The Met Gala has some new competition for fashion's biggest night. Los Angeles is now home to the Academy Museum Gala, back for its fourth year on Oct. 19 to fundraise for the film museum and coax A-listers into some of their best looks on a Saturday night.
Like many major red carpets, the 2024 Academy Museum Gala was stacked with straight-off-the-runway styling: Ayo Edebiri wore a corseted Thom Browne couture dress, while Greta Lee and Meg Ryan picked floral dresses from Loewe's racks. But some of the evening's most impressive styles came from stars who leaned all the way into an Old Hollywood dress code, honoring the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures' extensive film archive with pieces of fashion history. Celebrities are increasingly wearing red carpet vintage with a few goals in mind: to pay homage to style legends of the past, to rise above the dominant trends of the moment while being more sustainable, and to flex their archival knowledge along with their stylists' connections. This Gala's best looks checked every box, landing somewhere between the Vanity Fair Academy Awards party and the first Monday in May with a mix of stately gowns and nearly naked dresses.
