Met Gala 2024: Zendaya, Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez – all the best looks from fashion’s biggest night
The Met Gala always produces the most memorable red carpet looks of the year.
Following this year’s theme, Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion, and a Garden Of Time dress code, the stars pulled out all the botanical stops with their outfits, with floral and garden-inspired fashion unsurprisingly dominating.
Zendaya, Kim Kardashian, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Lopez and Gigi Hadid were among the celebrities in attendance – and there was even a pregnancy reveal.
Here are some of the best outfits from the Met Gala 2024.
Co-chair Zendaya stunned in a vintage black Givenchy couture gown from the spring 1996 collection, featuring a floral bouquet hat with a long train. And she surprised with not one…
… but two gowns, bringing a dark twist to the theme with both. This ocean-blue and green tulle gown with a matching headpiece is by Maison Margiela, styled by her long-time collaborator Law Roach
Kim Kardashian is renowned for her Met Gala looks, from Marilyn Monroe’s actual dress to a Morph suit. This year, she cinched in with silver in custom Maison Margiela but also opted for a cardi, which is sensible. Kim Cardi-ashian? Anyone?
And of course, it was a family affair. Here’s Kylie Jenner in a more simple cream gown, apparently inspired by a garden statue but channelling Marilyn Monroe herself
While Kendall Jenner opted for dramatic black and bronze with a cut-out waist
All white is a tricky look to pull off at a party, but if anyone can go a night without spilling her soup it’s Kardashian matriarch Kris Jenner (and partner Corey Gamble)
Singer and actress Janelle Monae looked incredible in barely there silver
Ready for the red carpet and a potential swarm of bees, here’s Lana Del Rey
Emily Ratajkowski managed to pull off simple and daring in this nearly naked jewelled gown
Singer Sabrina Carpenter channelled Cinderella for her Met Gala look – and also made her red carpet couple debut with boyfriend Barry Keoghan…
The Saltburn star brought a hint of Mad Hatter in olive-toned velvet
Cara Delevingne sparkled in the fanciest balaclava look we have ever seen. The bejewelled outfit, by Stella McCartney, was created with lab-grown diamonds, she told reporters
After breaking records at the Brits earlier this year, British star Raye continues to make headlines with this waterfall-inspired look
J Harrison Ghee picks up Garden Of Time style points for the insect-inspired headpiece
Elle Fanning was transformed into a delicate ice sculpture…
… while Camila Cabello took an ice block, rather than a handbag, to encase her lippy and phone
Congrats are in order for British model Adwoa Aboah, who revealed her baby bump on the Met Gala carpet
Cardi B requires a landscape shot in her MBD (massive black dress)
Jennifer Lopez glittered in muted metallics
Gigi Hadid’s high-fashion spin on a floral wedding-look gown apparently took 13,500 hours to make thanks to millions of hand-sewn beads – no wonder she’s got assistants keeping an eye on it
Singer-songwriter Erykah Badu added a colour pop to the Garden Of Time
Model Karlie Kloss (L) and Swarovski creative director Giovanna Battaglia Engelbert brought visions of a sparkling rose garden in pink and green
Nicole Kidman served the drama in monochrome, accompanied by husband Keith Urban
Saying goodbye to Roman Roy and his boardroom wardrobe, Kieran Culkin brought watercolours and pink suede shoes to the Met Gala
Rapper Doja Cat must have been channelling the recent British weather for her Garden Of Time look, opting simply for a soaking wet white T-shirt dress
Perhaps surprisingly, this was Pamela Anderson’s Met Gala debut – and she made it in a nude Oscar de la Renta gown and diamonds
Burberry’s chief creative officer Daniel Lee with supermodel Naomi Campbell, who opted for a simple but dazzling aquamarine fringed gown
Marni creative director Francesco Risso lets Nicki Minaj’s floral sculpture dress do the talking
Euphoria and The White Lotus star Sydney Sweeney revealed a dramatic new look, with dark hair and elbow gloves toughening up her princess-style gown
For Kylie Minogue’s first Met Gala in 10 years, designer Glenn Martens transformed her into a real-life Sleeping Beauty, telling Vogue: ‘It’s meant to look as though she’s been sleeping in this dress for hundreds of years’
Demi Moore’s look was part Queen Of Hearts, part wallpaper (literally – designer Harris Reed revealed the dress is actually made from it)
FKA Twigs, who recently revealed she has created an AI clone of herself, was another star to channel the ‘naked’ look, underneath what looks like the world’s cosiest cardi
What else but gold for a winner like Serena Williams?
Wicked co-stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were reunited at the event, with Erivo wearing a Thom Browne look complete with pink rose petals and a butterfly attached to the back of her head. Grande opted for very pale pink hues and pearls
Amanda Seyfried reportedly requested for her dress to be sustainable, and Prada delivered – creating her metallic outfit from leftover deadstock fabric, according to the New York Times
Poet and activist Amanda Gorman went for pale blue-green jacquard for her gown and matching headband
Designer Raul Lopez and rapper Lil Nas X, who was reportedly suited in more than 50,000 Swarovski crystals
British actress Phoebe Dynevor was the first star ever to wear a Victoria Beckham number to the event, according to Vogue
Bridgerton and Sex Education star Simone Ashley opted for dramatic navy and black sequins
Lizzo’s sculpted corset look complete with headdress, designed by Victor Weinsanto, was reminiscent of an autumnal tree
Michelle Williams was pretty as a pixie with a pink crop and ethereal tulle dress (plus bonus Kieran Culkin and his wife Jazz Charton in the background)
Rita Ora went for a daring nude tasselled bodysuit, while husband Taika Waititi accessorised in a brown leather-look suit
And finally, the covered-in-sand beach look has never looked so glam thanks to Grammy-winning singer Tyla – who sported a sand-adorned Balmain gown alongside a sand-filled hourglass clock in lieu of a bag
Taylor Swift has revealed the release date for her new album, The Life Of A Showgirl.
The pop megastar announced her 12th studio album earlier this week but didn’t give many details.
Now, in social media posts and an appearance on boyfriend Travis Kelce’s sports podcast, Swift revealed just what fans can expect from the new album.
Taylor Swift and boyfriend Travis Kelce on the New Heights podcast. Pic: New Heights
The Life of Showgirl, written during the European leg of her record-breaking Eras tour, will be released on 3 October.
It consists of 12 songs, including the title track that features pop star Sabrina Carpenter.
The full track list is:
1. The Fate Of Ophelia
2. Elizabeth Taylor
3. Opalite
4. Father Figure
5. Eldest Daughter
6. Ruin The Friendship
7. Actually Romantic
8. Wi$h Li$t
9. Wood
10. Cancelled!
11. Honey
12. The Life Of A Showgirl (featuring Sabrina Carpenter)
Long-time collaborators Max Martin and Shellback, two Swedish producers who worked with Swift on some of her biggest hits, joined the pop star for this album.
Within four hours of posting the full podcast episode on YouTube, it had already gathered 4.7m views.
The cover of Taylor Swift’s newly announced album. Pic: Republic Records
The back cover of Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album The Life Of A Showgirl. Pic: Republic Records
‘The hardest-working star in pop’
The album follows last year’s The Tortured Poets Department, which was released during the Eras tour.
That tour, with shows on five continents and in 51 cities, raked in more than $2.2bn (£1.62bn) and was the highest-grossing tour of all time.
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“This album is about what was going on behind the scenes in my inner life during this tour, which was so exuberant and electric and vibrant,” Swift said during her podcast appearance.
Sky News culture and entertainment reporter Gemma Peplow said after her globe-trotting tour and a swathe of re-releases over recent years, the new album cemented Swift’s reputation “as the hardest-working star in pop”.
Disgraced US film producer Harvey Weinstein is to be tried for a third time in a sexual assault case.
A jury in New York could not reach a verdict in June against the 73-year-old who was accused of raping actress Jessica Mann, and a mistrial was declared.
Judge Curtis Farber has said he wants the new trial to happen before the end of this year.
The same jury found Weinstein guilty in June of sexually assaulting former Project Runway production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006 and not guilty of assaulting Polish former runway model Kaja Sokola the same year.
Weinstein will be sentenced for the guilty verdict in Ms Haley’s case on 30 September.
He denied all of the charges. Throughout the retrial, his lawyers insisted the sexual encounters with his three accusers were “transactional” and “consensual,” and labelled the women as opportunists.
Weinstein was originally convicted of rape and criminal sexual act by the same court in 2020 and sentenced to 23 years in prison for the crimes.
Last year, however, New York’s highest court overturned the conviction, prompting Weinstein’s retrial this summer.
Weinstein was once one of the most powerful people in Hollywood – the co-founder of film and television production companies Miramax and The Weinstein Company, who produced films such as the Oscar-winning Shakespeare In Love, Pulp Fiction, and The Crying Game.
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In 2017, a series of sexual misconduct allegations against him propelled the #MeToo movement.
Some of those accusations later led to criminal charges and his convictions in New York and California.
Before the retrial, Weinstein was also serving a 16-year prison sentence after being found guilty of rape in California in December 2022. He has also denied this charge.
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