The Met Gala 2024: All The Best Red Carpet Looks

Like every year before it, the lead-up to Fashion Christmas the 2024 Met Gala was rife with speculation. Everything from the guest list, to tlhe theme, to how said guest list would interpret said theme have been up for debate. Now, finally, the first Monday in May has passed and all of our questions have been answered, care of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's sprawling staircase.The theme for this year's Met Gala is "Garden of Time," and like previous years, it's a celebration of the Costume Institute’s annual spring exhibition, which this year is ‘Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion’. The exhibition (which opens later this week, on May 10) will span 400 years of fashion history and includes roughly 15 historically significant and ultra-rare pieces that are too delicate to be worn again — and these are the sleeping beauties the exhibition is named after (apologies to any Disney fans). Perhaps the most spoken-about piece in the exhibition is an evening cloak worn by Charles Frederick Worth in the 1800s, called 'Tulipes Hollandaises', and hints to a darker and moodier take on florals in spring (which might actually be... groundbreaking).Early red carpet predictions suggested more than one interpretation of the theme, which is customary of the event. Some said a literal interpretation of "time" might see celebrities wearing entire dresses made from vintage watch faces or embracing a clock motif — and while the latter was true of one or two attendees, "sands of time" was a more abstract take on the "time" aspect of the theme. Other predictions included gowns adorned with real, live, growing flowers and foliage, which didn't eventuate; crystalline looks inspired by J.G Ballard's 1962 short story, also titled The Garden of Time, which did. And of course, the expectation of florals, florals, and more florals turned out to be correct. Loewe is also an official supporter of the exhibition at The Met, and with the House's creative director Jonathan Anderson being named as an honorary chair of the Met Gala this year, we expected to see quite a bit of Loewe on the carpet as well. (Though there were no oversized anthuriums, hand-beaded and embroidered designs from the fall/winter 2024 show on the carpet did appear.) Keep on scrolling to see all the best looks from the 2024 Met Gala.TylaTyla wearing Balmain.Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images/The Met Museum/Vogue.ZendayaZendaya wearing Maison Margiela Couture.Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/VogueJennifer LopezJennifer Lopez wearing a Schiaparelli Haute Couture dress, Tiffany & Co. jewelry, and Tyler Ellis clutch.hoto: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty ImagesDa'Vine Joy RandolphDa'Vine Joy Randolph wearing a custom Gap dress by Zac Posen and Chopard jewelry.Photo: John Shearer/WireImageTaylor RussellTaylor Russell wearing a Loewe dress, Fred Leighton jewelry, and Jimmy Choo shoes.Photo: Theo Wargo/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty ImagesQueen LatifahQueen Latifah wearing Thom Browne.hoto: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/VogueAshley GrahamAshley Graham wearing a Ludovic de Saint Sernin dress and Jared jewelry.hoto: Aliah Anderson/Getty ImagesGreta LeeGreta Lee wearing a Loewe dress and De Beers jewelry.Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/VogueBad BunnyBad Bunny wearing custom Maison Margiela.Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicAyo EdebiriAyo Edebiri wearing Loewe.Photo: Theo Wargo/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty ImagesElle FanningElle Fanning wearing a Balmain dress and Cartier jewelry.Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty ImagesLana Del ReyLana Del Rey wearing custom Alexander McQueen.hoto: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/VogueAmanda SeyfriedAmanda Seyfried wearing custom Prada.Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty ImagesLil Nas XLis Nas X wearing a custom Luar, David Yurman jewelry, and custom Jennifer Behr brooch.  Photo: John Shearer/WireImageLena Mahfouf Photo: John Shearer/WireImageGabrielle UnionGabrielle Union wearing a couture Michael Kors dress and Tiffany & Co. jewelry.hoto: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/VogueRosalíaRosalía wearing Dior Haute Couture.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty ImagesGwendoline ChristieGwendoline Christie wearing custom Maison Margiela.Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty ImagesDoja CatDoja Cat wearing a Vetements dress and Jacob & Co. Diamond jewelry.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images.Teyana TaylorTeyana Taylor wearing David Yurman jewelry.hoto: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/VogueZendayaZendaya wearing Givenchy SS96 Couture.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty ImagesLily GladstoneLily Gladstone wearing custom Gabriela Hearst.Photo: John Shearer/WireImageAdwoa AboahAdwoa Aboah wearing a custom H&M look and Piaget ring.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty ImagesSydney SweeneySydney Sweeney wearing a Miu Miu dress and De Beers jewelry.Photo: John Shearer/WireImageCardi BPhoto: John Shearer/WireImageSerena WilliamsSerena Williams wearing a custom Balenci

The Met Gala 2024: All The Best Red Carpet Looks
Like every year before it, the lead-up to Fashion Christmas the 2024 Met Gala was rife with speculation. Everything from the guest list, to tlhe theme, to how said guest list would interpret said theme have been up for debate. Now, finally, the first Monday in May has passed and all of our questions have been answered, care of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's sprawling staircase.

The theme for this year's Met Gala is "Garden of Time," and like previous years, it's a celebration of the Costume Institute’s annual spring exhibition, which this year is ‘Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion’. The exhibition (which opens later this week, on May 10) will span 400 years of fashion history and includes roughly 15 historically significant and ultra-rare pieces that are too delicate to be worn again — and these are the sleeping beauties the exhibition is named after (apologies to any Disney fans). Perhaps the most spoken-about piece in the exhibition is an evening cloak worn by Charles Frederick Worth in the 1800s, called 'Tulipes Hollandaises', and hints to a darker and moodier take on florals in spring (which might actually be... groundbreaking).

Early red carpet predictions suggested more than one interpretation of the theme, which is customary of the event. Some said a literal interpretation of "time" might see celebrities wearing entire dresses made from vintage watch faces or embracing a clock motif — and while the latter was true of one or two attendees, "sands of time" was a more abstract take on the "time" aspect of the theme. Other predictions included gowns adorned with real, live, growing flowers and foliage, which didn't eventuate; crystalline looks inspired by J.G Ballard's 1962 short story, also titled The Garden of Time, which did. And of course, the expectation of florals, florals, and more florals turned out to be correct.

Loewe is also an official supporter of the exhibition at The Met, and with the House's creative director Jonathan Anderson being named as an honorary chair of the Met Gala this year, we expected to see quite a bit of Loewe on the carpet as well. (Though there were no oversized anthuriums, hand-beaded and embroidered designs from the fall/winter 2024 show on the carpet did appear.)

Keep on scrolling to see all the best looks from the 2024 Met Gala.

Tyla


Tyla wearing Balmain.Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images/The Met Museum/Vogue.

Zendaya


Zendaya wearing Maison Margiela Couture.Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Jennifer Lopez


Jennifer Lopez wearing a Schiaparelli Haute Couture dress, Tiffany & Co. jewelry, and Tyler Ellis clutch.hoto: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images

Da'Vine Joy Randolph


Da'Vine Joy Randolph wearing a custom Gap dress by Zac Posen and Chopard jewelry.Photo: John Shearer/WireImage

Taylor Russell


Taylor Russell wearing a Loewe dress, Fred Leighton jewelry, and Jimmy Choo shoes.
Photo: Theo Wargo/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images

Queen Latifah


Queen Latifah wearing Thom Browne.hoto: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Ashley Graham


Ashley Graham wearing a Ludovic de Saint Sernin dress and Jared jewelry.hoto: Aliah Anderson/Getty Images

Greta Lee


Greta Lee wearing a Loewe dress and De Beers jewelry.Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Bad Bunny


Bad Bunny wearing custom Maison Margiela.Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

Ayo Edebiri


Ayo Edebiri wearing Loewe.Photo: Theo Wargo/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images

Elle Fanning


Elle Fanning wearing a Balmain dress and Cartier jewelry.Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Lana Del Rey


Lana Del Rey wearing custom Alexander McQueen.hoto: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Amanda Seyfried


Amanda Seyfried wearing custom Prada.Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

Lil Nas X


Lis Nas X wearing a custom Luar, David Yurman jewelry, and custom Jennifer Behr brooch.  Photo: John Shearer/WireImage

Lena Mahfouf

Photo: John Shearer/WireImage

Gabrielle Union


Gabrielle Union wearing a couture Michael Kors dress and Tiffany & Co. jewelry.hoto: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Rosalía


Rosalía wearing Dior Haute Couture.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Gwendoline Christie


Gwendoline Christie wearing custom Maison Margiela.Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Doja Cat


Doja Cat wearing a Vetements dress and Jacob & Co. Diamond jewelry.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images.

Teyana Taylor


Teyana Taylor wearing David Yurman jewelry.
hoto: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Zendaya


Zendaya wearing Givenchy SS96 Couture.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Lily Gladstone


Lily Gladstone wearing custom Gabriela Hearst.Photo: John Shearer/WireImage

Adwoa Aboah


Adwoa Aboah wearing a custom H&M look and Piaget ring.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Sydney Sweeney


Sydney Sweeney wearing a Miu Miu dress and De Beers jewelry.Photo: John Shearer/WireImage

Cardi B

Photo: John Shearer/WireImage

Serena Williams


Serena Williams wearing a custom Balenciaga Couture dress and Messika jewelry.Photo: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images

Quannah Chasinghorse


Quannah Chasinghorse wearing custom H&M.Photo: John Shearer/WireImage

Greta Gerwig


Greta Gerwig wearing Chloé.Photo: John Shearer/WireImage

Mindy Kaling


Mindy Kaling wearing Gaurav Gupta.Photo: Mike Coppola/MG24/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Ambika Mod


Ambika Mod wearing Loewe.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Colman Domingo


Colman Domingo wearing Willy Chavarria.Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

Emma Chamberlain


Emma Chamberlain wearing custom Jean Paul Gaultier.Photo: Kevin Mazur/MG24/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Janelle Monáe


Janelle Monáe wearing custom Vera Wang.Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

Cara Delevingne


Cara Delevingne wearing Stella McCartney and Vrai.Photo: John Shearer/WireImage

Hanani Taylor

Photo: John Shearer/WireImage

Amelia Gray


Amelia Gray wearing Undercover SS24 RTW dress and and Messika jewelry.Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

Harris Reed


Harris Reed wearing Harris Reed.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Cynthia Erivo


Cynthia Erivo wearing Thom Browne.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Aya Nakamura


Aya Nakamura wearing custom Balmain.Photo: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images

Tyla


Tyla wearing Balmain.Photo: John Shearer/WireImage

Ben Simmons


Ben Simmons wearing Thom Browne.Photo: Lexie Moreland/WWD via Getty Images

Hari Nef


Hari Nef wearing custom H&M.Photo: John Shearer/WireImage

Sarah Jessica Parker


Sarah Jessica Parker wearing a Richard Quinn dress, Benedetta Bruzziches bag, Briony Raymond jewelry, and a Philip Treacy hat.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Karol G


Karol G wearing a Marc Jacobs dress and and Messika jewelry.hoto: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Olivier Rousteing

hoto: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Rita Ora & Taika Waititi


Rita Ora and Taika Waititi wearing Marni.hoto: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Gigi Hadid


Gigi Hadid wearing a Thom Browne dress and Chopard jewelry.Photo: Kevin Mazur/MG24/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Laufey


Laufey wearing a Prabal Gurung dress and custom Jennifer Behr veil.hoto: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Alex Newell


Alex Newell wearing Christian Siriano.Photo: John Shearer/WireImage

Dua Lipa


Dua Lipa wearing Marc Jacobs dress and Tiffany & Co. jewelry.Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

Andrew Scott


Andrew Scott wearing Atelier Versace and David Yurman.Photo: Marleen Moise/Getty Images.

Venus Williams


Venus Williams wearing a Marc Jacobs dress and De Beers jewelry.Photo: John Shearer/WireImage

Keke Palmer


Keke Palmer wearing a Marc Jacobs dress and Almasika Fine Jewelry.Photo: Kevin Mazur/MG24/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Willow Smith


Willow Smith wearing Dior Haute Couture.Photo: Kevin Mazur/MG24/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Riley Keough


Riley Keough wearing Chanel.hoto: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Sabrina Carpenter


Sabrina Carpenter wearing Oscar de la Renta dress and Bucherer Fine Jewellery.Photo: Lexie Moreland/WWD via Getty Images

Kendall Jenner


Kendall Jenner wearing archive Givenchy 1999 Couture dress and Lorraine Schwartz jewelry.Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

FKA Twigs


FKA Twigs wearing Stella McCartney.Photo: John Shearer/WireImage

Awkwafina


Awkwafina wearing custom H&M.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Alia Bhatt


Alia Bhatt wearing a Sabyasachi saree.Photo: Kevin Mazur/MG24/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Kerry Washington


Kerry Washington wearing custom Oscar de la Renta.Photo: John Shearer/WireImage

Demi Moore


Demi Moore wearing a Harris Reed dress and Cartier jewelry.Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

Lizzo


Lizzo wearing Weinsanto.Photo: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images

Amanda Gorman


Amanda Gorman wearing Prada.Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Nicki Minaj


Nicki Minaj wearing Marni.hoto: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Eva Chen


Eva Chen wearing Robert Wun.Photo: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images

Emily Ratajkowski


Emily Ratajkowski wearing Atelier Versace FW01 Haute Couture dress from Tab Vintage and Briony Raymond and Chopard jewelry.hoto: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue
Wisdom Kaye

Wisdom Kaye wearing Robert Wun.

Lea Michele


Lea Michele wearing Rodarte.Photo: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images

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