Celebrities and designers reunited for a magnificent showcase of style and ingenuity at the Met Gala, fashion’s greatest annual event.
Every year on the first Monday in May, the Met’s steps transform into a runway of wild and quirky ensembles worn by a select group of A-listers who have been specifically invited to the event.
The theme for this year’s Gala was Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion. The required dress code was “The Garden of Time”.
Despite the enticing premise, some stars were chastised for not adhering to the theme. Other styles were criticized and characterized as catastrophic fashion statements.
Here are some of the worst outfits and fashion failures from the 2024 Met Gala that sparked conversation on the internet.
1. Doja Cat
Doja Cat arrived at the event in a damp white gown, with black teardrops pouring from her smokey eyes. Many people online assumed the Paint The Town Red rapper simply hopped out of the shower and walked straight to the Met Gala red carpet.
“Doja came to the MET Gala in the middle of [a] shower,” one commenter claimed, while another said, “When you get out [of] the shower and can’t find a towel but a bed sheet will do.
2. Rita Ora
The Let You Love Me singer, 33, wore a nude-colored mesh bodysuit with hanging strands of beads “from the 1st and 2nd century BC,” Extra reported.
She said the beads have been handpicked from all over North Africa and Europe, and they just represent the timeless beauty from various centuries.
Walking up the stairs may not have been problematic, but she revealed that “going to the toilet [was] another thing.”
3. Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran was taunted for wearing a blue suit that resembled the prom outfit worn by Zac Efron’s character, Troy Bolton, in High School Musical 3.
“Ed Sheeran is giving Troy Bolton when his tux was too tight,” one Twitter user said, while another sarcastic comment read, “Wtf is even this? ”He looks so out of place ksksksk.”
4. Kylie Jenner
When Kylie Jenner appeared on the Met steps, she was dressed in an ivory Oscar de la Renta column gown with a stunning train that trailed behind her.
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However, social media fans yawned at her simple appearance, which appeared to have little to do with this year’s Met Gala theme.
“How boring,” one person said, while another wrote, “That’s literally a wedding dress.”
5. Rauw Alejandro
He made his Met Gala debut this year wearing a couture Ludovic de Saint Sernin suit and a sparkling disco ball top.
The 31-year-old reggaeton star wore a silver top adorned with a Swarovski crystal-encrusted ‘Flor de Maga,’ Puerto Rico’s national flower.
Rauw’s appearance without the upper half of his white outfit was compared to “a silver tank top from Amazon.”
“The theme was Garden of Time, mind you not Coachella,” stated one user.
Other celebrities who experienced fashion failures at the Met Gala are:
- Ariana Grande
- Kim Kardashian
- Sydney Sweeney
- FKA twigs
- Emma Chamberlain
- Jessica Michel Serfaty
- Cara Delevingne
