{"id":68769,"date":"2026-05-04T19:17:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/?p=68769"},"modified":"2026-05-05T11:23:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:23:28","slug":"the-mets-costume-art-puts-the-body-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/the-mets-costume-art-puts-the-body-first\/","title":{"rendered":"The Met\u2019s Costume Art Puts The Body First"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met51.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met51.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met51-1280x832.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met51-1536x998.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met51-200x130.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div>\n<style>\n#introbox {border:1px solid white;padding:80px;max-width: 850px;margin: auto !important;clear:both;padding-top:30px !important;}\n#introtxt {margin:50px 0;padding:0 40px;font-size:1.3rem;text-align:justify !important;}\n#introtxt, #introtxt p,#introbox, .introcredits {font-family:\"SuisseIntl-Regular\",arial,helvetica,sans-serif;}\n#introbox .introcredits {font-size:1.5rem;padding:40px 0;margin-top:40px;text-align:center;}\n.txtdiv {padding: 0 40px;clear:both;}\n#introbox {font-weight:300;}\n.seriestitle {font-size:1.9em;text-align:center;font-weight:900;font-family:\"SuisseIntl-Thin\",arial,helvetica,sans-serif;}\n.title {font-size:3em !important;font-weight:300;margin-bottom:65px;text-align:center;text-transform:capitalize;font-family:\"SuisseIntl-Thin\",arial,helvetica,sans-serif;}\n.credits {margin-top:60px;margin-bottom:100px;font-size:0.75rem;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;}\n.credits-small {font-size:.75em;}\n<\/style>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/css\/sb\/index-sb@9e8baf1be17137f952c9eacc710f6bf0b29b9b08.css\" \/>\n<div class=\"txtdiv\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"introbox\">\n<div id=\"introtxt\">\n<div class=\"title\">The Met\u2019s Costume Art Puts The Body First<\/div>\n<p>Marking a decisive shift in how fashion is positioned within institutional spaces, Costume Art inaugurates The Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s new Cond\u00e9 M. Nast Galleries with a thesis that feels both overdue and urgent. Under the direction of curator <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/andrew-bolton\">Andrew Bolton<\/a>, the exhibition places the dressed body at the center of a cross-departmental dialogue spanning all nineteen collecting areas of the museum. Nearly 400 objects collapse the hierarchy between disciplines, pairing garments with painting, sculpture, and decorative arts to assert an equitable visual language between fashion and art. Organized through a study of form, the exhibition traces different bodies, from the Naked and Nude to the Pregnant and Disabled, focusing on how identities have been constructed, codified, and, at times, excluded within art history. Anchoring this dialogue is a sweeping cast of fashion voices: Alexander McQueen, Jean Paul Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood, Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Thom Browne, Elsa Schiaparelli, Issey Miyake, and Rei Kawakubo, alongside a newer vanguard including Duran Lantink, Dilara F\u0131nd\u0131ko\u011flu, Di Petsa, Robert Wun, and many more. A standout intervention arrives with artist <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/michaela-stark\">Michaela Stark&#8217;s<\/a> <em>Twisted<\/em> ensemble, presented on her own mannequin, extending the exhibition\u2019s interrogation of authorship and bodily autonomy. Mannequins throughout expand the narrative, offering a range of sizes and abilities that challenge idealized forms. If the first half interrogates how bodies are seen, the second moves inward, toward the formation of the body itself\u2014think skin, blood, and bone\u2014mapping the embodiment of human form. Polished steel mannequin heads by artist Samar Hejazi subtly distort and reflect the viewer, collapsing distance and implicating the audience within the act of looking.<\/p>\n<div class=\"introcredits\">\nPhotos by <a href='\/\/models.com\/people\/betty-sze'>Betty Sze<\/a> for Models.com<br \/>\nText by <a href='\/\/models.com\/people\/irene-ojo-felix'>Irene Ojo-Felix<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits\">Cover: <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/duran-lantink\">Duran Lantink<\/a>, Georgina Godley, and <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/michaela-stark\">Michaela Stark<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"center\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met191.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met191-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met191-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met191-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\"><a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/alexander-mcqueen\">Alexander McQueen<\/a>, Fukuko Ando, <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/comme-des-garcons\">Comme des Gar\u00e7ons<\/a>, Thimister, <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/olivier-theyskens\">Olivier Theyskens<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/yohji-yamamoto\">Yohji Yamamoto<\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1299\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met1-1280x831.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met1-1536x998.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met1-200x130.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\"><a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/jean-paul-gaultier\">Jean Paul Gaultier<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/pierre-cardin\">Pierre Cardin<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/dilara-findikoglu\">Dilara Findikoglu<\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1154\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met241.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met241-1280x739.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met241-1536x886.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met241-200x115.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\"><a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/melitta-baumeister\">Melitta Baumeister<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/dior\">Dior<\/a>, <a 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height=\"1487\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met171.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met171-1280x952.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met171-1536x1142.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met171-200x149.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\"><a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/jean-paul-gaultier\">Jean Paul Gaultier<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/thom-browne\">Thom Browne<\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met161.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1596\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met161.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met161-1280x1021.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met161-1536x1226.jpg 1536w, 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decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met131.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1322\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met131.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met131-1280x846.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met131-1536x1015.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met131-200x132.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\">Yuima Nakazoto and <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/client\/undercover\">Undercover<\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1399\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met121.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met121-1280x895.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2026\/05\/met121-1536x1074.jpg 1536w, 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Nast Galleries with a thesis that feels both overdue and urgent. 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