Met Gala 2024 updates: Zendaya, Chris Hemsworth, Bad Bunny bring the glitz and glamour on fashion's biggest night
By Jessica Riga, Mawunyo Gbogbo, and Jared RichardsThe Met Gala is over for another year.
Stars of film, fashion, music, sports, politics and social media graced New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art for the biggest night in the fashion calendar.
Look back on our blog to see how the event unfolded, and click the "Oldest" button below to read our coverage from the beginning.
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Thank you so much for joining us today as we brought you all the glitz and glam from the 2024 Met Gala!
If you're just joining us, you can click the 'Oldest' button above to read back through our blog from he beginning.
- For a quick recap, check out our Met Gala highlights.
- Looking for more? Read our deep dive on how the Met Gala became a cultural juggernaut.
Plus, keep your eyes peeled for more Met Gala coverage this week on the ABC News website.
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We hope you enjoyed today's live coverage of the Met Gala, and we'll see you next time!
Stars say goodbye to the cameras 👋
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![Kim waves from the top of the stairs.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-a5808a41-037e-4502-ab61-e99503554b75.jpeg)
![Nicki waves.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-5196c5d0-27c2-42b6-9b54-5edafd540db5.jpeg)
![Nicole's arms in the air as she blows a huge kiss.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-d30733e3-7740-484d-95ec-c61177dcca55.jpeg)
Serena Williams
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We showed you her sister Venus before, but here's Serena Williams.
![Serena and Venus smile pfor a photo.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-6497eb5a-6471-4896-a200-0e7dbf534c66.jpeg)
She looked ethereal when she posed on the stairs earlier this evening. Look at that train!
![A wide shot of Serena's gold train billowing down the stairs.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-3c162d3a-aec5-43f4-8b18-332f81af3888.jpeg)
Let me Gleek out real quick
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Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff! Be still my beating heart! Also I've never seen Lea Michele look better, this colour is perfection on her.
![Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff smile and pose for a photo.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-716051f0-f6c2-4be3-9e83-6086568bc586.jpeg)
And as expected, Lizzo has ditched the headpiece
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This pixie cut looks SO good on her and taking off the headpiece lets the dress shine.
![Lizzo poses with her hand on her cheek in her sequined gown.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-bc8d821d-ee3f-446f-ac8b-d504c12978e6.jpeg)
Are these the first pants I've seen at this year's Met?
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Or maybe I haven't been paying close enough attention!
It's been a busy time for Adut Akech, with South Sudanese-Australian model gracing the cover of Vogue Germany last month.
![Adut wears a lacey white body suit with a slid down the chest.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-d3395578-da87-4f5d-8c7f-7756a606c29f.jpeg)
Lewis Hamilton, aka the most stylish man on the Formula 1 grid
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I love it when my favourite things collide.
![Hamilton poses on the steps in a black embroided coat.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-e881fbcc-621b-4fd6-b1b2-982c1c92d95e.jpeg)
Hamilton is wearing Burberry, with a quote from Alex Wharton's 'The Gardener' poem embroidered into the look.
"His Met Gala look is inspired by the story of John Ystumllyn, one of Britain’s first Black gardeners, and by the language of flowers in Black history," Burberry chief creative officer, Daniel Lee told Vogue.
The backstory to Lily Gladstone's Met Gala look
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![Gabriela wears a white gown and black elbow length gloves while Lily wears a black gown and matching cape.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-6e58f06e-5112-494b-8350-c08084a62569.jpeg)
Lily Gladstone often spotlights Indigenous fashion on the red carpet, and today is no different.
According to Vogue, Gladstone's look was created by Gabriela Hearst (pictured) and the Kiowa jeweler Keri Ataumbi
The gown and matching cape are embroidered with recycled silver stars and placed into the shape of nine different constellations.
"I love the combination of the sleeping beauty and garden of time [themes], articulating itself through a blanket of stars," Gladstone told Vogue.
"Since time immemorial, Kiowa, Blackfeet, and other Plains people have always said we come from the stars, and it is where we return to join our ancestors. It is a tapestry of time, under the veil of night."
Keke Palmer!
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She looks amazing but let's be real, you can pull off anything when you have a smile as gorgeous as hers.
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Camila Mendes
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Well this is just stunning as well. What can I say, I love florals.
![Camila wears a nude pink halterneck dress with a flower detail at the chest.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-9c5a12fc-a8f2-4374-8543-3e61e7af7a48.jpeg)
Laufey looks the most Disney princess of all
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And I mean that in the best way possible!
![Laufey wears a pink fluffy gown with a giant flower at her chest.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-f4ab2645-20fa-4c4a-ac1e-651b56995d03.jpeg)
Model Imaan Hammam
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STUNNING!
![Imaan wears a gold bedazzled top and a low slung gold skirt.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-974f36ae-1b7e-4cad-b00d-c849ce1d8b4b.jpeg)
Aussies stick together
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Looks like Chris Hemsworth and Hugh Jackman found each other inside the Met.
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A late entry to our coverage, but a new favourite?
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I simply love this look from Canadian fashion designer and activist Aurora James. It's much more paired back compared to what we've seen today, but stunning.
![Aurora wears a brown leather bodice with flower and a cream skirt.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-c3ca2beb-fa6b-476d-9489-1bc46c65153e.jpeg)
Supermodel Naomi Campbell
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A Met Gala staple!
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What actually happens inside the Met Gala?
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What do they actually do inside the met gala? Is it just a party? Presumably they aren't dancing all night in those dresses??
- After the fashion
Great question! It's very secretive, as there's a no-phone and no social media policy in place.
But we know the guests explore the exhibit before siting down for dinner.
There's also usually a musical performance (for example, Rihanna performed one year.)
So yes, you would hope the celebrities would get up and dance, but whether their dresses allow for much movement is a different story.
Pro-Palestine protesters arrested outside near Met Gala
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While stars walked the famous stairs of the Met, it was a different scene outside.
A number of people were arrested at a pro-Palestine protest outside, according to the New York Times.
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I'm obsessed with this look from Paloma Elsesser
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Please take in that flower detailing!
![Paloma wears a custom chest plate with flowers extending from the torso.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-11fea100-bdb3-4db2-8554-7f8f28da1e69.jpeg)
![A full body shot of Paloma in a billowing white skirt.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-7dd120ea-1012-4a90-b04c-b56e5ae33a18.jpeg)
Who completely ignored the theme?
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A lot of the fashion is beautiful, and whilst there are many stars who have adhered to the theme, there are quite a few that haven't (Kaia Gerber, Kylie Jenner, Irins Shayk, Naomi Campbell, Zoe Saldana, Michelle Yeoh, Hari Nef.....just to name a few). It's not the Oscars or a film premiere, it's the Met Gala!! It's about costumes! They should be dressing to the theme of "The Garden of Time". Rant complete....for now.
- The Theme Police
For now! So ominous, how fun. (Great rant, don't disagree!)
This is a great chance to mention that the Garden of Time theme is named after a short story by English novelist JG Ballard (Crash, Empire of the Sun).
You can read it over on Lit Hub. But if you want the TL;DR, the story focuses on a Count and his wife who live in a beautiful villa with a garden filled with flowers which, when picked, briefly slow time.
The couple are picking their flowers to halt the advancement of an army of the impoverished, but the flowers are running out, with no more growing. When the mob arrives, the home is crumbling and rotten, with the Count and Countess turned to stone. At its core, it's a story where the elite would rather spoil their riches than share them.
Not exactly the most appropriate inspiration for the Met Gala, a lavish event which in 2024 costs US $75,000 ($114,200) a head to attend. Plus, Ballard's work was often dystopian, critical of much that the Gala signifies, including celebrity, consumption and spectacle as distraction.
Maybe it was more picked for the title alone...
Alert the Ton, Viscount Bridgerton is present at the Met Gala
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Jonathan Bailey, you have my heart.
![Jonathan wears a white blazer with a flower on his chest and in his pocket.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-0912f19a-a92e-4672-a52d-0bf1c1e18d04.jpeg)