All the things to Know Concerning the 2024 Met Gala: Theme, Hosts and Extra

We now know probably the most extremely guarded particulars of the 2024 Met Gala, to be held on the primary Monday in Could. The 2024 Costume Institute exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork, titled “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Vogue,” will function roughly 250 gadgets drawn from the Costume Institute’s everlasting assortment, lots of which have not often been seen in public earlier than. Forward of the hotly anticipated occasion, Vogue is rounding up every thing we all know up to now.

Beneath, every thing it’s good to know concerning the 2024 Met Gala, taking place tonight.

When will the Met Gala 2024 happen?

The 2024 Met Gala will happen tonight, on Monday, Could 6, in New York Metropolis at The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork. It should have fun the Costume Institute’s new exhibition, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Vogue.”

What’s the Met Gala 2024 theme?

The 2024 Met Gala will have fun the Costume Institute’s new exhibition, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Vogue,” and the official gown code is “The Backyard of Time.” The exhibit will function roughly 250 uncommon gadgets drawn from the Costume Institute’s everlasting assortment. Spanning over 400 years of style historical past, the items will embody designs by Schiaparelli, Dior, Givenchy, and extra. Some clothes which might be too fragile to ever be worn once more—akin to a Charles Frederick Price ball robe from 1877—will even be displayed through video animation, mild projection, AI, CGI, and different types of sensory stimulation.

Andrew Bolton, Wendy Yu Curator in Cost of the Costume Institute, added that the exhibition shall be formed round three important “zones”—Land, Sea, and Sky—that pay tribute to the pure world. “It is rather a lot an ode to nature and the emotional poetics of style,” he stated.

How can I watch (or rewatch) the Met Gala 2024?

As in years previous, you possibly can stay stream the Met Gala’s crimson carpet arrivals proper right here, on Vogue.com, in addition to throughout our digital platforms. Co-hosting the carpet in 2024? Actor Gwendoline Christie, producer and actor La La Anthony, and mannequin Ashley Graham. Emma Chamberlain will even return as Vogue’s particular correspondent to interview a few of the largest stars on the gala.

The Vogue staff will even live-blog their ideas and reactions to the crimson carpet, offering context for all the very best appears to be like. Revisit all their real-time reactions on final 12 months’s weblog, right here.

Who’s internet hosting the Met Gala 2024?

The 2024 Met Gala hosts are Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Unhealthy Bunny, and Chris Hemsworth. They comply with final 12 months’s star studded group: Penélope Cruz, Michaela Coel, Roger Federer, Dua Lipa, and Vogue’s Anna Wintour. The latter has run the Met Gala since 1995, shaping it into the much-loved annual celebration of style we all know right now.

What’s the gown code?

This 12 months’s 2024 Met Gala gown code is “The Backyard of Time.” Impressed by J.G. Ballard’s brief story of the identical title, written in 1962, it may be interpreted in a myriad of how. Nonetheless, we’ll doubtless see many a floral and botanical appears to be like grace the famed Met Gala crimson carpet.

The Met Gala is a charity occasion and fundraiser for The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork’s Costume Institute. It has historically been timed to mark the opening of its annual style exhibition. Yr after 12 months, the occasion raises eight-figure sums.

What occurs on the Met Gala?

Briefly: It’s a secret. Because of this, company should abide by the no-phone (and, subsequently, no social media) coverage. Nevertheless, you possibly can see unique photographs from contained in the 2023 Met Gala right here and catch a glimpse of the desk settings, menu, and decor. Kendall Jenner additionally gave us a behind- the-scenes take a look at the Met Gala by means of her digital camera in 2021. The occasion often entails a high-profile performer (like Rihanna or Justin Bieber). And company all the time discover the exhibition earlier than sitting down collectively for dinner.

The place is the Met Gala held?

The Met Gala takes place at The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork in New York Metropolis on the primary Monday in Could annually (excluding the 2021 occasion, which came about in September as a consequence of COVID-19 restrictions). Friends attending the Met Gala usually keep in accommodations close by, congregating at a number of celebrity-favorite spots. Final 12 months, the Mark Lodge was a main location for celebrity-spotting; see our photographs from inside its halls.

Who’s invited to the Met Gala?

Till the night earlier than the occasion, the visitor checklist is prime secret. However a few of the largest names within the enterprise usually attend—from Beyoncé and Gigi Hadid to Madonna and Rihanna. As a rule, designers attend with their muses: suppose Marc Jacobs and Kate Moss, or Nicolas Ghesquière and Emma Stone. See every thing that goes into the Met Gala seating chart right here.

Who attends the Met Gala?

The occasion often hosts round 450 attendees, welcoming stars, younger creatives, and business paragons annually. Revisit a few of the greatest appears to be like from long-time attendees akin to Blake Vigorous, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rihanna, and extra of the very best Met Gala appears to be like of all time.

What if I need extra….

There’s all the time extra. Revisit the very best appears to be like from the final decade.