Everything to Know About the 2024 Met Gala:
Theme, Hosts, and More
The 2024 Met Gala celebrated the Costume Institute’s new exhibition, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” and the official dress code was “The Garden of Time.” The exhibit will feature approximately 250 rare items drawn from the Costume Institute’s permanent collection. Spanning over 400 years of fashion history, the pieces will include designs by Schiaparelli, Dior, Givenchy, and more. Some garments that are too fragile to ever be worn again—such as a Charles Frederick Worth ball gown from 1877—will also be displayed via video animation, light projection, AI, CGI, and other forms of sensory stimulation...continue reading...
Zendaya's first gown was designed by Maison Margiela, embellished with shiny trinkets, and awash with sparkling tulle. Around her shoulders, smaller makeshift birds fluttered out from around the shoulders, and grapes wrapped around her elbows and body. For head ware, she went with a simple net-detailed piece with a black feather on top.
Zendaya's second look was a regal corseted bodice, from Givenchy's spring/summer 1996 couture collection. Her headpiece was from Alexander McQueen's Spring / Summer 2007 collection that mimicked the look of an off-kilter bouquet of flowers.
Lopez wore a custom Schiaparelli Haute Couture dress, designed by Daniel Roseberry. The strapless gown was made with illusion tulle and embroidered with silver pearls and rhinestones. It took over 2.5 million silver foil bugle beads to make and 800 hours of hand embroidery work.
Kaye donned a voluminous, crimson ensemble by Robert Wun, crafted to appear aged and worn with frayed edges and hints of a darker shade peeking through. Like a wilting rose, its vibrant colour gives way to a deeper hue. Designer Wun stated: The full red look using techniques in burning, hand printing and painting to encapsulate the natural flaws and the darkening of the red colour in rose petals as it ages and withers".
Tyla's gown was designed by Olivier Rousteing for Balmain. It was literally sculpted to her body. In a red carpet interview she said it was representing the sands of time, with her body as the hourglass. She also donned an 'hourglass' handbag.
Minaj wore a yellow Marni minidress with 3D metal flowers and a bob hairstyle with an arched bubble ponytail.
Kidman wore a Balenciaga ball gown, a reference to an original Cristóbal Balenciaga haute couture design from 1951. The strapless dress featured an ivory satin bodice and half skirt, overlaying a voluminous skirt made out of tiers of black ruffles. She paired the dress with opera-length gloves and diamond bracelets from Harry Winston.
Gaurav Gupta designed Mindy Kaling's gravity-defying piece, surrounded by glimmering beige fabric. The series of cascading arches is actually a removable cape. Officially named "The Melting Flower of Time," the back of the dress represents a "bud and a blossoming flower that is now withering,"
Lizzo wore a corseted gown designed by Paris-based label Weinsanto, complete with a headpiece that surrounded her face and extended out in a flower shape.
Lana Del Ray wore a custom beige gown designed by Alexander McQueen’s Seán McGirr. The one-shoulder dress was lined with what appears to be branches down the entire bodice. The branches stretched into a headpiece with a beige mesh veil draped across her face. She accessorized the outfit by holding a single red rose.
Jenner wore an outfit pulled from Alexander McQueen’s Givenchy 1999 couture collection - a sleek black dress made out of a glittery and slightly see-through light fabric. It featured V-shaped mesh panels across the hips, center, and back, as well as a sparkly gold spiked collar lining the plunging neckline. Embellishing each shoulder was a row of waist-length gold fringe.
Kardashian wore a sheer Margiela piece by John Galliano, with a lace train featuring leaves and floral accents. She paired this with a simple grey shawl. The most eye-catching part of her ensemble was her silver corset, giving her a drastically tiny waist.
Hadid wore a Thom Browne white, off-the-shoulder corset dress with exaggerated hips, layered underneath a white silk moiré coat with black duchesse satin tipping and festooned with 3D yellow roses worn around her hips.
Redmayne and Bagshawe wore matching Steve O. Smith designs. The looks featured big black blotches on layers of white tulle. Bagshawe’s outfit featured a tea-length dress with a matching sculptural hat, gloves and pointy black boots. Meanwhile, the Redmayne's outfit was a long, tulle blazer with the same black ink-spots, a tie and black oxford shoes.
Queen Latifah wore a Thom Browne look that featured a sequined birds of paradise gown, paired with a black coat. Eboni Nichols was also dressed by Thom Browne with an ensemble that included a black and white coat—complete with a veil headpiece.
Cameron wore a long-sleeved, deconstructed Diesel sheer floral gown by designer Glenn Martens. The gown, composed of 60 meters of tulle and chiffon, took over 20 hours to cut and over 40 hours to construct. It featured disconnected sleeves and a sweeping train.
Demi Moore wore a Harris Reed sculptural gown, designed in a large-scale floral print that used hidden boning and additional structural support to create a corset-like bodice that extended into a three-dimensional rounded neckline. Additionally, the same technique was applied to the skirt, balancing the weight of the garment’s upper half with an exaggerated hourglass silhouette. The dress was constructed from repurposed vintage wallpaper, a nod to the designer’s consistent use of sustainable materials.
Loewe designer Jonathan Anderson created the suit for Dan Levy for the Met Gala. The floral print trousers and double-breasted black jacket with a matching pattern edging the hem and cuffs was in fact a trompe l’oeil feat of embroidered “caviar” beading adapted from a creation in Loewe’s fall women’s wear show.
Cardi B wore a sweeping couture gown by Chinese label Windowsen, designed by founder Sensen Lii.
Blackpink's Jennie Kim wore a custom Alaia, midriff wrap-around blue dress featuring a long train draping from her shoulder.
Bad Bunny wore a bespoke Maison Margiela Artisanal piece by John Galliano, composed of a midnight blue barathea wool smoking jacket with black grosgrain lapels and red silk ribbon inseam lampasse. He accessorized the look with black leather gloves, black silk socks and a midnight blue foam hat enveloped in midnight blue stocking material as well as a black barathea wool flower bouquet. He paired the suit with black leather custom-made Tabi boots worn with spats that were created by Christian Louboutin for Maison Margiela.
Aya Nakamura wore a Balmain dress, adorned with crystals and flowers, Bulgari jewellry and Amina Muaddi sandals.
Grande wore a long sparkling white dress. Grande spoke about her dress on the red carpet: "This is actual mother of pearl made by Loewe". Erivo sported a bright-pink Thom Browne two-piece set featuring tux details, pink petals and scattered insects, including what look to be green praying mantises. It included a sparkling black dress bottom that flowed for several feet behind her
Wintour's black Loewe coat was inspired by a cape designed by Charles Frederick Worth, an English fashion designer who founded the House of Worth, one of the foremost fashion houses of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and is widely considered to be the father of haute couture.