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Elle Fanning | The Sun Eater
Elle Fanning looked like a glass sculpture come to life for the 2024 Met Gala, the custom translucent gown by Balmain made Fanning look frozen in time. A recurring theme in Christopher Ruocchio’s Sun Eater saga, the memoir-style story follows antihero Hadrian Marlowe on a journey through space and time.
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Tyla | Not Quite Dead Yet
For her first Met Gala, Tyla partnered with Balmain to create a stunning interpretation of the “Sands of Time.” The atelier’s inspiration came from expressing the ephemerality of life. Something they have in common with Holly Jackson’s new novel, Not Quite Dead Yet.
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Karlie Kloss | The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Karlie Kloss and Swarovski designed a stunning gown for the 2024 Met Gala, which represented the fragility of nature through fashion. Lucy Gray from The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is intimately familiar with the fragility of life and nature – but she also knows how important a good dress…
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Wisdom Kaye | Red Rising
Wisdom Kaye is the best-dressed on TikTok and the red carpet. While he’s only attended the Met Gala in 2024, he stole the spotlight from seasoned carpetgoers in a blood red suit. That could have been formalwear for one of the Reds in the saga Red Rising by Pierce Brown.
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Ava Iranpour Asly | The Nature of Witches
Editor Ava Iranpour Asly has created a space where individuals of all backgrounds can feel welcome in fashion. Her promotion of sustainable fashion is needed to prevent the decay of our planet. In the book, The Nature of Witches, you can also see the effects humans have on the climate.
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Alia Bhatt | Exit West
Award-winning actress Alia Bhatt wore a custom sari by Sabyasachi Mukherjee. The design was meant to honor the traditional craftsmanship and history of the sari. She looked whimsical, like a character from J. G. Ballard’s story, “The Garden of Time”—the story which inspired this year’s Gala theme.
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Lana Del Rey | A Discovery of Witches
This year, Lana Del Rey attended the Met Gala in a stunning nature-inspired Alexander McQueen gown fit for a witch. A witch like Diana Bishop with the power to control nature. She would resemble a goddess of nature in the McQueen gown, like her patron, the goddess of the hunt.
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Nicki Minaj | The Smoking Lamp
“Queen of Rap” Nicki Minaj is one of the greatest rappers of all time and one of the most influential people. As a fashion icon, she stunned in an angelic custom Paco Rabanne set. She looked like one of the goddesses from the Sons of Sand series by Kimberly Loth.
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Beyoncé | Glitch
Global superstar Beyoncé influences millions through her music and fashion. During her recent tour, she wore a jumpsuit by Marine Serre that looked like it was from the future. Like the future that Zoe is from in Heather Anastaiu’s Glitch series, where pain is eradicated with a computer chip.
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Cardi B | The Night Circus
One of the most influential female rappers, Cardi B stuns audiences worldwide with her extravagant fashion. She wowed fans with her Area Couture look for Interview magazine in 2021. The dress looks like it was made from magic, something Celia Bowen from The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern knows about.
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