“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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@vminkookalwayz7768
January 2, 2024 at 9:08 am
I am a teen and I live in India and this is so real but my mom wants me to know the basics so that I don’t struggle when I move out
@bunnymom
January 2, 2024 at 9:14 am
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@HifzaIbrahim
January 2, 2024 at 9:15 am
TF
@DisnakumariKalubowila
January 2, 2024 at 9:17 am
Sweet video ????
@animillation
January 2, 2024 at 10:21 am
I love how she uses language..????
@kaioiamo1503
January 2, 2024 at 10:39 am
Meanwhile she leaves out the poor have no choice. The poverty india is appalling.
@Blondie2.0
January 2, 2024 at 10:56 am
There’s absolutely nothing cute about not knowing how to cook for yourself and family
@rarora8853
January 2, 2024 at 11:06 am
What she said is so true! Its time women start fighting for the life that THEY want for THEMSELVES!
@csnunez
January 2, 2024 at 11:30 am
What ????????????Cooking is a basic life skill most people need for SURVIVAL???? but ok go off I guess ????
@joestarjoestar1020
January 2, 2024 at 11:15 am
It’s not about gender, it’s about having basic life skills. But she’s rich so…
@ladylove474
January 2, 2024 at 12:06 pm
She sounds like she had amazing parents,
I love the story of her mother as well not putting the pressures of marriage on her
@mikha91
January 2, 2024 at 12:13 pm
Don’t really care. How about telling us why she as a proud ‘humanitarian’ sat quietly watching a genocide unfold? She was quick to jump on her socials to demand support for Ukraine… what kind of selective humanitarian is this?
@greenemerald5701
January 2, 2024 at 12:17 pm
So u got a nose job and lost all ur morals? Very clever
@user-eq2dx2jp6v
January 2, 2024 at 12:53 pm
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@cocoandpika
January 2, 2024 at 1:19 pm
I think everyone should learn to cook – no matter their gender. When I have children, they’ll be learning how to cook and clean, no matter if they’re a boy or girl. I think it’s a necessity for EVERYONE to learn. if she’s a girl, I don’t want her ever thinking the sole responsibility of cooking is to fall on her in future relationships; if he’s a boy, I don’t want him thinking that cooking is a “woman’s job” ????.
@melissamoonchild9216
January 2, 2024 at 1:43 pm
i do not like that necklace with that
@salsabeel6
January 2, 2024 at 1:53 pm
Everybody is not rich that they can afford A cook so for themselves they have to cook their own food
@AsthaGupta-28
January 2, 2024 at 2:19 pm
After reading the comments looks like the ppls clearly didn’t understand what she’s trying to say…
She meant that her dad was brought in family where house works were meant only for women which obviously most of 90s indian houses were, so her dad didn’t want her to grow up like that he wants her to be independent which now most families wants for their daughters to be independent.
I also remember a interview of her cousin parineeti where she said that her dad at the age of 30 didn’t know about periods until her mother told him about her cousin also said that she never wants a husband like her father so now u guys can think how much Orthodox her family would be..