The 2024 Met Gala Theme Is "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion"
After this year's homage to Karl Lagerfeld, the 2024 Met Gala is turning its focus away from personality and toward the hard work and preservation that goes into keeping historical fashion intact. Titled "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion," the exhibit will bring together 250 items drawn from the Costume Institute’s permanent collection that are normally too delicate or fragile to be on display. According to Vogue, the term "Sleeping Beauties" isn't in reference to Disney's Princess Aurora, but to the pieces that stay in storage because there's no practical way to display or wear them.
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