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2024 Met Fashion Exhibit 'Sleeping Beauties' On Display: Photos

See photos from the 2024 Met fashion exhibit "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" ahead of tonights Met Gala.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute gala exhibit, "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion," on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Saturday, May 4, 2024, in New York.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute gala exhibit, "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion," on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Saturday, May 4, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

NEW YORK CITY, NY— The clothes on display in this year's Met Costume Institute exhibit titled "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" will awaken your passion for fashion. The gowns will have their debut tonight with an audience of celebrities attending the Met Gala.

The striking fashions are technically not about the traditional sleeping beauty. So don't expect to find any pillows, bedding, or princess gowns. Rather, the term sleeping beauty is meant to invoke the reawakening of spring.

Plenty of outfits in the exhibit are adorned with florals and insects and encased in a sort of glass biome. The exhibit is also a multi-sensory experience. In addition to viewing the gowns, you will also be allowed to touch certain items and smell several scents that are meant to complement specific outfits.

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The exhibit is on display to the public starting May 10th and will run through till September 2nd. Make sure to plan your trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art soon. You can also watch Met Gala fashions on Vogue's website at 6 p.m. ET.

See the photos below of the veritable garden of fashionable fashions.

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"Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion," on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Saturday, May 4, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
a floral cutout dress on display in the exhibit. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
A jacket laid on display inside a glass case covered in a swallow motif. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
A close up of dress with a bevy of pink roses and delicately embroidered spiders traipsing over the gown. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Bugs appear to play a heavy theme in this year's costume exhibit with another dress encapsulated with beetles. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Beetles and spiders aren't the only bugs you'll find on display. This monarch butterfly dress by Alexander McQueen makes a dazzling appearance. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
A miniature floral dress on display. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Floral patterns and frilly ruffles adorning a 18th century gown.
A detailed close up of a tulle skirt. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
More insects can be seen on the skirt of this leather dress. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
a floral dress incapsulated in a glass cloche. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Curator Andrew Bolton displays The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute gala exhibit, "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion," Saturday, May 4, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
A close up of a sequined floral gown that is paint by numbers inspired. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Gold sequin dresses lined up for display. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
An interactive part of the museum's exhibit. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
A skeletal bodice on view in the museum's exhibit. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute gala exhibit, "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion," on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Saturday, May 4, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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