The theme for this year is “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.”
Every first Monday in May the biggest names in fashion, media, politics, finance and more recently crypto gather at the steps of the Metropolitan Museum in New York for the MET Gala.
The event is a charity function that is meant to raise money for scholarships and other project for the Costume Institutes, a department devoted to fashion at the MET. But over the years, this shindig, hosted by Vogue editor and Global Chief Content Officer of Condé Nast, Anna Wintour has become the defining fashion event for the who is who in the world.
Invites to past editions has been extended to everybody from Tems to BurnaBoy to Lupita Nyong’o . Last year’s theme was “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.”
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This year it’s “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.” But so far, no one is sleeping tonight. The fashion industry and its muses are at high alert.
See what all your faves wore to the 2024 MET Gala below:
Greta Gerwig at 2024 Met Gala.Gilbert Flores/Getty Images
Ayo Edebiri at 2024 Met Gala.Gilbert Flores/Getty Images
Sienna Miller at 2024 Met Gala.Gilbert Flores/Getty Images
Donald Glover at 2024 Met Gala.Gilbert Flores/Getty Images
Tyla at 2024 Met Gala.Gilbert Flores/Getty Images
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2024 Met Gala.Gilbert Flores/Getty Images
Emma Chamberlain attends the 2024 Met Gala.Gilbert Flores/Getty Images
Ashley Graham
Luciana Damon and Matt Damon
Anna Wintour
Elsa Pataky and Chris Hemsworth
Bad Bunny
Emma Chamberlain
Gwendoline Christie
Jennifer Lopez brought the naked dress back to the Met Gala steps.
Rebecca Ferguson made the first major outfit change of the night.
2024 Met Gala.Gilbert Flores/Getty Images
2024 Met Gala.Gilbert Flores/Getty Images
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2024 Met Gala.Gilbert Flores/Getty Images
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Zendaya attends the 2024 Met Gala.John Shearer/Getty Images
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2024 Met Gala: “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
2024 Met Gala: “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
2024 Met Gala: “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
2024 Met Gala: “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
2024 Met Gala: “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
