“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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Trina Q
August 10, 2022 at 4:09 pm
I can’t believe how much the young cast have grown up since the start of the show, it’s surreal!
Fiona Russ
August 10, 2022 at 4:20 pm
Love this
Chelsea Canales
August 10, 2022 at 4:20 pm
Wow…they all grown up. Time goes by too quickly.
liv.xoxo.14
August 10, 2022 at 4:21 pm
loved the video!
MADDULA SRI RAM
August 10, 2022 at 4:38 pm
Perfect Casting and characterization of stranger things have taken the show to a whole another level
mr qamar nwl
August 10, 2022 at 4:38 pm
Good
ghos7fire
August 10, 2022 at 4:41 pm
Gotta be really interesting and hard to be a casting director.
howltae
August 10, 2022 at 4:43 pm
Lucas’s role was made for Caleb also Gaten as Dustin, I can’t say otherwise
Grant T
August 10, 2022 at 4:44 pm
What a disgusting human being. Forcing children to cry on film for a company like Netflix
Izzy Higgs
August 10, 2022 at 5:50 pm
It’s called acting
Susan Jenssen
August 10, 2022 at 6:04 pm
I highly suggest you go hug a kitten. We have come very far since they would tell little Ronnie Howard his dog died and such.
•?Stranger Tea¿•
August 10, 2022 at 7:52 pm
ITS JUST ACTING????????????
wiff sniff
August 10, 2022 at 4:45 pm
Im really surprised and glad they got along, becoz i can imagine tweens getting into arguments and fighting, the cast members were really mature in this sense.
Tony Mazzoni
August 10, 2022 at 4:53 pm
Wow, would love for someone to approach me with an offer to act especially someone so established
liv faye
August 10, 2022 at 4:53 pm
Oh i was hoping she would talk about casting Sadie and Dacre
Isaac Diallo
August 10, 2022 at 4:59 pm
Millie’s rent was due that day????
aimee reyes
August 10, 2022 at 5:03 pm
you deserve a raise, everyone is fit and perfect for their role. they were meant to be there characters!!
Lena Rayne
August 10, 2022 at 5:05 pm
She really didn’t talk about Eddie individually?
frida c
August 10, 2022 at 6:06 pm
he’s not a main cast member, just a s4 side character who got a lot of online love
Lena Rayne
August 10, 2022 at 6:06 pm
@Izzy Higgs she clearly talked about how she cast vecna lol not being sassy here just sayin’
Lena Rayne
August 10, 2022 at 6:07 pm
@frida c cause he’s the best lol
jade
August 10, 2022 at 6:53 pm
@Lena Rayne he’s really not
Lena Rayne
August 10, 2022 at 6:57 pm
@jade i respect your opinion but a lot of people disagree lol
raecakes079
August 10, 2022 at 5:09 pm
Respectfully BEGGING for more about sadie, maya, joe keery, and joe quinn’s auditions ????????
オートミールIlikeoatmealmorethanyou
August 10, 2022 at 5:26 pm
I’m sad they didn’t show Max :’) She’s my fave ????
Fine Lemon
August 10, 2022 at 5:49 pm
Okay, where is Sadie’s audition tho!!!
Aubrey Rispoli
August 10, 2022 at 5:53 pm
they have to talk about the others too! i mean dacre’a is sooooo insane!!
natalie petitt
August 10, 2022 at 5:54 pm
i need Joseph Quinn’s audition tape NOW
Zoes uniquestyle
August 10, 2022 at 5:56 pm
Reminder: JESUS loves you and wants you to know you ARE WORTH LIVING (so do i)!✝️????????????
Annabel Thomas
August 10, 2022 at 6:45 pm
the amount of talent millie had as an eleven year old is actually INSANE. some people are just born to act
Ahmed Balafrej
August 10, 2022 at 6:45 pm
why she got an alien voice
Chopped Cheese
August 10, 2022 at 6:51 pm
Finns parents “ok now say you’re sick and we are going to mess up the bed”