Peanut butter and jelly. Bacon and eggs. Cookies and milk. Zendaya and the Met Gala. Some things are just meant to be together.
Now, Zendaya might have only attended the Met Gala five times in total, but she’s already become one of the most-anticipated invitees at the event, and after much, much waiting, she is finally making her grand Met Gala return as one of the co-chairs for the Met Gala 2024.
In 2021, when she announced that she wouldn’t be attending the event’s long-awaited return after a one-year break in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many lamented the news. (She was busy filming the second season of Euphoria, so she had a valid excuse!)
A year later, all of our hopes were crushed when Zendaya announced she would once again skip the event and be absent from the Met Gala 2022 because of work. “Your girl’s gotta work and make some movies,” she revealed just weeks ahead of the event. When 2023 rolled around, Zendaya gave no explanation as to why she has once again RSVP’d “no” for the Met Gala 2023, but we figured she was busy with Dune 2.
Now, with her schedule all cleared up following not one but two killer press tours, Z is back, and she’s more powerful than ever when it comes to fashion. She told us she would “be back eventually,” and she is sticking to her word.
So, ahead of the Met Gala 2024, why not revisit all of Zendaya’s past Met Gala looks while we wait for her triumphant return? Admittedly, she might not have always nailed the theme, but she has consistently served looks. Revisit Zendaya’s Met Gala looks through the years, in chronological order, below:
