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The 2026 Met Gala took place Monday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, drawing celebrities, designers and artists under the theme "Fashion Is Art."
The annual benefit, which raises funds for the Met's Costume Institute, was co-chaired by Beyonce Knowles-Carter, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour, with Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos serving as honorary chairs.
This year's accompanying exhibition, "Costume Art," marks the first show in the Costume Institute's new permanent galleries.
Beyonce Knowles-Carter in Olivier Rousteing
She co-chaired the 2026 Met Gala and marked her return to the event after a decade-long absence.
Cardi B in Marc Jacobs
Her custom look drew from Hans Bellmer's Surrealist doll imagery, with padded forms and sheer black lace reshaping the silhouette.
Rihanna in Maison Margiela
The hand-sculpted duchess silk gown features over 115,000 crystal beads and took 1,380 hours to embroider.
Bad Bunny in custom design (in collaboration with Zara)
The Puerto Rican singer arrived wearing prosthetics designed to depict an aged version of himself, in conversation with the exhibition's exploration of the aging body.
Sabrina Carpenter in Givenchy
Her dress was wrapped in film from the 1954 Audrey Hepburn film Sabrina, tying her look directly to the evening's "Costume Art" theme.
Heidi Klum in custom look
Her ensemble paid homage to Raffaelle Monti's 1847 Veiled Vestal sculpture, with gray body paint, contacts and sculpted fabric replicating the look of stone.
Hudson Williams in Balenciaga
The actor wore a powder blue suit inspired by a 1947 bolero jacket from house founder Cristobal Balenciaga, styled with geometric crystal embroidery and no shirt.
Kylie Jenner in Schiaparelli
A strapless nude bodysuit transitions into a heavily embroidered ivory ball gown skirt with floral details in pale pink, gold and white.
Lisa in Robert Wun
The custom gown features a 3D-scanned arm motif based on Lisa's own form, inspired by traditional Thai dance positions.
Jordan Roth in Robert Wun
A sculptural figure attached to the back of his anthracite velvet gown references the two-body compositions of classical sculpture.
SZA in Bode
Over 100 yards of vintage yellow fabrics—tulle, taffeta, silk faille and beaded lace—were sourced to construct the two-tiered gown.
Sarah Paulson in Matieres Fecales
A red-grey tulle ball gown paired with a dollar bill taped across her eyes references the collection's critique of extreme wealth.
Blake Lively in Atelier Versace
Returning to the Met Gala after a four-year absence, she wore an archival spring 2006 Atelier Versace gown with a four-meter embroidered skirt.
Katy Perry in Stella McCartney
A sculptural silver mirrored mask obscured her face entirely, paired with a white off-the-shoulder gown and long opera gloves.
Kendall Jenner in GapStudio by Zac Posen
The look was inspired by the Winged Victory of Samothrace, the second-century Greek statue at the Louvre, rendered in layered cotton-viscose and satin-face chiffon.
Emma Chamberlain in Mugler
Chicago-based artist Anna Deller-Yee hand-painted the custom dress using approximately 30 base colors across roughly 40 hours of work.
Janelle Monae in Christian Siriano
The floor-length gown was constructed from real electrical cables and wiring interwoven with moss, succulents and circuit board fragments.
Sam Smith in Christian Cowan
Smith's sculptural coat was adorned with over 230,000 crystals and beads, hand-placed by 45 artisans over 800 hours.
Eileen Gu in Iris van Herpen
The Olympic freestyle skier wore a short bubble dress embedded with 15,000 glass bubbles, which took 2,550 hours to produce.
Naomi Osaka in Robert Wun
Her anatomy gown features embroidered Swarovski crystals in four shades of red, completed with 659,000 stitches and 3,280 hours of work.
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