TED Talks
TED: How to unleash your inner maximalist through costume | Machine Dazzle
Tapping into the transformational power of costume, concept artist Machine Dazzle takes us on a maximalist journey through art, history and fashion. From a jaw-droppingly intricate '60s bouffant ensemble to a 24-hour show of extravagant...
Curated Video
How a TMU course is highlighting the history behind Caribbean Carnival costumes
Toronto Metropolitan University’s Carnival Arts is Canada’s first ever course about the history of Caribbean Carnival. The 12-week course teaches students the culture behind the elaborate costumes and how fashion designers can continue...
Curated Video
Meet The Doggie Dress Designer Whose Fashions Have Inspired So Many!
What's more fun than watching a fashion show? How about a fashion show featuring incredibly cute dogs?? That's exactly what took place recently at New York City's Historic Hotel Pennsylvania. The New York Pet Fashion Show (NYPFS) is...
True Calling
Comicon Dressup
Karli Woods is a digital content creator, Cosplayer, and Twitch Partner. She gets to play dress up for a living, traveling around the world to comic conventions meeting fans and hosting Cosplay panels. Cosplay stands for costume playing...
Five Thousand Years
Hanfu, Kimono, and Hidden Messages in Game of Thrones’ Costume Design
It's been hiding in plain sight all this time! According to Game of Thrones’ costume designer Michele Clapton, even though the show itself is a fantasy work, she took inspiration for costume designs from all over the world, including...
The Met
The Fashion of Arthur McGee
Learn more about The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum: http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/the_costume_institute Fashion designer Arthur McGee talks about his design philosophy, his nemesis, and his role as a mentor. His...
Tate
Is Fashion Art? – Hangout on Air
In our fourth 'Hangout on Air', Miranda Sawyer is joined by V&A curator Oriole Cullen, designer Stephen Jones and fashion historian Amber Butchart, as well as online contributors Disneyrollergirl and Rory Hutton, for a lively discussion...
Royal Opera House
Erdem Moralioglu on designing costumes for The Royal Ballet
Award-winning fashion designer Erdem Moralioglu created the costume designs for Christopher Wheeldon's new work Corybantic Games. In this short film he talks about collaborating with the choreographer and the challenges of designing for...
The Met
Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology
A preview of the exhibition Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology, on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from May 5 through August 14, 2016. Featuring Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge, The Costume Institute The Costume Institute's...
Tate
Kinder Aggugini – English National Ballet in Residence at Tate Britain
Duveen Galleries 27 February -- 4 March 2012 The fashion designer Kinder Aggugini has been commissioned by the English National Ballet to create the costumes for the 'The Rite of Spring'. We follow behind the scenes of the ballet to take...
Curated Video
Adorable Dogs in Funky Costumes! - Today's Daily Diversion
After Ada's military husband gifted her a Chihuahua, she got creative and started to design outfits for her new pup which started a worldwide sensation. Her passion for pet fashion evolved into a passion to help rescue dogs of New York....
The Met
Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination Gallery Views
The Met Fifth Avenue: Medieval, Byzantine, Lehman Galleries Gallery views of The Costume Institute's spring 2018 exhibition, Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, narrated by exhibition curator Andrew Bolton. The Costume...
The Met
Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination Gallery Views—The Met Cloisters
Gallery views of The Costume Institute's spring 2018 exhibition, Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, narrated by exhibition curator Andrew Bolton. The Costume Institute's spring 2018 exhibition features a dialogue...
The Met
Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination Gallery Views: The Anna Wintour Costume Center
Gallery views of The Costume Institute's spring 2018 exhibition, Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, narrated by exhibition curator Andrew Bolton. The Costume Institute's spring 2018 exhibition features a dialogue...
Curated Video
Spring Festival: Puttin' on the Glitz - Fashion and Film in the Jazz Age Part 1
Part 1 - Fashion historian Amber Jane Butchart transports you to the glitz and glamour of Jazz Age Hollywood and the costumes that impacted London fashion. She draws on the Library's collection of vintage magazines. For fashion, film,...
Epic Reads
Epic Costume Challenge | Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Lights! Cameras! Fashion! Welcome to the Shatter Me Costume Challenge, where we tasked an amazing designer with creating a look inspired by Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me series! We hope you’re as obsessed with the finished product as we are!...
Curated Video
From Backstage to the Barnyard - Press Paws (S1:E6)
We’ve got some truly amazing stories for Episode 6 of Press Paws, the show for the Animal lover in all of us! Hosted by Michelle Ray Smith, Press Paws tells passionate stories of the unique bond between animals and people and how they...
Tate
Linder – The Ultimate Form | TateShots
This new dance performance by the artist Linder was inspired by Barbara Hepworth's monumental sculpture The Family of Man. Linder's performance' 'The Ultimate Form', is choreographed by Kenneth Tindall of Northern Ballet and the artist...
Creators
The Beast - Tribute to Neon Genesis Evangelion
Evangelion's Angel originates from the Christianity-based story of a spirit that serves the Creator. The Angels attack humans to take back the right to survive on earth. Appearing in this short film is the Third Angel, SACHIEL, who was...
The Met
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
Learn more about the exhibition Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty on view at the Met May 4, 2011--July 31, 2011: http://met.org/egDSui The exhibition, organized by The Costume Institute, will celebrate the late Alexander McQueen's...
Curated Video
Spring Festival: Puttin' on the Glitz - Part 2 - Christopher Laverty
Editor and creator of Clothes on Film Christopher Laverty on the wild and colourful fashions of 1920s 'dandy' gangsters, the costumes found in HBO series Boardwalk Empire and how they affect what we wear today. For fashion, film, design...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Costumes
This video is an overview of the process Imagineers at Disney go through to design costumes for characters and workers. [5:26]