(2 May 2024)
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New York – 6 May 2019
1. Zendaya wearing Tommy Hilfiger- dress lights up.
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New York – 7 May 2018
2. Zendaya wearing Versace chainmail
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New York – 7 May 2018
3. STILL IMAGE: Zendaya attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination exhibition. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
4. STILL IMAGE: Zendaya attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination exhibition. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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New York – 1 May 2017
5. Zendaya wearing Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda colorful parrot dress
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New York – 7 May 2017
6. STILL IMAGE: Zendaya attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between exhibition (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
7. STILL IMAGE: Zendaya attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between exhibition (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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New York – 2 May 2016
8. Zendaya wears tan beaded dress
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New York – 4 May 2015
9. Zendaya wears celestial short dress with long train
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New York – 4 May 2015
10. STILL IMAGE: Zendaya arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating "China: Through the Looking Glass" on Monday, May 4, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
11. STILL IMAGE: Zendaya arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating "China: Through the Looking Glass" on Monday, May 4, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
12. STILL IMAGE: Zendaya arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating "China: Through the Looking Glass" on Monday, May 4, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
STORYLINE:
Zendaya is one of the hosts of this year’s Met Gala and fans are eagerly awaiting how she will interpret this year’s theme.
Stars of film, fashion, music, sports, politics and social media will ascend the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the first Monday in May to sip cocktails, have dinner and sample the new exhibit, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.”
The title of the accompanying exhibit refers to garments from the Costume Institute’s collection that have been “in slumber” and now will be on display, some too fragile to hang upright lest they disintegrate. Curator Andrew Bolton picked 250 pieces spanning four centuries.
This leaves the field wide open for varying vintage looks on the carpet. Zendaya has become a style icon in recent years, often using events or projects to inspire her outfits.
At past Met Galas, she has collaborated with designers including Versace, Tommy Hilfiger and Dolce & Gabbana.
The Gala started in 1948 as a society midnight supper, and wasn’t even at the Met. Fast forward 70-plus years, and it’s one of the most photographed events in the world, renowned for its head-spinning red carpet — though the carpet isn’t always red. It’s been off white and even pink in past years.
Other hosts this year include Bad Bunny, Jennifer Lopez, and Chris Hemswort – a first-time gala attendee.
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