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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Kaleigh Werner

What does the 2024 Met Gala theme ‘Sleeping Beauties’ actually mean?

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No – celebrities won’t be wearing pajamas at the 2024 Met Gala.

On 8 Novemeber 2023, Vogue announced the theme of The Costume Institute’s 2024 exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Met Gala motif entitled, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.” The reveal was met with a myriad of confused individuals online, predicting a display of designer jammies on the red carpet for the famed opening as well as a parade of princesses on the museum steps thinking “Sleeping Beauties” was a reference to the classic Disney animation. Yet, neither are correct.

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