~ You Bet... 2024 Met Gala has such co-hosts as Jennifer Lopez & Chris Hemsworth ~
BY DANNY McCARTHY
The first Met Gala kicked off in 1948. The Met Gala is how the star-studded event is commonly referred to, though it's formally called the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit.?Each year, the Met Gala provides the department with its primary source of annual funding for exhibitions, publications, acquisitions, operations, and capital improvements.
Fashion's biggest nite is here as it is the first Monday of May ~ It's time for the Gala. This year's theme is a nod to fashion history titled "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion."?The star-studded event is helmed by Vogue editor-in-chief ANNA WINTOUR who has served as co-chair of the Met Gala since 1995, the year Vogue's partnership with the Met Gala began. She has the final say on who does and doesn't get an invite to the event that will be held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
This year's theme is "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion."?Max Hollein, CEO of The Met, said in a statement that the "innovative" exhibition -- and the accompanying star-studded annual fundraising gala will "push the boundaries of our imagination and invite us to experience the multisensory facets of a garment." According to the announcement, the exhibition will include garments that span over 400 years, and will be "visually united by iconography related to nature, which will serve as a metaphor for the fragility and ephemerality of fashion."
And this year's co-chairs include JENNIFER LOPEZ, CHRIS HEMSWORTH, ZENDAYA and BAD BUNNY. Creative Director of LOEWE, JONATHAN ANDERSON, and SHOU CHEW, TikTok's CEO, are honorary co-chairs.
It'll be broadcast live across Vogue's digital platforms, including TikTok and YouTube. The red carpet livestream begins at 6 p.m. ET.