Met Gala 2024: The most ballsy, bold and bonkers looks from this year's red carpet
Maddy Mussen
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Lizzo arrives at the 2024 Met Gala (AFP via Getty Images)
“It's turned into a costume party,” designer and former Met Gala co-chair Tom Ford once told fashion journalist Amy Odell of the famous first Monday in May. And from Katy Perry’s chandelier, to Lil Nas X’s bedazzled body paint, to Jared Leto’s Choupette cat suit, it’s getting harder and harder to disagree with him.
Because with every expertly crafted, on-theme outfit there are five to ten simply bonkers looks before it. While good looks used to be peppered in between a mass of boring tuxes and black gowns, they’re now uncomfortably wedged between two insane looks that require actual buses to transport their wearer (who, obviously, cannot sit down. Or eat. Or breathe. Or think).
From Kim Kardashian’s impossibly cinched waist and cardigan combo to Cole Escola’s Thom Browne doggy bag and Rita Ora’s beaded door-curtain dress, 2024 was no different. There were headpieces, hourglasses, hundreds of Swarovski crystals and more florals than a Monet painting. Stars were carried up stairs and bundled into vans to protect their looks, all in the hope of ending up as one of the Met Gala best dressed.
And hey - there’s nothing wrong with committing to the bit, but these 2024 Met Gala looks really took it to the max. Here they are, presented without judgement. We’ll leave that up to Tom Ford.
Lizzo
Lizzo in Weinsanto (AFP via Getty Images)
Barry Keoghan
Barry Keoghan in Burberry (Getty Images)
Amelia Gray
Amelia Gray in Undercover (Getty Images for The Met Museum/)
Cole Escola
Cole Escola in Thom Browne (Getty Images for The Met Museum/)
Doja Cat
Doja Cat in Vetements (Getty Images)
Taika Waititi and Rita Ora
Taika Waititi and Rita Ora in Marni (Getty Images)
Amy Fine Collins
Amy Fine Collins (REUTERS)
J. Harrison Ghee
J. Harrison Ghee (REUTERS)
Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj in Marni (Getty Images for The Met Museum/)
Gustav Magnar Witzoe
Gustav Magnar Witzoe (REUTERS)
FKA Twigs
FKA Twigs in Stella McCartney (Getty Images for The Met Museum)
Jordan Roth
Jordan Roth (AFP via Getty Images)
Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian in Maison Margiela Artisanal by John Galliano (AFP via Getty Images)
Cardi B
Cardi B in Windowsen (Matt Crossick/PA Wire)
Eryka Badu
Eryka Badu in Comme des Garçons (Getty Images for The Met Museum/)
Demi Moore
Demi Moore in Harris Reed (Matt Crossick/PA Wire)
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey in Alexander McQueen (Getty Images for The Met Museum/)
Gwendoline Christie
Gwendoline Christie in Maison Margiela Artisanal by John Galliano (Getty Images)
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
Da’Vine Joy Randolph in Zac Posen for Gap (AFP via Getty Images)
Tyla
Tyla in Balmain (Matt Crossick/PA Wire)
Chloë Sevigny
Chloë Sevigny in Dilara Fındıkoğlu (Getty Images for The Met Museum/)
Amanda Seyfried
Amanda Seyfried in Prada (Getty Images for The Met Museum/)
Eddie Redmayne and Hannah Bagshawe
Eddie Redmayne and Hannah Bagshawe in Steve O Smith (AFP via Getty Images)
Sarah Paulson
Sarah Paulson in Prada (Getty Images for The Met Museum/)
Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling in Gaurav Gupta (Getty Images)
Olivier Rousteing
Olivier Rousteing in Balmain (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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