"2024 Met Gala Unveils 'The Garden of Time' Dress Code and Star-studded Co-Chairs"

The 2024 Met Gala theme, "The Garden of Time," has been announced, inspired by a 1962 short story by J. G. Ballard, and will be co-chaired by Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, and Chris Hemsworth. The accompanying Costume Institute exhibition, "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion," will feature approximately 250 items and garments from the Met’s archive, with a focus on nature and the emotional poetics of fashion. The dress code is complex and conceptual, encouraging guests to interpret the theme's vivid reference points, and may include literal interpretations of the fictionalized flowers from Ballard's story.