“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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Jake Straw
April 16, 2021 at 4:16 pm
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April 16, 2021 at 4:26 pm
The film is definitely nowhere near as funny as the first Borat film. First Borat film is a real classic, still holds up real fresh today.
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April 16, 2021 at 4:26 pm
He’s literally brilliant.
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April 16, 2021 at 4:57 pm
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Cheap jokes for those with a low I.Q.
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April 16, 2021 at 6:06 pm
Oh shut up
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April 16, 2021 at 4:59 pm
I think it’s brilliant that Borat isn’t even speaking Kazakh, yet another layer showing western ignorance. Any ‘Eastern’ sound is good enough for us.
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April 16, 2021 at 4:59 pm
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April 16, 2021 at 5:02 pm
Lol so how does he explain the cameramen filming inside the bakery or clinic. Always wondered that
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April 16, 2021 at 6:40 pm
They tell the people that they are shooting a documentary and make them sign the papers beforehand. Sacha and Maria stay in character the entire time so no one suspects they’re acting and not just being themselves.
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April 16, 2021 at 5:06 pm
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April 16, 2021 at 5:14 pm
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April 16, 2021 at 5:20 pm
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April 16, 2021 at 5:20 pm
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April 16, 2021 at 5:28 pm
How do they explain the cameras to the real people?
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April 16, 2021 at 5:41 pm
Lol this is my first time seeing him not as Borat.
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April 16, 2021 at 5:44 pm
Garbage political propaganda
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April 16, 2021 at 6:01 pm
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Unless you’re just spamming on every video as fast as possible, a bit weird and inappropriate to be posting Christian verses after that incest/Christian pastor scene.
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April 16, 2021 at 6:02 pm
I love Sacha Baron Cohen but this movie really really sucked. He was smart to not try to release this to a theater release because people would have wanted their money back. It is the equivalent of a Hallmark Channel movie. Almost everyone in this movie saw through the disguises and it had a weak premise.
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April 16, 2021 at 6:14 pm
As a person who knows Hebrew it gets confusing because you understand but you have to read too.
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April 16, 2021 at 7:32 pm
Love this man. Such a great human.