hot to Handle, don’t judge me, and the UK people kept talking about geezers and I was so confused.
austinricky
May 21, 2020 at 6:02 pm
geezer he likes his beer and his football —– hes a right geezer he likes to gamble and smoke
Hunter 4lpha
May 21, 2020 at 6:07 pm
grim vid
embola00
May 21, 2020 at 6:09 pm
the uncomfortable moral compass
Fresh Heat
May 21, 2020 at 6:13 pm
Please bring back the radio show. We need Karl and Stephan
David Chow
May 21, 2020 at 6:21 pm
4:11 MVP
Richard Burt
May 21, 2020 at 6:23 pm
6:24
“…Stephan Merchant”
“Hello”
“And the bold headed chimp that is Karl Pilkington”
” alright”
Philip B
May 21, 2020 at 6:34 pm
HE IS SO GOOD AT EXPLAINING AND DESCRIBING NOT ONLY WHAT THINGS MEAN, BUT HOW THEY ARE USED OR “FEEL IN A SENTENCE”
Tiana Pi Tesr
May 21, 2020 at 6:36 pm
When you cannot comprehend the guy on the bus in Eurotrip is why I clicked!
Dex
May 21, 2020 at 6:37 pm
I’m American, live in Texas, and use the word ‘grim’. ????♂️
Jemma Bee
May 21, 2020 at 6:42 pm
This had me howling! Ricky Gervais is so funny!!
Curious World
May 21, 2020 at 6:53 pm
We have grim… And ‘geezer’ here usually means an old person.
Louise Barrowman
May 21, 2020 at 6:56 pm
Nope! Ricky got mixed up there. He meant to say, “wizz” for a pee instead of waz. “Off for a wizz in the can!” Not waz! Lol! Waz IS short for wazzock though. If that’s even the correct spelling. I wouldn’t know as it’s not a word I normally use. Mind you…neithers ‘wizz’, lol!!
JoebobSauceKing
May 21, 2020 at 7:01 pm
The first three we say in Canada too
TheCarlScharnberg
May 21, 2020 at 7:19 pm
I love how they censored “American” slurs, but not “British,” as if YouTube won’t recognize other dialects, languages, other countries’ slang, etc – or the people watching this. Makes sense.
spanky9740
May 21, 2020 at 7:23 pm
i thought “grim” was a real word? i don’t have any proper education, so what would i know.
Jeffrey Herre
May 21, 2020 at 7:26 pm
Not only is he one of the funniest and wisest entertainers out there, but I just love listening to him talk. He skips over consonants in the middle of words which for some reason delights me. Just the best – innit?
Matt Pegg
May 21, 2020 at 7:34 pm
She was ya bog standard old woman