“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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May 25, 2023 at 2:21 pm
just incredible, one of the best episode ever
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May 25, 2023 at 2:22 pm
fascinating! what a job
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“On succession we really like to mess up weddings” more like on HBO !
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May 25, 2023 at 2:22 pm
I would love a behind the scenes like this for succession because every detail that goes into this show is intriguing
Konstantina Pant
May 25, 2023 at 2:23 pm
I will always be thankful for Succession and for Jesse, the cast, crew but on top of all for Mylod. He is really the director for Jesse and Succession. You can tell when he is directing. All the directors in the show are great but Mark actually makes you feel tension and anxiety and the feelings of the person in camera
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May 25, 2023 at 2:25 pm
Wow I just realised how underrated Alan Ruck is as Connor
gloss
May 25, 2023 at 2:30 pm
he’s incredible, glad to see him getting some more praise for this role in the past few episodes
klefdnb
May 25, 2023 at 2:31 pm
What i really want to know is why Roman had his hair to the other side the day of the funeral.
Jorge Luján Medina
May 25, 2023 at 2:32 pm
I think that succession is a tv show about the things characters can’t have. Thay have everithing but you show us how they suffer on that only thing that they can not have. No matter what rich or powerfull the are.
swerves
May 25, 2023 at 2:39 pm
Is it not normal to have your spouse/partner in your phone with their full name?! Am I not an intimate person??
Leonor Ch
May 25, 2023 at 2:44 pm
One of the best episodes of the season imo. So happy you specifically invited him! ❤
Luna Holiday
May 25, 2023 at 2:54 pm
It was their pathetic attempt to control that irritated tf out of me, and by the time Kendall wanted to speak to the pilot I wanted to slap them. All of the them, except Connor.
rosvlinds
May 25, 2023 at 2:56 pm
On one hand Shiv’s emotional reaction and crying really got to me but Connor’s totally natural reaction saying “he never liked me” is what really messed me up..
N S
May 25, 2023 at 3:00 pm
This episode was super hard to watch…all the actors are phenomenal
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May 25, 2023 at 3:05 pm
TV at its finest
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May 25, 2023 at 3:10 pm
Omg this is thebest scene to break down! Absolute masterpiece
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May 25, 2023 at 3:31 pm
Well that was a big spoiler. That’s season 4 episode 3, no just episode 3…
Ryan Vergara
May 25, 2023 at 3:32 pm
I felt so much tension when Kendall went to find Shiv. I was afraid some random person would interrupt him to talk or something.
Heather Griffin
May 25, 2023 at 3:34 pm
It strikes me once again that this level of skill, enthusiasm and prowess in every aspect of this show IT JUST FEELS TOO SOON to end ???? but I’m going to have to deal with it ????
Emily Grace
May 25, 2023 at 3:35 pm
“He never even liked me” has stayed with me for the past few weeks — incredible performance.
Ana Carolina Vallarino
May 25, 2023 at 3:38 pm
Sarah was STELLAR
M
May 25, 2023 at 3:39 pm
one of the best episodes of tv i’ve ever seen
Semih Karadayı
May 25, 2023 at 3:43 pm
they do be messing up the weddings at HBO don’t they
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May 25, 2023 at 3:43 pm
I would never guess that Logan lying on the floor was CGI. Amazing job.
Elysia Brenner
May 25, 2023 at 3:48 pm
OK, but I even have my sisters in my phone by first and last name, lol, and definitely all my friends and any romantic partners. (If your last name isn’t in my phone, it’s because I don’t know it.) Is that…unusual? ????
M
May 25, 2023 at 3:50 pm
sarah snook’s performance in this episode was UNREAL