Reawakening fashion at Met
Hollywood star Zendaya debuted a dramatic nature-inspired look on the steps of the Met Gala 2024.
The biggest names in film, music, TV and fashion ascended the off-white and airbrushed green steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Monday night (US time) with their interpretation of the theme Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.
The Met Gala, known as fashion's biggest night, is held on the first Monday in May to mark the opening of the Costume Institute's spring exhibition at the New York museum.
The official dress code this year was The Garden Of Time, inspired by a story by JG Ballard about a man who turns back time by plucking each flower in his garden.
The event’s celebrity co-chairs were Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, and first-time attendee Chris Hemsworth.
American actress Zendaya, one of the most expected arrivals of the night, wore an ocean-blue tulle gown with a matching dramatic headpiece from Maison Margiela's John Galliano.
Meanwhile, Lopez attended her 14th Met Gala opting for a sheer and sparkling gown with a plunging neckline and a pronounced architectural bodice, from Schiaparelli Haute Couture.
“Eight hundred hours of work, a true couture creation, it has four butterfly wings ... perfect for the sleeping beauty (theme), a butterfly sleeps, wakes up,” Lopez said.
Furiosa star Hemsworth was the first co-chair to arrive, in a cream three-piece Tom Ford ensemble alongside his wife, Elsa Pataky, who was also dressed in the designer.
Vogue editor-in-chief Dame Anna Wintour has been running the Met Gala since 1995. Dame Anna wore a custom Loewe look with a black cape adorned with tulips.