Josh O'Connor had the perfect reaction to seeing his co-star Zendaya arrive at the 2024 Met Gala.
The British actor, 33, attended the Met Gala in New York City on Monday, May 6. For the annual fashion event, which raises funds for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, O'Connor stepped out in her Challengers Co-stars Mike Faist, Zendaya and Italian director Luca Guadagnino.
As the Crown The actor walked the steps of the Met in a custom black Loewe suit and floral boots, stopped him Varieties Marc Malkin, who asked if he had seen Zendaya's dramatic Met Gala outfit yet.
“I have not done it! Has she arrived? O'Connor responded. Malkin then pulled out her phone to show O'Connor a photo of Zendaya's peacock-colored dress designed by John Galliano for Maison Margiela Artisanal. Along with her spectacular blue and green dress, which was a nod to Dior's spring 1999 couture collection, the Dune The star paired the look with a Philip Treacy headpiece featuring a single black feather and a faux hummingbird resting on her shoulder.
While looking at the image of Zendaya's outfit on the red carpet, O'Connor exclaimed, “Oh my God. Wow!”
And he added: “Incredible.”
After walking the red carpet in her blue and emerald green draped dress, the Emmy winner adopted a second surprise look: a black dress from Givenchy's spring/summer 1996 haute couture collection, paired with a bouquet of flowers as of headdress.
Meanwhile, Faist also wore a custom Loewe suit designed by creative director Jonathan Anderson. For an added touch, she accessorized her outfit with a dazzling turnip pinned to her lapel.
O'Connor, Faist and Zendaya scored high at the box office following the release of their sexy tennis drama. Challengers, directed by Guadagnino, on April 26. In the film, Zendaya plays Tashi Duncan, a former professional tennis player turned coach to her husband Art Donaldson (Mike Faist). To snap him out of her losing streak, she enters him into a low-level tournament where they reunite with her former best friend and Tashi's ex-boyfriend, Patrick Zweig (Josh O'Connor).
Ahead of the Met Gala, co-chair Zendaya pulled out all the stops for fashion during the Challengers press tour. With the help of her longtime collaborator and stylist, Law Roach, the 27-year-old fashion icon channeled tennis in her tennis ball heels and a green and white checkered Louis Vuitton minidress.
The theme of the 2024 Met Gala was “Sleeping Beauties: The Awakening of Fashion.” The fashion show coincided with the opening of the Costume Institute's annual exhibition, which focuses on 50 historically significant fashion pieces, some too fragile to be worn again. Nearly 250 items were from the Costume Institute's permanent collection, with designs by Elsa Schiaparelli, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior and Givenchy spanning 400 years of fashion history.
Like every year, this year's Met Gala also had its own dress code, loosely called “The Garden of Time.” The dress code is inspired by a short story of the same title, written by JG Ballard in 1962, which focuses on the theme of fleeting beauty. Attendees were encouraged to wear items that captured the essence of the story, such as flowers to represent a real garden or items that symbolized the passage of time, such as clocks and sand.
It's no surprise that Zendaya was among the best-dressed guests at this year's Met Gala, her first attendance at the event since 2019. However, there were also some stars who didn't get the “Garden of Time” theme right.
