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At the Met Gala 2024, many celebrities violated one of the most important rules of the fashion spectacle: phones are not allowed.
On May 6, Hollywood's favorite faces made their way to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in honor of the museum's annual costume institute fundraiser. After walking the red carpet in their best outfits — some of which conformed to the event's “Garden of Time” dress code — the stars entered the gala, where they didn't hesitate to snap a few pictures, making it no-social broke media protocol.
For example, Ayo Edebiri took to her Instagram Stories to share a selfie from inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art during the gala. In the snapshot, she posed alongside musician Troye Sivan and three of her co-stars from her hit film: Bottoms, Nicholas Galitzine, Kaia Gerber and Rachel Sennot.
In the caption of the selfie, which also showed the stage at the museum, Edebiri quipped: “Bottoms 2 ft @troyesivan?”
Singer Cardi B also took to her Instagram Stories on Monday night to share videos of herself at her table at the museum while smiling and waving at her camera. In another video, Cardi B filmed basketball star Angel Reese sitting next to each other.
“Say happy birthday to my one and only,” the singer wrote in the caption as the Met Gala fell on Reese's 22nd birthday.
The flood of social media posts from the gala didn't stop there, as Lizzo used TikTok to share a video from the restroom at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during the Met Gala. As she filmed herself dancing on the toilet, she was also joined by Uma Thurman and Stella McCartney.
In the caption, she simply wrote, “Let's hit the bathroom.”
One of the Met Gala's biggest rules over the years is that no phones are allowed. In 2015, it was first reported that social media use was banned at the event to prevent celebrities from spending most of the evening on their cell phones. The phone ban at the Met Gala has been ignored by numerous guests in the past, with beauty mogul and reality TV star Kylie Jenner taking a bathroom selfie with numerous other event attendees in 2017.
In an article about this year's Met Gala published by Vogue earlier this month, the publication reiterated its phone and social media ban policy and noted that what happens at the fashion event is a “secret.”
During an interview with Jenna Bush Hager conducted hours before this year's Met Gala, event organizer Anna Wintour didn't hesitate to talk about the cell phone ban and why she thinks it's beneficial.
“It's often nice to hear people say after dinner, 'We had the most wonderful conversations.' “So that’s the idea that life can exist without a picture on your phone,” Wintour said.
The dress code set by Wintour this year was “The Garden of Time.” Inspired by JG Ballard's 1962 short story, guests are expected to illustrate fleeting beauties such as Count Axel's fading garden. It is likely to reference the Elizabethan era and emulate the concept of preservation as well as organic elements such as floral decorations.
The annual fashion event also coincided with the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute exhibition “Sleeping Beauty: Fashion Resurgent.” The exhibition featured 250 pieces from the Costume Institute's permanent collection, some of which date from the Elizabethan period.
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