Met Gala 2024 Memes Probably Stole The Show As The Main Event
By Mikelle Leow, 07 May 2024
Foreground image via Wikimedia Commons (public domain), background generated on AI
The 2024 Met Gala wasn’t just fashion’s most watched-for night, but it was also the time for online comedians to shine.
The internet has turned its sharp wit to how A-listers have interpreted the Garden of Time theme, the surprise appearance of AI-generated looks, and the green “red” carpet, even acknowledging that they’re just watching from the sidelines in their tattered pajamas. Some might say the memes are just as spectacular as the fashion event itself.
From Mindy Kaling’s sculptural Gaurav Gupta piece that required multiple handlers (shown directly below), to another Devil Wears Prada connection to Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, here’s what the internet had to say about the most head-turning getups.
Once you see it, you can't unsee it #MetGala pic.twitter.com/96RQuM6CeT
— Mashable (@mashable) May 6, 2024
Both of my personalities trying to coexist together #MetGala pic.twitter.com/bWmQ4lJUEm
— Abhay Rana (@Abheythere) May 6, 2024
Me when I’m in the barbers https://t.co/ntzKCRy5iC
— billy (@billydyson_) May 6, 2024
On this day in 1929 Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo were married, this is the only surviving photograph pic.twitter.com/bxDYUnX0sP
— Meech (@MediumSizeMeech) May 7, 2024
“that dress is disgusting, who let her out in public”
— moksh (fan account) (@evermokshh) May 6, 2024
“fire your stylist girl”
“he looks boring as fuck”#MetGala #MetGala2024 pic.twitter.com/BJX6zkjqDq
refreshing Twitter for more looks #MetGala #MetGala2024 pic.twitter.com/J0WOuJW7NN
— T (@teewatterss) May 6, 2024
call an ambulance but not for me. pic.twitter.com/C4X7eYYFnf
— aidan (@AlDANS_) May 6, 2024
she became what they once preached she'd hate #metgala pic.twitter.com/nEbeJgbIOz
— popculture (@notgwendalupe) May 6, 2024
They look like District One tributes #MetGala pic.twitter.com/nSkBoDhauC
— H. (@halcaida) May 6, 2024
The Oompa Loompa from the Willy Wonka Experience in Glasgow has arrived at the #MetGala pic.twitter.com/jKxabjoF6e
— Dylan / દિલન (@dylan_patel) May 6, 2024
POV: you're about to have the worst creative review of your life pic.twitter.com/oOH3tJgwMb
— R/GA (@RGA) May 7, 2024
RIP to the Featheringtons, you would’ve loved the Met Gala theme this year pic.twitter.com/9GfANDgswH
— joanie à¾à½²à¾à½² | polin’s attorney (@dearjoanie) May 6, 2024
RIP Marie Antoinette. You WOULDN'T have messed up on the theme at this year's #MetGala. pic.twitter.com/dc01zts0tx
— Ellen Walker MA (RCA) (@EllenFWalker) May 6, 2024
the man at the Met Gala every year:#MetGala #MetGala2024 pic.twitter.com/mjV1wmK4kA
— WILDEST DREAMS HAHA 𧣠(@swiftoursonggg) May 6, 2024
[via BuzzFeed, Teen Vogue, The Independent, images via various sources]