Met Gala 2024: Red Carpet becomes a ‘Garden of Time’

Met Gala is back in all its grandeur and this time it will be a celebration of 400 years of fashion evolution. Did you know it was inspired by a story? Read more.

Fashion’s biggest evening is just around the corner. Met Gala 2024 is almost here. The stage is set and the costumes are here to check the fit as the greatness of fashion will walk the red carpet. Every year, the Met Gala is fashion’s biggest night where pioneers and celebrities, models from different walks of life, come together for the annual fundraiser. Also known as the Met Ball, this year’s event will roll out its carpets on May 6.

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This is one of the mega fashion events where all eyes are waiting to see the look of their favorite stars. Each year a theme is decided and everyone has the creative freedom to interpret it in their own way, while maintaining the sacredness of its essence. This magical evening attracts top stars to New York and experiences glamorous fashion moments from history. Guests dress in extravagant, awe-inspiring outfits, set trends and spark debate.

This year the theme is ‘Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion’ and the dress code is ‘Garden in Time’.

WITH GALA 2024 HAND AND DRESS CODE

This year’s theme is a celebration of 400 years of fashion and its evolution at every stage. This year, all A-listers will have to choose an outfit inspired by the Costume Institute’s spring 2024 exhibition, which focuses on breathing new life into old garments from centuries ago. In this way, we evolve together with fashion and adapt it to our perspectives before the lens of the world.

According to a report by Vogue, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will have nearly 250 items on display. The pieces span more than 400 years of fashion history and include designs from Schiaparelli, Dior, Givenchy and more. Some garments too fragile to ever be worn again, such as an 1877 Charles Frederick Worth ball gown, will also be showcased via video animation, light projection, AI, CGI and other forms of sensory stimulation.

DID YOU KNOW THAT GALA THEME 2024 IS INSPIRED BY A BOOK

The official dress code for this year’s Met Gala is based on JG Ballard’s book, ‘The Garden of Time’. It is a short story published in 1962. Ballard was an English novelist, satirist and essayist known for his provocative works.

The short story explores the concept of dystopian modernity. It is about the handsome, sophisticated Count Axel and his wife who live in a villa full of rare books, vases and opulent items. But outside the walls, the landscape is empty as far as the eye can see, until an unruly mob appears in the distance. However, every time Count Axel cuts a flower from his garden, time rewinds and the brutal mass retreats behind the hills.

The lively, thought-provoking short story is often seen as a metaphor for the evolution of human history and the endless cycle of creation and destruction, a theme clearly reflected in The Met’s Sleeping Beauties exhibition.