The most anticipated fashion event of the year is almost around the corner!On February 15, Vogue announced exciting information about the 2024 Met Gala, including the names of the four co-chairs.
Every year, the opulent event is held in New York City as a fundraising gala for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, also known as The Anna Wintour Costume Center. This title recognizes Vogue's editor-in-chief, who has been a significant member of the gala's planning committee since 1995.
Every year, the event brings together a constellation of renowned individuals from music, cinema, television, and fashion, and the 2018 event promises to be just as star-studded.From the chosen theme to the expected guest list, here's your complete guide to the 2024 Met Gala.
The Met Gala will be held on May 6th, 2024, as is customary on the first Monday in May. The premier event will take place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.?
The theme for the 2024 Met Gala was announced in November 2023 as "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion." The next Costume Institute display will feature approximately 250 items, including significant pieces such as an 1877 Charles Frederick Worth silk satin ball gown, covering more than 400 years of fashion history.
Andrew Bolton, the Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of the Costume Institute, described the exhibition as being organized around three main "zones" that depict Land, Sea, and Sky, paying homage to the natural world. "It is very much an ode to nature and the emotional poetics of fashion," he went on to say.?
In February 2024, Vogue announced that the dress code for the 2024 Met Gala will be "The Garden of Time," inspired by J.G. Ballard's 1962 short story of the same name.?
The novel follows a count and countess who live in a "utopia of leisure, art, and beauty," but are threatened from outside their estate. To face the threat, the count "must pluck a time-reversing flower from his garden until there are none left."? ??
The co-chairs for the 2024 Met Gala will be Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, and Chris Hemsworth. This will be Hemsworth's first time as co-chair, while Bad Bunny will be back for the third time.?
Jennifer Lopez and Zendaya have attended the Met Gala several times. Lopez will go for the 13th occasion, and Zendaya will make her sixth appearance.?
Zendaya has established a reputation as a red carpet standout, with unforgettable ensembles including her Joan of Arc chain-mail dress in 2018 and Cinderella-inspired costume in 2019.
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