Met Gala 2024: The most daring, dazzling and outrageous red carpet looks – National

It’s fashion’s biggest night, as Hollywood’s most sartorially savvy stars descend on the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for this year’s Met Gala.

The theme of this year’s annual fundraiser, “The Garden of Time,” is inspired by a short story of the same name, written by J.G. Ballard in 1962. Fashion’s elite applauded the theme, saying it’s wide open to interpretation and onlookers were treated to plenty of florals, pastel and vintage pieces.

The Met Gala, held annually on the first Monday in May, is a soirée to raise money for the Costume Institute, the museum’s collection of fashion objects. Each year a different theme honours a designer, style or look.

This year’s museum exhibit, which the stars will tour Monday evening, is called Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion. But we’re not talking fairy tales or Disney princesses.

It includes 250 items from the Costume Institute’s permanent collection, including some garments very rarely seen in public and so fragile they need to be under glass. Curators wanted to engage all the senses, including that of smell. They even worked with a “smell artist” — and there’s a garment that actually grows. Part of the idea is to pay tribute to the natural world.

Aside from the red carpet, which attracts attention worldwide, it’s an event shrouded in secrecy. Once invitees head inside, there are strict rules around cellphones and social media, which adds to the allure; the public gets minimal glimpses of what really transpires among the A-listers who attend.

Anna Wintour, a Met trustee for whom part of the institute has been renamed, organizes the whole shebang. And this year she’s invited a notable list of co-chairs, including Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny and Chris Hemsworth.

The real fun of the Met Gala, at least for non-attendees, is judging the fashion of all of Hollywood’s biggest celebs. So, let’s do just that. Keep scrolling for a roundup of some of the most fun, elegant and outrageous looks of the night.

Jennifer Lopez

Zendaya

Luciana Damon and Matt Damon

Emma Chamberlain

Anna Wintour

Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky

Ayo Edebiri

Dan Levy

Bad Bunny

Mindy Kaling

Greta Gerwig

Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin

Taylor Russell

Uma Thurman

Jack Harlow

Olivier Rousteing

La La Anthony

Emily Ratajkowski

Gustav Magnar

Colman Domingo

Lana Del Rey

Gayle King

Amy Fine Collins

Cole Escola

Lea Michele

Alex Sharp

Jamie Singer Soros and Robert Soros

Alton Mason

Sarah Jessica Parker

Rita Ora

Georgina Chapman

Riley Keough

Kylie Minogue

Grace Murdoch and Wendi Murdoch

Dove Cameron

Gwendoline Christie

Aurora James

Jessica Biel

Wisdom Kaye

Eva Chen

Teyana Taylor

Hamish Bowles

Charli XCX

Allison Williams

Eiza González Rivera

Rachel Zegler

Jessica Serfaty

Lily James and Erdem Moralıoğlu

Elizabeth Cordry

Demi Moore

Harris Reed

Lily Gladstone

Brie Larson

Amanda Seyfried

Penélope Cruz

Lil Nas X

Kerry Washington

Nicole Kidman

Naomi Watts

Serena Williams

Queen Latifah

Lena Waithe

Karol G

Keke Palmer

Elle Fanning

Kendall Jenner

Dua Lipa

Laufey

Kylie Jenner

Cynthia Erivo

Naomi Campbell

Elizabeth Debicki

Phoebe Dynevor

Ariana Grande

Sarah Paulson

Da’Vine Joy Randolph

Hannah Bagshawe

Jill Kargman

Ben Simmons

Maleah Joi Moon

Alexandra Daddario

Sam Smith

Kris Jenner

Josh O’Connor

Alison Oliver

Jeff Goldblum

Vera Wang and Janelle Monáe

Zendaya

Camila Cabello

Quannah Chasinghorse

Cardi B

Hannah Bagshawe and Eddie Redmayne

Shakira

Erykah Badu

Talia Ryder

Odell Beckham Jr.

Pamela Anderson

Meg Ryan

Venus Williams

Amelia Gray Hamlin

Kim Kardashian

Cara Delevingne

Rebecca Hall

Sabrina Harrison

Madelyn Cline

Adrienne Adams

Ambika Mod

Harrison Ghee

Jamie Dornan

Samantha Berry

Donald Glover

Tyla

Willy Chavarria and Marc Metrick

Jordan Roth

Emma Mackey, Zoe Saldana, Chemena Kamali, Sienna Miller and Greta Gerwig

Tory Burch

Barry Keoghan

Michelle Williams

FKA Twigs

Hanani Taylor

Kelsea Ballerini

Doja Cat

Willow Smith

Camila Morrone

Jennie Kim

Demi Lovato

Nicki Minaj

Jaden Smith

Kieran Culkin and Jazz Charton

Michelle Yeoh

Jeremy Pope

Amanda Gorman

Lizzo

Anok Yai

Chloë Sevigny

Karlie Kloss

Kaia Gerber

Irina Shayk

Stefon Diggs

Gabrielle Union

Sydney Sweeney

— with files from The Associated Press

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