Isn’t the Met Gala everyone’s favorite time of the year? We’re all busy checking out the celebrity looks and admiring their style.
The Met Gala, which stands for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, is a yearly event to raise funds for the benefit of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It serves as the grand opening of the Costume Institute’s annual fashion exhibit. Each year, the Met Gala has a particular theme that attendees are expected to interpret and incorporate into their fashion choices for the event.
This year’s Met Gala celebrated the Costume Institute’s new exhibition “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.” The dress code was “Garden of Time.”
The dress code theme is inspired by J.G. Ballard’s short story “Garden of Time.” James Graham Ballard was an English novelist and short story writer renowned for his psychological fiction.
From the theme title, we were expecting to see celebrities promoting sustainable fashion, but that wasn’t the case. There were only a few who stood out and promoted sustainability in fashion.
The fashion industry is currently experiencing a significant shift in consumer behavior as more people become aware of the environmental impact of fast fashion
This trend towards upcycling and sustainable fashion offers a unique opportunity to highlight the importance of sustainability in the fashion industry.
Host for this year’s Met gala were Jennifer Lopez, Zendaya, Bad Bunny, and Chris Hemsworth. Zendaya in her second dress wore a sustainable dress.
But my sustainable lovers don’t get disappointed, there were few celebs who selected sustainable brands. Here are our some of our favorite susty looks from Met Gala 2024:
Charli XCX
Charli XCX, an English singer, came up with a completely different dress from the others. This was her second time at the Met Gala and she definitely killed it. She wore a hand-embroidered white ripped gown, made of a patchwork of tee-shirts from 50s, 60s and 70s. Her dress was created by Italian fashion house Marni.
Alia Bhatt
Alia Bhatt, an Indian actress, she wore a mint color Sabyasachi saree. Sabyasachi is a brand that empowers and enables the finest of Indian crafts by working with craftspeople and craft clusters on models of economic sustainability, the brand uses handwoven fabrics that resemble the different state of India. From top to bottom she was wearing real gems. She truly looked elegant on the met gala.
Ed Sheeran and Cara Delevingne
Cara wore and Ed Sheeran wore Stella McCartney. Cara wore a custom-made bodice and skirt, handcrafted from 100% sustainable materials. The brand promises diamonds are sustainably created and every carat saves 143 lbs of CO2. Stella McCartney has been wanting to make fashion more sustainable, always has ethics on her mind. Stella McCartney brand uses materials that are organic or recycled.
Demi Moore
Demi Moore, an American actress, wore a black gown made with 60-year-old panel of archival silk wall paper reflecting blooming and decaying of flower, designed by Harris Redd. The dress took 11000 hours hand embroidery. Harris Redd has made a collection in past which was created in partnership with the charity to highlight the importance of Secondhand September, an initiative which encourages shoppers not to buy anything new for a month. The designer has also dressed Iman in 2021 met gala that was completely hand-embroidered.
Zendaya
Zendaya who was one of the hosts for this Met Gala wore couple of dresses for the red carpet, her second outfit was a black gown which was a vintage Givenchy couture gown from their spring 1996 collection, with a flower bouquet headpiece by Philip Treacy from Alexander McQueen’s Spring 2007 collection.
These were our top 5 Met Gala looks that were inspired by sustainable fashion, share your thoughts in the comments.
