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What inspired the 2024 Met Gala theme?
The fashion extravaganza has been inspired by everything from legendary designers to religion and futurism. But this year's Met Gala pays homage to the 1962 short story, The Garden of Time, written by author J.G. Ballard.
The book follows Count Axel and his wife, who listen to Mozart in their beautiful villa that's surrounded by a garden of crystal flowers. But outside their gilded cage, is an angry mob that nears their place of solitude. To keep the army at bay, Axel must turn back time by plucking his flowers, one by one, until there is nothing left.
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Can anybody go to the Met Gala?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute Benefit is quite the elusive event. But even if you’ve managed to climb high enough on the social ladder to snag an invite, you’d have to shell out about $50,000 for a ticket.
Kim Kardashian at the Met Gala on May 6. (Matt Crossick/PA
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“The Garden of Time.” The 2024 Met Gala theme celebrates the institute’s new exhibition, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.” According to Vogue, “The exhibit will feature approximately 250 rare items drawn from the Costume Institute’s permanent collection. Spanning over 400 years of fashion history, the pieces will include designs by Schiaparelli, Dior, Givenchy, and more, as well as current pieces from Stella McCartney and Phillip Lim. Some garments that are too fragile to ever be worn again—such as a Charles Frederick Worth ballgown from 1877—will also be displayed via video animation, light projection, AI, CGI, and other forms of sensory stimulation.” Unlike last year’s event, which featured lots of black-and-white looks, preppy pearls and bows, and cats for the “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” theme, the energy for this year’s gala is more ethereal, soft, whimsical, and, dare we say, coquette.
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