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HISTORICAL FACTS: What does the 2024 met gala theme sleeping beauties actually mean - The Untold Story

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No – celebrities won’t be wearing pajamas at the 2024 Met Gala.

Yesterday, Vogue announced the theme of The Costume Institute’s 2024 exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Met Gala motif entitled, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.” The reveal was met with a myriad of confused individuals online, predicting a display of designer jammies on the red carpet for the famed opening as well as a parade of princesses on the museum steps thinking “Sleeping Beauties” was a reference to the classic Disney animation. Yet, neither are correct.

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