Historical references, whimsical dresses. and vintage suits are hopefully several things we will see from celebrities at this year’s 2024 Met Gala themed “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion”.
The Met Gala is popularly regarded as the world’s most prestigious and glamorous fashion event and social gathering and is said to be “fashion’s biggest night”.
The Met is held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City every year on the first Monday of May. Although clearly this event is just a boost of money held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, actors, singers, designers, and influencers certainly put on quite a fashionable performance.
The event usually hosts around 600 people. Blake Lively, the Kardashians, Rihanna, and A$AP Rocky are some of the well-known names that attend the Met Gala.
Some argue that Dua Lipa was the best dressed at the 2023 met gala while others say it was Nichole Kidman. Dua Lipa’s dress was a cream archival Chanel gown from FW ’92 and a massive diamond necklace from Tiffany & Co. worth over $10 million. While Nichole Kidman’s dress was an archival, Karl Lagerfeld-era Chanel Haute Couture gown from 2004.
Ritz Vasudeva (12) stated that, “I really liked Frank Ocean’s outfit, it was relatively simple and classy.”
This year’s theme is incredibly detailed. “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” is simply a more sophisticated name for a “travel back in time in fashion.” Fashion has been alive for as long as records show, with ancient Rome and ancient Egypt along with the fashionable impacts of Marie Antoinette. But clearly those fashion trends have been put to sleep since it is not popular to see a person with a tall hairstyle adorned with charms and figurines that represented political themes like Antoinette did.
As the Gala gets closer, we are looking forward to seeing the myriad of clothes, accessories, and drama to come out of it.