Met Gala 2024 theme announced as fans 'pray' it avoids Kim Kardashian repeat
The theme for the Met Gala next year has been announced and some while fans are excited, others are a bit weary.
Vogue revealed on Wednesday morning that the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute is going with a vintage theme in May 2024, with the invitation stating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion." An exhibit at the famed New York museum will showcase 50 historically significant pieces of fashion that are too fragile to be worn again.
Celebrities will be dressed to the nines as they walk the carpet and attend the gala next spring. And while some fans are excited, some are worried that a vintage look might inspire celebrities to wear iconic looks that might ruin them forever.
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"I am so excited for the Met Gala theme but I am praying no celebrities decide to actually wear fragile pieces like Kim Kardashian did [with] Marylin Monroe," one person wrote on Twitter.
Kim Kardashian wore Marilyn Monroe's 1962 "Happy Birthday Mr. President" dress to the 2022 Met Gala. The iconic Bob Mackie design was only worn by the reality television star on the famed Met steps before she had to slip into a replica dress.
The then 60-year-old dress was damaged even though Kim only wore it for a brief moment. Reports differ, but some say that the dress was missing crystals and was torn at the zipper after she wore it.
Ripley's Believe It Or Not, who owns the iconic dress, released a statement that the dress was not damaged while in Kim's possession. "From the bottom of the Met steps, where Kim got into the dress, to the top where it was returned, the dress was in the same condition it started in," said Amanda Joiner, Ripley's Vice President of Publishing and Licensing.
Celebrities show off every year at the Met Gala (AFP via Getty Images)Besides talking about possibly ruining iconic outfits, Twitter users are more interested in the name of the theme, and how it doesn't have to do with Disney Princesses. "Contrary to what the name might suggest upon first glance, the theme is NOT about fairytales, but rather about the historically significant garments that will be displayed at the MET," one person wrote.
Another social media user deciphered their own meaning of the theme and wrote: "This Met Gala theme is more about sustainability and reawakening iconic pieces in fashion history that are too delicate to be worn ever again and eventually turn into sleeping beauties."
The Met has also stated that a collection will be visible to the public from May 10 through September and will highlight 250 fashion designs from over four centuries that the museum itself has curated. These include works from Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, and more.
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