“Game of Thrones” star Gwendoline Christie, La La Anthony and Ashley Graham will host Vogue’s Met Gala red carpet live stream.

Emma Chamberlain will return as Vogue’s special correspondent to conduct red carpet interviews. The festivities kick off Monday, May 6, at 6 p.m. ET.

This year’s dress code is “The Garden of Time,” inspired by the 1962 short story of the same name by J.G Ballard. Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Hemsworth, Bad Bunny and Anna Wintour will serve as the gala’s co-chairs while the honorary chairs are creative director of Loewe Jonathan Anderson and TikTok CEO Shou Chew.

The 2024 gala coincides with the opening of the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” and provides the department primary funding for future exhibits, publications, acquisitions, operations and capital improvements. The exhibition will be displayed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue from May 10 to Sept. 2.

The Met Gala holds a long standing tradition of guests arriving in their most extravagant formal wear. Previous year’s dress codes include “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,” “In America: An Anthology of Fashion,” “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,” “About Time: Fashion and Duration,” “Camp: Notes on Fashion,” “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” and “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between.”

The stream is hosted exclusively by Vogue and will air across its digital platforms, including TikTok and its YouTube channel. [Source]

His long-term friend praised the esteemed designer’s ‘undeniable flair’ – and taste in memes – as she accepted the Designer of The Year Award on his behalf

Ingenious British menswear designer Kim Jones, artistic director of Fendi womenswear and haute couture, and currently at the helm of Dior Men, was named Designer Of The Year this evening at the ELLE Style Awards in partnership with Moët & Chandon. With Jones unable to attend, the accolade was accepted on his behalf, by his long-term friend Gwendoline Christie.

Remarking how impressive it is that Jones helms not one but two luxury brands, Christie said: ‘This is a celebration not just of talent and success but of longevity, a rarity in the modern age but particularly in the world of fashion.’ Adding: ‘[He has] a beautiful rarity to create collections that endure, remain startlingly influential and have commercial success.’

‘Our designer is synonymous with modernity – never denying but embracing and reinterpreting tradition,’ she said.

Christie, who joked she has known Jones for ‘a thousand years’ after meeting him at Central St Martins, also spoke to his charm and empathy as an individual, noting his ‘genuine love for the people he works with. He cares for his relationships with friends and collaborators and nurtures them. He’s able to see things people can’t. He’s willing to help you and he actually wants to. He genuinely wants you to be happy.’

Christie couldn’t resist adding a ‘personal thank you for the memes.’ A mark of any great friendship, we’d say.

Ending her touching tribute, Christie expressed: ‘When I think about all the love he shows us, I feel so lucky to call him my friend. We love you. Unfortunately he can’t be here, but I know he’d want to say thank you for all the support and love you show him – and thank you from me too.’
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