As the Met Gala 2024 draws ever-nearer, designers and celebrities are finalizing their plans and stressed out Vogue staffers are finalizing the seating arrangements. Our hearts go out to them.
The dress code this year is “The Garden Of Time,” which corresponds to the current Costume Institute exhibit “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.” A ticket to the event is famously hard to snag—it’s invite-only, and you might have to pony up $50,000 if you don’t have a brand sponsoring you—so the guest list is always as interesting as the fashions. Who will make the cut this year?
Here’s everyone we know will be at the Met Gala for sure, a few guesses, and what we’ve heard about who’s staying home.
Going for sure
Zendaya
As a co-chair of the event and by far the style star of the year so far (her Challengers press tour! We die), Zendaya will surely be a highlight. In fact, her Met Gala looks have been integral to her ascension to star status; remember the light-up Cinderella gown? The question of whether her boyfriend and Spider-Man co-star Tom Holland will accompany her remains to be answered.
Jennifer Lopez
Lopez is a co-chair as well, and has attended many a Met in the past. In 2023, she walked the carpet solo, but since she’s an honoree this year, maybe her husband Ben Affleck will grace us with his presence?
Chris Hemsworth
The Aussie hunk is a co-chair, and we can’t imagine his wife, Elsa Pataky, would miss this opportunity.
Bad Bunny
Do we think him being co-chair will scare his ex Kendall Jenner away? No, we do not.
Anna Wintour
Obviously.
Rihanna
She says she’ll keep it low-key this year. She says. “I’m coming in as an extra this year,” the singer told E! News. “I’m coming for dinner.” Describing her outfit as “Really, like chill,” she declined to address whether her boyfriend A$AP Rocky would be with her, but odds are yes.
Likely place for them to be
We can’t say for sure, but based on past years, we wouldn’t be surprised to see any or all of the KarJenners—Kris, Kendall, Kylie, Kourtney (with Travis), Khloé, and Kim, who just changed her hair, possibly for the event. And since Timothée Chalamet was already on our short list…will this be the red carpet debut of Kylothee? Or Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco?
Beyoncé is always a maybe, and since Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are reportedly skipping, their probably won’t be any “thanK you aImee” drama. We would also put money on Anne Hathaway, Kaia Gerber, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa (please bring Callum Turner!), and Gigi and/or Bella Hadid making an appearance.
Wishful thinking
We’re dreaming of seeing Greta Gerwig there. Also Julia Fox, please, I just wanna see what happens. Same with Jojo Siwa. I could imagine Coco Gauff making her Met Gala debut this year, too.
Possible skips
Olivia Rodrigo technically doesn’t have a concert that night and could go, but she’d have to jet back and forth from the UK, so maybe not. Blake Lively (and by extension, Ryan Reynolds) is perhaps the only Met Gala regular whose looks we look forward to as much as Rihanna’s, but she skipped last year because she’d just had her fourth kid, and we wouldn’t blame her a bit if she wanted to stay home with her children again. We’re confident she will make her grand return in due time. After her Barbie press tour whirlwind, Margot Robbie is taking a well-deserved break from the spotlight, so we can see her declining as well. We don’t know what’s going on with Hailey and Justin Bieber, but of course we’d be down to see them!
