Yahoo Lifestyle 16 Celebs Who Missed The Mark On This Year's Met Gala Theme
Listen here, if I were invited to an event where tickets were around $75,000, I might try to actually stick to the theme! But, as long as there is a Met Gala, there will be people who treat Fashion's Biggest Night as Ah, Another Black Tuxedo Opportunity.
Yes, I know designers have most of the say and folks don't tend to pay for their own outfits, blah, blah, I'm writing this in sweatpants.
This year's dress code is "The Garden of Time," based upon the 2024 Costume Institute's exhibit, Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion. The underlying idea here is of "fleeting beauty," and, given its broad scope, it would actually be pretty easy to argue that an outfit is on theme (like, wearing a cravat would be on theme).
You can get a full breakdown of what this means here.
So, here are the folks who presumably went, "Nah, I'm good" this year:
Listen, I was a bit baffled when I heard that Chris was a Met Gala co-chair this year. This look does not help that bafflement. As far as I can tell, it is just a nice Tom Ford suit.
It apparently took him "five minutes" to get ready.
3.Zoe Saldaña
The Daily Mail has argued that this look is on theme as she looks "fairylike." I would argue that it's just promotion for Chloé's Fall 2024 ready-to-wear collection.
Honestly, I'd put all of the Chloé girls here. At least Greta's look is custom, unlike the other ready-to-wear looks, but I'm not getting "Garden of Time" beyond "black and a bit flowy."
To be fair to him, he told Vogue on their livestream that he's wearing a "regular tuxedo," adding, "Our theme every year is two parents who left their kids at home."
6.Jimmy Fallon
This man has been to OVER 10 MET GALAs and has worn a black suit every single time.
7.Nicholas Galitzine
I saw a tweet saying he had the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever and wear Harry Styles's "Camp: Notes on Fashion" look. If only.
8.Linda Evangelista
“The one thing I really wanted to do was push myself out of black, and that’s what we’ve done,” Linda said of her Khaite dress. Congratulations.
9.Cara Delevingne
Pat McGrath Labs makeup artist Rachel Goodwin said that this Stella McCartney look was "Joan Of Arc-meets-Twiggy." Now, Stella did mention that her Met Gala looks featured sustainable, lab-grown gems, but that personally doesn't swing it.
10.Ed Sheeran
Another Stella McCartney look, this time compared to Troy in High School Musical 3 (by the internet).
11.Stefon Diggs
Now, I don't think that this custom H&M suit looks like a trash bag. That doesn't make it on theme, however.
12.Kaia Gerber
This is a white Prada dress.
13.Naomi Campbell
But what a lovely color on this Burberry gown, eh?
14.Rachel Zegler
Saying that, she is a princess. This look is Michael Kors.
15.Taika Waititi
I'm sure that he was very, very warm in this Marni suit.
16.James Corden
What if I told you that James has been to most of the Met Galas in the previous decade?
Honorable Mention: Jennifer Lopez
J.Lo argued that this Schiaparelli gown was on theme as her dress wings resemble a butterfly's, and a butterfly "sleeps, wakes up." However, I am being extra critical of Jennifer as she is a co-chair this year. It really just looks like another nude dress, which is something J.Lo has done before on the Met Gala carpet. Also, her Tiffany jewelry is of birds, which makes the whole thing feel a tad muddled.
If you want to read about the celebs who were on theme, click here.
