--- title: The Unexpected Color that Dominated the 2024 Met Gala description: One color won the night on the 2024 Met Gala red carpet—and it's definitely not what you think. canonical: https://time.com/6975435/met-gala-2024-color-trend/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-05-07T03:29:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:42:54.598Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: One Color Won the Night at the Met Gala—And It's Not What You Expect og:description: The night has become an opportunity for celebrities to try out their most daring style whims—which is why the biggest trend this year may have been the most unexpected. og:url: https://time.com/6975435/met-gala-2024-color-trend/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a78bdb7681cc273/698a567e09208ff64741d1e2/met-gala-2024-beige.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: met-gala-2024-beige og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: One Color Won the Night at the Met Gala—And It's Not What You Expect twitter:description: The night has become an opportunity for celebrities to try out their most daring style whims—which is why the biggest trend this year may have been the most unexpected. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a78bdb7681cc273/698a567e09208ff64741d1e2/met-gala-2024-beige.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # One Color Won the Night at the Met Gala—And It's Not What You Expect > Sponsored content. 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On Monday night, the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art were filled with celebrities, fashion insiders, and art lovers, who all donned spectacular looks for the 2024 Met Gala._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 7, 2024 3:29 AM UTC  Jennifer Lopez; Mindy Kaling; Zoe Saldana; Tyla Jennifer Lopez; Mindy Kaling; Zoe Saldana; TylaGetty Images (4)  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 7, 2024 3:29 AM UTC There's a reason why [the Met Gala](https://time.com/6970055/met-gala-red-carpet-2024/) is often referred to as fashion's biggest night. The event has become synonymous with sartorial showboating, [a red carpet where anything and everything can take place](https://time.com/6970052/met-gala-most-outrageous-looks/). In recent years, it's become an opportunity for celebrities, designers, and fashion's most influential figures to try out their most outrageous and daring style whims—which is why the biggest trend of the [2024 Met Gala](https://time.com/6967029/met-gala-2024-theme-co-chairs/) may have been the most unexpected. **Read more:** [_The Best and Most Outrageous Fashion Moments of the 2024 Met Gala_](https://time.com/6970055/met-gala-red-carpet-2024/) On Monday night, as stars and art enthusiasts gathered on the steps of the Met, it was clear that there was a common theme in many of the looks of the night: an affinity for the color beige. The neutral color showed up at many points on the red carpet: on singer Tyla, who wore a sheath dress made with sand designed by Balmain, on Mindy Kaling, who arrived at the Met Gala in a sculptural pleated tan Gaurav Gupta Couture gown, and on co-chair Jennifer Lopez, who sported a sparkling but skin-toned Schiaparelli gown, as well as her fellow co-host Chris Hemsworth and his wife Elsa Pataky, who donned coordinating beige Tom Ford looks for the night. If beige seems like a bland or vanilla choice for a night ostensibly highlighting the creativity of the fashion industry, consider this—after years of over-the-top looks and noisy, costume-esque dressing for the event, there may be nothing more subversive or even edgy than wearing a subtle shade in a tastefully considered silhouette. That or the many guests who opted to wear beige tonight may have been giving their interpretations of the night's theme, "Garden of Time," going for a natural, earthy, and essentially nude (_very_ Garden of Eden) aesthetic. With that in mind, here's a look at the beige and the beautiful from the 2024 Met Gala red carpet. ## Tyla in Balmain  Tyla Theo Wargo—GA/The Hollywood Reporter/Getty Images ## Mindy Kaling in Gaurav Gupta Couture  Mindy Kaling Jamie McCarthy—Getty Images ## Pamela Anderson in Oscar de la Renta  Pamela Anderson Gilbert Flores—Variety/Getty Images ## Jennifer Lopez in Schiaparelli  Jennifer Lopez Jeff Kravitz—FilmMagic/Getty Images ## Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky in Tom Ford  Elsa Pataky and Chris Hemsworth John Shearer—WireImage/Getty Images ## Lana del Rey in Alexander McQueen  Lana Del Rey Marleen Moise—Getty Images ## Zoe Saldana in Chloé  Zoe Saldana Theo Wargo—GA/The Hollywood Reporter/Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6975435/met-gala-2024-color-trend/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6975435/met-gala-2024-color-trend/"},"headline":"One Color Won the Night at the Met Gala—And It's Not What You Expect","datePublished":"2024-05-07T03:29:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:42:54.598Z","description":"The night has become an opportunity for celebrities to try out their most daring style whims—which is why the biggest trend this year may have been the most unexpected.","url":"https://time.com/6975435/met-gala-2024-color-trend/","keywords":["fashion","culturepod"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a78bdb7681cc273/698a567e09208ff64741d1e2/met-gala-2024-beige.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a78bdb7681cc273/698a567e09208ff64741d1e2/met-gala-2024-beige.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"met-gala-2024-beige","caption":"Jennifer Lopez; Mindy Kaling; Zoe Saldana; Tyla","creditText":"Getty Images (4)","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/fashion/","name":"fashion"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6975435/met-gala-2024-color-trend/","name":"One Color Won the Night at the Met Gala—And It's Not What You Expect"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Best and Most Outrageous Fashion Moments of the 2024 Met Gala","description":"On Monday night, the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art were filled with celebrities, fashion insiders, and art lovers, who all donned spectacular looks for the 2024 Met Gala.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/VcF8iwJI/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2024-05-07T01:16:21.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/VcF8iwJI.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/6975435/met-gala-2024-color-trend/","duration":"PT2M37S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/6975435/met-gala-2024-color-trend/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```