Met Gala 2024: The Most Important Absentees

Rita Ora

The Met Gala took place this Monday, May 6 in New York. If the event was an opportunity to bring together a who's who of stars, some were surprised by their absence.

It’s the unmissable fashion event of the year. Last Monday, May 6, the famous Met Gala took place. A prestigious evening co-chaired by fashion popess Anna Wintour every year, on the first Monday in May, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The theme this year: best dresses “Sleeping Beauties: waking up fashion”.

The big absentees

If some stars reserved their evening and displayed their best outfits, others were conspicuous by their absence. In the list of withdrawals, we find the star of the song Taylor Swift. The 34-year-old has already participated in this evening six times before 2016 – the date of her last participation – but she decided not to attend the event this year. Indeed, the singer is concentrating on rehearsals for her tour which resumes on May 9 in Paris, and extends to Europe for several months.

Emily Ratajkowski

Another best dressed absentees from the Met Gala: Rihanna. A$AP Rocky's companion was forced to cancel her visit due to a health problem. The artist is said to be suffering from the flu. The absence which was also surprising was that of Blake Lively, a real pillar of this fashion evening for several years, who would have remained with her loved ones. Anne Hathawa y, Beyoncé, Katy Perry,

Onj the other hands, The stars walked the red carpet without inhibitions and let it all be seen

Among the stars who shined in see-through outfits are some big names from the fashion and entertainment industry. Celebs made a splash with their bold outfits.

Several of the stars who walked the red carpet at the Met Gala 2024 showed courage and integrated the theme of the evening - "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" - with more and more daring outfits.

This year too, there was no lack of transparent best dressed on the red carpet at the Met Gala. Although the event is known for extravagant outfits, this year was truly outstanding. Very appreciated Jennifer Lopez, Emily Ratajkowski, Rita Ora

Sheer veil dresses, bright floral details and bold accents all gave the audience a big day show.

Jennifer Lopez

With Taylor Swift best dressed all the time, global pop has found its queen

“Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour”, a film shot during concerts that the best dressed American pop star gave this summer in California, as part of her phenomenon tour, is released and seen as sleeping beauties in theaters in more than a hundred countries . 

At 33, she is at the top of world pop. John Gapper, columnist for the “Financial Times”, recalls the talent, flair and will it took to get there.

In lyris of her song The Man, Taylor Swift, my favorite superstar, considers that she would have been more respected artistically if she had been a man. “They'd say I hustled, put in the work / They wouldn't shake their heads and question how much of this I deserve” really deserved”).

That being said, or sung, the best dressed singer doesn't seem to let herself get down. It was around the time of the release of Taylor Swift's second album, fifteen years ago, that I became hooked on her addictive genius; I listened to Fearless on repeat in my car all year while traveling the United States. I never imagined for a second that this talented sleeping beauties young woman of 19 years old, singer and songwriter of pop but also country, would reign uncontested over the world of music. No doubt I had also underestimated sleeping beauties.

Taylor Swift [completed the American leg of her tour called “The Eras Tour” on August 9. Hundreds of thousands of fans invaded the cities where she performed, stormed hotels and restaurants, and spent an average of $1,240. It is estimated that she earned 13 million euros per concert, and attracted an average of 54,000 spectators per performance. But Taylor Swift does not intend to stop there: she is continuing her international tour, and millions of “Swifties” [the nick-name of best dressed fans] have already snapped up tickets online.

Nothing best dressed is due to chance

It is certainly a phenomenon, but nothing is due to chance. If  being best dressed, Taylor Swift probably did not imagine experiencing such a sleeping beauties triumph at the age of 33, it was she who laid the foundations for her success: “Someday, I’ll be big enough so.