1. Met Gala live updates: How to watch, theme and when to stream

During an appearance on Good Morning America, hours before the Met Gala, event co-chair Jennifer Lopez made a quip about her look for the red carpet. When asked if she’ll be able to walk in her outfit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art tonight, she said: “Barely, ever.”

However, she expressed that she didn’t necessarily have an issue with that lack of mobility, adding: “The Met gala looks…are not about comfort.”

During a conversation with Today host Jenna Bush Hager, aired on 6 May, Anna Wintour confirmed that chives, onion, and garlic are never a part of the food menu at the Met Gala. “Those are three things I’m not fond of,” she said.

She also opened up about cell phone use being banned from inside the gala, specifically during dinner time.

“It’s often wonderful to hear after dinner, people say, ‘Oh we had the most wonderful conversations,’” Wintour said. “That’s the idea, that life can exist without a picture on your cell phone.

Hours before the fashion extravaganza, Marc Jacobs took to Instagram to tease that he’ll be styling celebrities at this year’s Met Gala. Along with a photo of four black silhouettes on Instagram, the caption of the post reads: “Can you guess who Marc’s dressing for tonight’s Met Gala?”

In the comments, many fans have gone on to guess which celebrity Jacobs could be styling, such as influencer Alex Consani, YouTube star Emma Chamberlain, model Hailey Bieber, or actor Jenna Ortega.

Fans have lined up outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art this afternoon, in anticipation of celebrities’ upcoming arrival at the fashion extravaganza. While outside of the museum in New York City, people were also given pieces of tonight’s red carpet, which were green and beige.

“This exhibition broke my cardinal rule,” she said. “When we came up with the title ‘Sleeping Beauties,’ it’s wonderful and poetic and romantic, but actually, it could be many, many things.”

The Editor-in-Chief of Vogue recalled that when establishing the theme, she turned to the Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute, Andrew Bolton, for advice on what celebrities could wear. She also acknowledged that amid those conversations about outfits, the public was then confused about that dress code.

“I said, ‘What are we gonna say to people to wear to this night?’ And he said, ‘Well, what about ‘Garden of Time?’” she explained. “So, I fear that we’ve unleashed a lot of confusion out there, and for which I deeply apologise.”

Over the weekend, the Metropolitan Museum of Art prepared for its annual fashion extravaganza by setting up its iconic tent, which celebrities step into when entering the gala.

The 2024 Met Gala co-chairs – Chris Hemsworth, Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, and Bad Bunny – are guaranteed to be at the event tonight, along, with the gala’s hosts and sponsors: Loewe’s creative director, Jonathan Anderson and TikTok’s CEO, Shou Zi Chew.

According to a 13 April Page Sixreport, Lily Gladstone and Ayo Edebiri are two newcomers to the Met Gala invite list this year. Additionally, a source speaking to the outlet said Gisele Bündchen, Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, Kendall Jenner, Uma Thurman, Cara Delevingne, Sarah Paulson, and Olivia Rodrigo will be gracing the Met steps too. Barry Keoghan is said to have gotten an invite for the second year in a row.

With these select individuals, we can also assume Vogue’s two red carpet hosts, La La Anthony and Emma Chamberlain, will be back again.

Whenever the Met Gala is held, there are certain guidelines that guests will be expected to follow, should they want to stay in event organiser Anna Wintour’s good books. And when we think about all the celebrities attending the event, some rules are a bit unexpected.

For example, one would think that all who attend an event as glitzy as the Met Gala would be forgiven for taking the odd photograph to capture special moments of the occasion. However, in 2015 it was reported that the use of social media had been banned from the event, to clamp down on celebrities spending the majority of the evening on their phones.

Here are four other surprising rules guests are expected to follow when entering the Met Gala tonight.

According to Vogue, invitees to tonight’s event are meant to follow the dress code, “The Garden of Time” – telling the story of Count Axel, his countess, and their dwindling garden. From this, guests should know to represent fleeting beauty and refrain from wearing princess dress or pajama sets.

However, not everyone opts to abide by the dress code’s memo. Though the argument that every celebrity look worn to the Met Gala is subjected to criticisms and contrasting opinions, some’ve come out over the last 25 years that were undeniably a point of contention.

Here are some of the most memorable looks at the Met Gala over the years that were met with intense criticism.

Vogue will live-stream the highly-anticipated fashion event on its TikTok and YouTube accounts. While the broadcast is expected to begin at 6 pm, some celebrities will walk the red carpet on the museum’s iconic steps a bit earlier than that.

In addition, E! News will also be covering the gala for its Live From E! broadcast tonight. As noted by E! News, the broadcast will “give a sneak peek at stars’ Met Gala ‘fits as they depart from The Mark Hotel and The Pierre Hotel” in New York City. TV host Ross Mathews will also be interviewing celebrities when they arrive at the museum, with the broadcast expected to run from 6 pm ET to 9:30 pm ET.