Every year, fashion fans eagerly wait for the first Monday in May, the date of the famous Met Gala.
Established in 1948 by publicist Eleanor Lambert, the gala aims to raise funds and supports the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
It is attended by the world’s most famous celebrities, tickets cost around £23,000 and tables a staggering £210,000.
The event, chaired by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, features a different theme each year (for 2024, it was Sleeping Beauties: Fashion Awakening) and celebrities try to outdo each other, wearing extravagant eye-catching outfits.
But it’s not all glitz and glamour, with reports of strange celebrity behavior including stars putting on diapers to avoid having to go to the bathroom, having their outfits sewn and even rumors of one celebrity getting dirty after drinking too many. diet pills.
Gigi Hadid (pictured) reportedly needed the help of about five staff members just to get up the stairs in her luxurious dress.
Meanwhile, Cardi B (pictured) required help from nine staff members due to the huge skirt she wore to the event.
And some stars wear dresses so luxurious that they have a hard time moving in them.
Gigi Hadid was photographed during Monday’s Met Gala being helped by five staff members as she was unable to climb the stairs without assistance.
She told Vogue: “It was very slow going up because I’m literally carrying a sculpture of Thom Browne and his team.”
‘There are 2,008,000 beads in the dress alone. It took 20 people and 5,000 hours to work on this look. It is a great honor for me to present this to you.”
Meanwhile, Cardi B wore a dress with a skirt so big she needed nine assistants to fix it while she posed for photos.
While it may seem extreme, it’s not at all uncommon for celebrities to wear outfits so tight that they need to be sewn.
Speaking about her figure-hugging 2022 dress, Dove Cameron revealed what happened when she had her Iris van Herpen dress sewn.
She said harper’s bazaar: ‘This is a funny story that I’ve never told, but they tried to fit it to my measurements before I got to New York, but of course they had to modify it.
Kim Kardashian (pictured) shows off her tiny waist in a tight corset while attending the 2024 Met Gala
‘The entire dress was held together by the finest mesh in the world, as if we were talking about a fine spider web. All of these pieces are metal backed, they have fabric on top, which is what makes the arm pieces stand out and what makes everything stay in place, but literally one problem and the dress would be ruined.
“When they went to take off my dress, they had pierced my skin with pins. It didn’t hurt, I literally didn’t feel anything, there was no blood, nothing. But they asked, what has he realized? “It was my damn skin.”
Kourtney Kardashian, who attended the Met Gala in 2022, was another star who wore her Thom Browne outfit.
Writing on her website Poosh, Kourtney said: “I had to stand the few blocks to the gala as they sewed my skirt up the entire trip.”
“Thom Browne’s team had to finish sewing some details on my skirt, and they literally sewed until the moment I had to walk out on the carpet.”
Dove Cameron attends the 2022 Met Gala in a dress so tight she had to have it sewn
Meanwhile, other stars have suggested they are willing to take even more extreme measures in the name of fashion.
Both Katy Perry and Kim Kardashian have admitted that they would wear diapers if their clothing made it difficult for them to go to the bathroom.
Speaking ahead of the 2016 Met Gala, Katy Perry told reporters: “Tomorrow I’m wearing a very big thing, which will be very difficult to go to the bathroom in.”
‘Maybe I’ll just wear a diaper. I really do not care. I’m just going to be looking for people to help me go to the bathroom.’
Speaking to Ellen Degeneres in 2022, Kim Kardashian also admitted that she would “literally wear anything,” even an adult diaper, if the outfit called for it.
She said: “I don’t care how uncomfortable it is, I don’t care how long, if I have to wear a diaper and not go to the bathroom, I don’t care what I have to do.”
Kim also revealed that she already had a box of them, after purchasing them due to a misunderstanding about the bar exam she took.
She explained, “I actually bought adult diapers when I took the bar exam because I didn’t know how it worked, so I thought I had to sit there for eight hours straight.”
Katy Perry is pictured attending the 2016 Met Gala wearing a dress she claimed was so big it would be difficult to use the bathroom, suggesting she could even wear an adult diaper.
And according to the Sun, an unnamed actor put on one of the diapers, even telling other attendees that he had to because he couldn’t use the bathroom in his intricate outfit.
More unexpected behavior at the Met Gala was reported by Sunwhich claimed that an anonymous “world-renowned” star had a terrible night during one year’s gala because she took too many weight-loss pills.
According to the outlet: ‘While walking the red carpet they had an accident in their underwear. It was actually heartbreaking because he was so humble.
“The stylists came to his aid and got him some replacement pants and underwear.
“He is very grateful and, as a result, has maintained a deep respect for the team at Condé Nast, the host.”