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Met Gala draws reactions from fashion enthusiasts online

Megan Swift
Megan Swift
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Zendaya attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” exhibition on Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York.
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Zendaya attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” exhibition on Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York.
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Cynthia Erivo, left, and Ariana Grande attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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J. Harrison Ghee attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” exhibition on Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York.

Fashion’s biggest show — the Met Gala — was Monday night, and per usual, social media users have a lot to say about this year’s red carpet looks.

The gala, for which invite-only tickets cost $75,000, took place at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, and this year’s theme was “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” according to Business Insider.

As for dress code, guests were told it was “The Garden of Time,” which prompted numerous woodsy, floral and dystopian outfits, Vogue reported. The magazine posted photos of all of the night’s looks.

Fashion enthusiasts took to the social media platform X to discuss. Other celebrities posted polls of the various outfits on Instagram as well for their followers to vote on.

The Met Gala is known for drawing some unique and beautiful styles. This year was no different.

Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Lopez and Zendaya served as the co-chairs of the event — alongside Anna Wintour.

Ariana Grande performed various tunes from her new “Eternal Sunshine” album among other songs at the event.

Other users discussed stars’ post-Met Gala looks — the styles they wore to the after-party.

As always, some of the looks didn’t go over very well online. Others didn’t fit the gala’s theme, according to users. The editor-in-chief of Vogue, Anna Wintour, apologized for the confusing theme this year.

“This exhibition broke my cardinal rule,” Wintour said on Today ahead of the Met Gala, as reported by Cosmopolitan. “When we came up with the title ‘Sleeping Beauties,’ it’s wonderful and poetic and romantic, but actually, it could be many, many things.”

“I said, ‘What are we gonna say to people to wear to this night?’ And (MET Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton) said, ‘Well, what about ‘Garden of Time?’ So, I fear that we’ve unleashed a lot of confusion out there, and for which I deeply apologize.”

Because an invite to the Met Gala is so exclusive, there’s always chatter surrounding who didn’t make an appearance — whether they declined their invitation or didn’t receive one altogether.

One star who was absent was Taylor Swift. When asked whether Swift would attend this year prior to the event, “(Wintour said), ‘I hope she comes and enjoys the exhibit,’” Us Weekly reported.

Megan Swift is a TribLive reporter covering trending news in Western Pennsylvania. A Murrysville native, she joined the Trib full time in 2023 after serving as editor-in-chief of The Daily Collegian at Penn State. She previously worked as a Jim Borden Scholarship intern at the Trib for three summers. She can be reached at mswift@triblive.com.

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