Once Easter has been and gone and daffodils and tulips are in full bloom, it can only mean one thing: the Met Gala is imminent.
We're mere days away from the Costume Institute Gala which benefits the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute and there's lots to catch up on. From the theme, to the dress code (yes, they are different), to who is co-chairing this year, this is everything you need to know about 2024's Met Gala.
When is the 2024 Met Gala?
The Met Gala falls on the first Monday in May every year (Covid pandemic aside, but let's not talk about that), which makes its date May 6 2024.
Who Are The Met Gala 2024 Co-Chairs?
We have a stellar cast of celebrity chairs this year, sure to serve up astonishing Met Gala looks. The line-up follows: Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Lopez, and Zendaya.
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Lopez and Zendaya have, in particular, been Met Gala highlights year after year, with Lopez's 2021 homage to the Wild West and Zendaya's 2018 Joan Of Arc tribute both being all-time favourites.
Zendaya is hot off press tours for both Dune 2 and Challengers, while Lopez has been promoting her Amazon film This Is Me...Now.
Previous co-chairs in recent years have included Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Michael Coel and Dua Lipa.
What Is The Met Gala 2024 Dress Code?
The official dress code is 'The Garden of Time' in reference to J.G. Ballard’s 1962 short story of the same title. While the overall theme speaks to the larger exhibition, this dress code should help the celebrities and designers hone their design choices.
The short story of the dress code name includes themes of impending doom, with a paradise set to be destroyed by dystopia. We expect fabrics that evolve
What Is The Met Gala 2024 Theme?
'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion', in the exhibition theme.
As is always the case, the red-carpet event's theme is dictated by The Metropolitan Museum of Art's spring exhibition, which in 2024 will contain fashion pieces spanning of 400 years of history.
According to Vogue, the curation 'aims to unstitch and enlighten our understanding of the natural world through the fashioning of dress and textiles'.
'This innovative show will push the boundaries of our imagination and invite us to experience many facets of a work, to learn more about its history, and, ultimately, to gain a deeper appreciation of its beauty,' explained The Met’s Marina Kellen French, director and CEO.
The exhibition will include fashion pieces ranging from a 17th-century English Elizabethan-era bodices to pieces by one of London's brightest young designers Conner Ives. In the mix will also be pieces from fashion's most lauded names from across the 20th century, including Christian Dior and Elsa Schiaparelli, both of who often looked to the natural world for their work. Schiaparelli's famous lobster dress springs to mind. Or Christian Dior's fascination with flowers.
The abstract theme leaves plenty of room for interpretation when it comes to the celebrity chairs, but the understanding that it will be supported by Loewe hints that we could anticipate an eclectic group of names traversing the famous steps.
Loewe, under the direction of Jonathan Anderson, has become known for casting a diverse group for his campaigns. Everyone from national treasures like Maggie Smith to fresh faces like Taylor Russell have fronted ads for the Spanish house, which, in the context of the Met Gala, could offer up a welcome, intriguing guestlist shake-up.
Though the theme at first seems a little abstract by contrast to the more literal Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty or In America: A Lexicon of Fashion, its natural inspirations will allow attendees to not only embrace the beauty of nature but also no doubt nod to it in their looks' sustainable credentials.
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