It’s almost here. The Met Gala celebrates its return, and the Upper East Side will be flooded with a parade of celebrities, Hollywood darlings, music idols and designers, all ready to ascend the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the most beautiful and dramatic outfits.
As we get closer to the event, we learn more details about this year, starting with the grand opening of the new Sleeping Beauties exhibition: The exhibition will feature 250 of the most delicate creations preserved in the museum’s archives. We know that Loewe Creative Director Jonathan Anderson and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will be the honorary co-chairs, while the live stream will be hosted by actress Gwendoline Christie, producer and actress La La Anthony and model Ashley Graham, assisted by Emma Chamberlain, who will be Vogue’s special correspondent interviews the stars on the red carpet.
Who knows what amazing outfits The Garden of Time will inspire – a dress code that references a short story by JG Ballard and is meant to suggest an exploration of the relationship between fashion and nature, and Anna Wintour will be joined as co-chairs by Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Hemsworth (for actors from Thor it will be premiered at this event) and Bad Bunny. In addition to the mystery surrounding the chosen outfits, another big question remains: who will be the guest of the Met Gala 2024?
Which celebs didn’t get invited to the Met Gala?
In 2017, during The Late Late Show, Anna Wintour revealed to James Corden that she no longer wanted Donald and Melania Trump at the charity event, but the former president of the United States isn’t the only big name officially banned from the Costume Institute gala. Vogue America’s editor-in-chief’s list of personae non gratae who will never be allowed to walk the red carpet is quite long, starting with Kanye West, whom Vogue kicked out of the fashion world after his racist and anti-Semitic tirades and excommunicated with a press statement: “Neither Vogue nor its editor-in-chief Anna Wintour they have no intention of working with West again after his anti-Semitic tirades and support for White Lives Matter.”
Others who have been denied invitations due to their outspokenness include Rachel Zoe, who said in 2007 that she was more influential than Ms Wintour, and Tim Gunn, who explained in 2016 that he earned a ban from the Met Gala after saying , that the most absurd thing he’s seen in fashion was Anna Wintour being carried up five flights of stairs by two bodyguards, two huge men, during a show. Since then, in the words of a former Project Runway judge, “All hell broke loose. It was crazy. There has been open warfare since then”.
It might not be a war, but there’s definitely a chilling vibe between Gala and Lili Reinhart. The Riverdale star, who is known for fighting against toxic Hollywood stereotypes and “stupid and dangerous celebrities whose central image revolves around their bodies”, slammed Kim Kardashian’s dangerous diet in 2022 to fit into dresses Marilyn Monroe.
Disappointed guests we won’t (maybe) see again at the Met Gala
We can easily assume Sean “Diddy” Combs won’t grace the Met steps due to recent sexual abuse allegations, and for other reasons we won’t see Jameela Jamil, Lena Dunham, Zayn Malik, who are rumored to have been kicked out after publicly criticizing their experiences at the event . The same fate is shared by Gwyneth Paltrow, who bluntly declared in 2013 that the Met Gala is “worth a fart” and that “they roast you there and you suffocate there”. Amy Schumer and Tina Fey were even more direct. The first of them said during an interview with Howard Stern: “I don’t like the farce. We’re a bunch of dressed-up f***ing a**holes. I don’t like it. I don’t care about fashion.” While Fey told David Letterman: “I went once and it was really just a parade of jerks. Clearly, I will never go again.”
However, the harshest criticism of the Met Gala came from Demi Lovato, who described her attendance in 2016 as a “terrible experience” and added: “I remember being so uncomfortable that I wanted to drink. When I went to Alcoholics Anonymous, I changed but I was still wearing jewelry. And at that meeting I got along better with the homeless people talking about their addictions than with the people at the Met Gala who were drunk and pretending to have fun and lick the industry pr* **.”
Met Gala 2024 guests
Barring a last-minute surprise, we know who won’t be attending the 2024 Met Gala, but who already has an invite in hand? Given the co-chairs, each of whom can bring an entourage, we can expect Tom Holland alongside Zendaya and, if he wasn’t bored to death last year, Ben Affleck with JLo. Barry Keoghan and Gisele Bündchen are said to have already received invitations, and they may use the opportunity to officially capitalize on their new romances with Sabrina Carpenter and jiu-jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente. Uma Thurman, Kendall Jenner, Cara Delevingne, Sarah Paulson and Olivia Rodrigo should also appear on the list of lucky participants.
While Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are already planning their looks and vying for the crown of the most laid-back couple, much attention is being paid to celebrity debuts such as Lily Gladstone, The Bear star Ayo Edebiri and Chris Hemsworth, who will make his first appearance on May 6 stairs Met. And who knows what they’ll be wearing.