The Best Looks From The 2026 Met Gala

The Super Bowl of manner is surviving up to its moniker truthful far.

The Met Gala is officially underway arsenic A-list actors, world popular stars and tech titans alike grace nan Metropolitan Museum’s expansive staircase. The gala’s theme, “Costume Art,” honors nan Costume Institute’s outpouring accumulation connected nan domiciled of nan dressed assemblage successful nan history of art. The show inaugurates nan caller 12,000-square-foot Condé M. Nast Galleries.

This year’s absurd dress code, “Fashion Is Art,” encourages guests to dainty nan assemblage arsenic a canvas and “to definitive their ain narration to manner arsenic an embodied creation form.” So if location ever were a clip to deterioration an archival John Galliano naked dress aliases a Thom Browne assemblage overgarment gown, it’s now.

Co-chaired by Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, Anna Wintour and Beyoncé, nan second returning to nan gala aft a 10-year hiatus, nan arena — an yearly fundraiser for nan Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute — will beryllium a nighttime of sartorial excellence.

Sunday Rose Kidman Urban and Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman, co-chair of nan Met Gala, radiates successful a reddish sequin Chanel gown. She’s accompanied by girl Sunday Rose Kidman Urban.

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Lauren Sanchez Bezos

Lauren Sánchez Bezos, who reportedly spent $10 cardinal pinch hubby Jeff Bezos to sponsor nan gala, dons a bluish Schiaparelli by Daniel Roseberry gown.

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Anna Wintour

Anna Wintour has nosy pinch feathers successful Chanel.

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Emma Chamberlain

Emma Chamberlain understood nan duty successful civilization Mugler hand-painted by creator Anna Deller complete nan people of 40 hours.

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Ashley Graham

Ashley Graham wears a sheer, hand-sewn gown by Di Petsa.

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