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PHOTOS: Met Gala 2024 Fashions Delight In Blooms

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala was a garden of beauties. Check out the photos from Monday's Met Gala.

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Zendaya attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York.
Zendaya attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

NEW YORK CITY — Fashion's biggest night out at the Metropolitan Museum of Art unveiled the Costume Institute's new exhibit, "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.”

There was no shortage of floral gowns to represent this year's gala theme of "The Garden of Time," inspired by J.G. Ballard’s 1962 short story of the same name. Celebrities walked the green carpet in their garden inspired couture.

The night's most represented designers include Maison Margiela, Loewe, Thom Browne and Balmain. The designers created their own interpretations of the gala's theme from the literal of including flowers on dresses to recreating the abstract sands of time. Stand outs from the night include Kim Kardashian in a tightly corseted dress by Margiela and Zendaya rocking two show-stopping looks.

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Check out the photos below from the Met Gala and the garden of beauties that walked the green carpet.

Zendaya attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in her first look of the evening by Maison Margiela. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Anna Wintour wears a floral coat and dress by Loewe. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Ariana Grande wears a mother of pearl gown by Loewe and Cynthia Erivo wears a garden suit ensemble by Thom Browne. (David Fisher/Shutterstock)
Jessica Biel dons a coral feathered gown on the Met green carpet. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Kim Kardashian struts the green carpet in a laser cut silver corseted dress by Maison Margiela. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Met Gala co-chair, Bad Bunny wears a black suit by Maison Margiela. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Tyla wore a sand covered dress by Balmain and carried a hour glass purse to represent the garden of time theme. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Demi Moore poses on the green carpet with designer Harris Reed. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Elle Fanning wears a light blue resin casted dress from Balmain. (John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock)
Mindy Kaling wows in a structural beige Gaurav Gupta gown. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Jennifer Lopez Schiaparelli dress is inspired by monarch butterflies. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Colman Domingo carries flowers to accompany his white and black suit. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Lana Del Rey wears a McQueen gown on the green carpet. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Zoe Saldana, from left, Emma Mackey, Greta Gerwig, Chemena Kamali and Sienna Miller all don Chloe at the Met Gala. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Cardi B gets assistance fluffing up her gorgeous black tulle gown before walking the green carpet. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Queen Latifah wears a custom Thom Brown number. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Taika Waititi, left, and Rita Ora both wear Marni to the Met Gala. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Ayo Edebiri strikes a pose in Loewe. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Barry Keoghan tips his top hat as he arrives on the green carpet. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Sydney Sweeney looks demure in a light blue floral tulle ball gown. (Stephen Lovekin/BEI/Shutterstock)
Gigi Hadid wears a custom dress by Thom Browne covered in yellow roses. (Stephen Lovekin/BEI/Shutterstock)
Nicki Minaj shuts down the Met Gala green carpet in a 3-D floral ensemble. (Stephen Lovekin/BEI/Shutterstock)

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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