“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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binkster64
August 16, 2023 at 2:16 pm
This seems very real‼️
Jacob Michael
August 16, 2023 at 2:16 pm
Why did he act like he was correcting her pronunciation of Mellett but what he said sounded exactly the same as what she said???
canyonmoon
August 16, 2023 at 2:27 pm
EARLYY
mariana Lamou
August 16, 2023 at 2:27 pm
Where is juD????????????
Matthew Mooon
August 16, 2023 at 2:30 pm
The ramen + hot cheetos slander is unforgiveable D:
WESTERN FEVER . Official
August 16, 2023 at 2:34 pm
He looks so scared ????
Tazzy
August 16, 2023 at 2:38 pm
Not his hand SHAKING as he picked up the picture of Selena Gomez T_T
Chaim Jacobs
August 16, 2023 at 2:40 pm
Mac n cheese and ketchup is a Jewish thing haha
WESTERN FEVER . Official
August 16, 2023 at 2:44 pm
His voice so deep ????
WESTERN FEVER . Official
August 16, 2023 at 2:46 pm
He really like lily rose Depp ????
Ilia Shustikov
August 16, 2023 at 2:48 pm
His hands shaking is so cute
Jodie
August 16, 2023 at 2:50 pm
I Love the fact he holds up every picture handed to him ❤????
Emily M
August 16, 2023 at 2:58 pm
10:31 so glad that he agrees we all need to be quiet at that part ????????
Swetha
August 16, 2023 at 3:01 pm
I felt the questions were a little odd. Yes, he was nervous, but the questions were also awkward.
Raissa Marielle
August 16, 2023 at 3:12 pm
the way he pulls up the photos every time it’s handed to him and the photo shakes it cracks me tf up ????
Aiden Tan
August 16, 2023 at 3:12 pm
12:16 why I knew immediately he was worried about The Weeknd picture lol
olive !
August 16, 2023 at 3:14 pm
mac and cheese + ketchup is the best combo ever fr
zara ahmed !!
August 16, 2023 at 3:17 pm
i KNOW he thought they were gonna ask if he thought he was a better actor than abel / the weeknd
Albert Ismalaj
August 16, 2023 at 3:22 pm
12:06 I‘m sure we all, including him, thought about The Weeknd here????????
Ayar
August 16, 2023 at 3:26 pm
Notice how only geminis hate astrology cus it exposes them
yuna
August 16, 2023 at 3:29 pm
The anxietyyyyy ???????????? I see the shaking
Maximo Gm
August 16, 2023 at 3:40 pm
Love ya Troye
Iriel Lais
August 16, 2023 at 3:41 pm
I LOVED THIS SSJJSHDHSJA
Iriel Lais
August 16, 2023 at 3:42 pm
Troye you are the best ❣️ waiting for “Something to give each other”!!! So exciteddd ????
Enrique Pascual
August 16, 2023 at 3:46 pm
I was stressed for him and I smiled the whole time.