“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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@fty-ys4ni
July 2, 2024 at 3:03 pm
Out of all the HSM scenes you could choose you chose that one?!?!?!?
@isaacchua0405
July 2, 2024 at 3:10 pm
Zac laughing at the Sam Jackson line is so genuine and funny lmao
@RagondinCosmopolite
July 2, 2024 at 3:11 pm
Feels like torture making the guy sit there looking like that while looking at past videos oh himself… ????????????
@Actors317
July 2, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Anyone notice Zac Efron and Bradley Cooper look strangely alike??
@laseximexi
July 2, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Try again. Give us what we want.
@livy4realz
July 2, 2024 at 3:16 pm
he looks so weird now. why are his head and torso so massive compared to his legs ????
@jsuperboy
July 2, 2024 at 3:18 pm
am i the only one who noticed his fly is down lol 4:10
@KRIAJK
July 2, 2024 at 3:19 pm
No 17 Again, Charlie St. Cloud, That Awkward Moment or We Are Your Friends = bad video
@Indianmaharani
July 2, 2024 at 3:21 pm
17 Again with the Audi R8 scene was cinema ✨
@kingasienkiewicz5506
July 2, 2024 at 3:21 pm
I was looking foward 17 Again and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates with Adam DeVine. I love these comedies
@user-md6rl8qe8w
July 2, 2024 at 3:22 pm
Ariana grande is perfect to voice act thumbelina with zac Efrain as the voice of prince cornelius in a CGI animation remake for the 30th Anniversary ????♂✨????
@Snarkerella
July 2, 2024 at 3:22 pm
Were ANY of these movies on VHS? HA! The fact that they skipped 17 Again, Hairspray…SCANDAL!
@alifpr
July 2, 2024 at 3:28 pm
THANK YOU FOR THIS, VANITY FAIR❤❤
@edvinrosenqvist524
July 2, 2024 at 3:31 pm
He forgot to watch HAIRSPRAY, BAYWATCH and EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE.
@fossi31415
July 2, 2024 at 3:33 pm
I heard Zac is gonna be in the remake of JAWS
@disneyfanforlife_
July 2, 2024 at 3:34 pm
Zac Efron looked better in high school musical. I don’t like his face now .
@tusanidlamini
July 2, 2024 at 3:34 pm
WE NEED A PART TWOOOOO HE HAS MORE
@flowerbloom..
July 2, 2024 at 3:35 pm
nothing will ever make me hate him bro
@psycherevivedby
July 2, 2024 at 3:37 pm
Hairspray? HELLO? 17 Again? HELLO?
@NayatSari
July 2, 2024 at 3:37 pm
High School Musical might be one of the reasons I studied musical theater and later earned a Master’s degree in it. I feel like he is over it, but he should never forget how important that movie and his performance was for a generation. “Start of Something New” and “Breaking Free” still give me goosebumps even after 20 years. And what about Hairspray and 17 Again? These movies were also iconic in his career. It’s so strange they didn’t choose them…
@shayla2699
July 2, 2024 at 3:39 pm
We love you sooooo much Zac !!!! ????✨????
@sushijuice6895
July 2, 2024 at 3:39 pm
Neighbors is so hilarious
@SpontaneousAndStructured
July 2, 2024 at 3:42 pm
Wish they included his scene in Firefly. Don’t think he’s ever talked about that.
@indigowalker8738
July 2, 2024 at 3:48 pm
Someone write a musical for Zac pls!
@Chris24_
July 2, 2024 at 3:50 pm
He seems to go out of his way to not talk in detail about High School Musical ????