Sabrina Carpenter channeled her inner princess for the 2024 Met Gala.
The singer walked the carpeted steps of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in a strapless ensemble by Oscar de la Renta. Simple yet stunning, the custom piece featured a velvet, figure-hugging body and billowing blue and white satin skirt. The latter was designed with an ombré effect, taking inspiration from orchid flowers. With a long, airy train, the dress was a perfect match for the pop royalty.
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Though Carpenter opted not to wear a tiara, she accessorized with a pair of dangling diamond earrings, a sparkling tennis bracelet, and a large diamond necklace. She finished off her look with her signature shoe: a pair of towering black platform heels.
Her glam mirrored the regal look of her dress, in the form of powder-pink blush, sparkly eye shadow, and a pink lip. Carpenter’s blonde locks were swept up in a half-up, half-down look that cascaded down her back.
This marks the second time the “Espresso” singer has attended the Met Gala. While she was absent last year, the star graced the museum steps in 2022, wearing a glimmering gold two-piece set from Paco Rabanne to channel the “Gilded Glamour” theme.
This year’s dress code, “The Garden of Time,” is inspired by J.G. Ballard’s 1962 short story of the same name. The theme examines the intrinsic connection between time and natural beauty—leaving attendees to interpret this as they please.
“The Garden of Time” also complements the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” which will include about “250 objects spanning four centuries” from the institute’s vast collection, all of them “visually united by iconography related to nature, which will serve as a metaphor for the fragility and ephemerality of fashion,” according to a press release. The exhibition will feature a number of modern technologies in its display, too, “from cutting-edge tools, artificial intelligence, and computer-generated imagery to traditional formats of x-rays, video animation, light projection, and soundscapes.”
Maya Ernest is an editor who covers everything from the latest fashion news to features that investigate personal style, social media trends, and thoughtful consumption.
