Met Gala 2024: why the hosts include Zendaya and JLo, this year’s theme and who is going

Fast forward 70-plus years, and it is one of the most photographed events in the world, renowned for its head-spinning red carpet – although the carpet is not always red.

US rapper Cardi B at the 2023 Met Gala in New York. Photo: Getty Images

It is important to note, though, that the party has a purpose, raising money for the Met’s Costume Institute – nearly US$22 million last year, a record for the self-funding department – and launching the annual spring exhibit that brings hundreds of thousands of visitors to the museum.

But it is the carpet itself that draws the world’s eyes, with the 400-strong guest list the subject of rabid speculation until the last minute – a collection of luminaries that arguably makes for the highest celebrity wattage-per-square-foot of any party in the world.

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Who is hosting this year?

Multi-hyphenate Jennifer Lopez adds yet another role to her busy year. And then there are two Marvel stars who have been spending a lot of time in the desert lately: Zendaya, who has continued to stun on red carpets with her Dune and Challengers looks, and Chris Hemsworth, who is in the coming Furiosa. (Hemsworth is, in fact, a first-time gala attendee.)
Jennifer Lopez is one of this year’s Gala hosts. Photo: TNS

What does the Met Gala theme mean?

It actually has little to do with fairy tales: “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion”, the title of the accompanying exhibit, refers to garments from the Costume Institute’s collection that have been “in slumber” and now will be on display, some too fragile to hang upright lest they disintegrate.

Curator Andrew Bolton picked 250 pieces spanning four centuries.

The theme is accompanied by a dress code – this year, it is “The Garden of Time”. The theme and dress code are often interpreted … loosely. So there is a chance you may see an Aurora on the carpet, after all.

Vogue editor Anna Wintour at the 2019 Met Gala. Photo: AP

What happens inside?

Entering the museum, guests walk past what is usually an impossibly enormous flower arrangement in the lobby, with perhaps an orchestra playing nearby, and over to cocktails. Or they head to view the exhibit.

Cocktails start at 5.30pm, and last for about two hours, followed by dinner. The most famous – or those who plan the biggest entrance – sometimes come (fashionably) later.

Rihanna at the Met Gala in 2015. Photo: Getty Images

So who is coming?

Rihanna is the queen of dramatic entrances AND late arrivals (do they not always go together?) and the singer has said she will be attending, describing her outfit variously as “chill” and “simple” (we will see about that). Probably, the superstar will again bring partner A$AP Rocky.

Other high-profile partners likely to attend, because their significant others are hosting: Ben Affleck and Tom Holland.

Lily Gladstone has teased a tantalising fashion collab for her Met Gala outfit. Photo: TNS
Hot off the Oscars, nominee Lily Gladstone has said she will attend and has teased a tantalising fashion collab involving a major designer and an “unbelievable indigenous artist”.

Another fashion-forward awards circuit luminary everyone wants and expects to see on the Met steps: The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri.

As for a certain stratospheric pop superstar dating an NFL tight end: it is unclear. Taylor Swift is resuming her Eras Tour in Paris three days later, but she has made tight timelines work before.

Zendaya is one of this year’s Gala hosts. Photo: AFP

What does Wintour love, perhaps even more than fashion? Maybe even more than Broadway? Why, tennis. Add to that Zendaya’s current tennis-themed movie, Challengers, and one can only imagine there will be tennis stars – perhaps famous retired ones like former hosts Serena Williams and Roger Federer.

But hey, the Met Gala loves fashionable athletes. Caitlin Clark, are you listening?

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