Editor’s Note
The 2024 Met Gala, themed “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” is set to bring together a constellation of stars for fashion’s most exclusive night, all in support of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.
On Monday, celebrities, athletes, and high-profile billionaires will gather at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art for the most exclusive philanthropic — and fashionable — event of the year, hosted by Anna Wintour to benefit the museum’s Costume Institute.
The gala always has a theme and accompanying dress code. For the 2024 gala, co-chairs Jennifer Lopez, Zendaya, Bad Bunny, and Chris Hemsworth organized the event around the “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” theme. It pairs with “The Garden of Time” dress code, which aims to blend the idyllicism of nature with a sense of dystopia, according to Vogue.
Attendees’ outfits will be the focus of the red carpet, but the jewelry they wear to accessorize their looks will likely be eye-catching as well. In years past, many famous Met Gala guests have worn millions of dollars worth of jewelry on the red carpet.
Take a look back at some of the most expensive jewelry stars have ever worn to the gala.
Kurková, a Czech model, attended the “Charles James: Beyond Fashion” Met Gala in a blue, floral Marchesa ball gown that had an asymmetrical, strapless neckline.
She paired the gown with a necklace and ring from Harry Winston.
At the “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between”-themed event, Paltrow walked the Met Gala red carpet in a form-fitting Calvin Klein dress, Vogue reported. The pink gown was covered in sparkles and had a one-shoulder neckline, as well as a slit on one thigh.
She kept her accessories simple but luxurious, choosing two-tone diamond drop earrings from Harry Winston with diamond studs.
Lady Gaga’s red-carpet look for the “Camp: Notes on Fashion” Met Gala was the talk of the event. When she arrived, she unveiled four different outfits designed by Brandon Maxwell.
During her red-carpet performance, she wore and put on several pieces of jewelry from Tiffany & Co. Most notably, she wore the 15-carat Tiffany True Ring.
Lopez’s Versace dress gave the impression she was wearing diamonds from head to toe. The entire form-fitting gown was covered in sparkly fabric, as was her short wig.
Naturally, she wore diamond jewelry with the look, choosing pieces from Harry Winston.
Hadid walked the “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion” Met Gala red carpet in a strapless white Prada dress with a corset bodice and black lining.
Black gloves added to the simple look, but Hadid really elevated her ensemble with a diamond Jacob & Co. necklace that featured a 54-carat center stone, as well as matching earrings.
Chamberlain’s Louis Vuitton ensemble for the “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” Met Gala included a cropped, ruched top and a form-fitting white skirt.
She also wore a vintage headpiece and necklace from Cartier.
Chopra Jonas wore a black Valentino gown to the “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” Met Gala.
But the standout element of her outfit was the Bulgari Laguna Blue Diamond necklace she paired with the look. It featured a chain of diamonds and a whopping 11.16-carat blue diamond in the center.