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The best looks from the 2026 Met Gala

Rihanna attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art."
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Beyoncé attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Sabrina Carpenter attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Kylie Jenner at The 2026 Met Gala Celebrating "Costume Art."
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Emma Chamberlain attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art."
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Chase Infiniti attends the 2026 Met Gala
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Maane Khatchatourian. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
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The Super Bowl of fashion lived up to its moniker.

The Met Gala, which took place Monday and ran into the wee hours of Tuesday, was teeming with A-list actors, global pop stars and tech titans alike who graced the Metropolitan Museum’s grand staircase. The gala’s theme, “Costume Art,” honored the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition on the role of the dressed body in the history of art. The show also inaugurated the new 12,000-square-foot Condé M. Nast Galleries.

This year’s abstract dress code, “Fashion Is Art,” encouraged guests to treat the body as a canvas and “to express their own relationship to fashion as an embodied art form.” So if there ever were a time to wear an archival John Galliano naked dress or a Thom Browne body paint gown, this was it.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: (L-R) Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos attend the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/MG26/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
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Indeed, naked dresses were aplenty. Irina Shayk and Gigi Hadid embraced the undying trend, while Kylie and Kendall Jenner opted for coordinated looks that gave the illusion of nudity. Emma Chamberlain opened the gala with a bang in a hand-painted Mugler gown while Rihanna was fashionably late in a custom Galliano creation for Maison Margiela. Stars including Chase Infiniti in Thom Browne, Gracie Abrams in Chanel, Rachel Zegler in Prabal Gurung and Ben Platt in Tanner Fletcher were on the nose with looks inspired by specific artwork, while others had less literal interpretations with masks, blindfolds, elaborate beading, molded busts and sculptural looks.

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Co-chaired by Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, Anna Wintour and Beyoncé, the latter returning to the gala after a 10-year hiatus, the event — an annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute — was a night of sartorial excellence.

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 02: Beyonce attends the "Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

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How to watch the 2026 Met Gala and everything else you need to know

Here’s everything you need to know about the 2026 Met Gala, including the date, start time, theme, dress code, guest list and how to livestream the event.

Rihanna and ASAP Rocky

Rihanna and ASAP Rocky pose at the Met Gala.
Rihanna, shining bright in Maison Margiela, and ASAP Rocky never disappoint.
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Rihanna, wearing a sculptural silver gown, poses at the Met Gala.
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Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore, wearing a one-shoulder black dress, poses at the Met Gala.
Julianne Moore is a timeless beauty in Bottega Veneta.
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Audrey Nuna

Audrey Nuna, wearing a black-and-white ink-splattered coat, poses at the Met Gala.
“KPop Demon Hunters” singer Audrey Nuna slays another red carpet.
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Ayo Edebiri

Ayo Edebiri, wearing a white gown, poses at the Met Gala.
Ayo Edebiri looks whimsical in a floating Chanel gown.
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Ejae

Ejae, wearing a crystal gown, poses at the Met Gala.
Ejae is the queen of the gala in a glittering gown from Swarovski.
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Karlie Kloss

Karlie Kloss, wearing a white gown, poses at the Met Gala.
Karlie Kloss is lovely in Jonathan Anderson’s debut couture for Dior.
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Lisa

Lisa, wearing a white gown with a dramatic veil, poses at the Met Gala.
Lisa is angelic in a custom Robert Wun gown with two sculptural arms.
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Janelle Monáe

Janelle Monáe, wearing a gown that combines nature and tech, poses at the Met Gala.
Janelle Monáe is a force of nature (and tech) in custom Christian Siriano.
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Janelle Monae, wearing a gown that combines nature and tech, poses at the Met Gala.
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Vanessa Lyon

Vanessa Lyon poses at the Met Gala.
Vanessa Lyon accessorizes with a bejeweled heart.
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Bad Bunny

Bad Bunny, wearing prosthetics to look like an old man, poses at the Met Gala.
Bad Bunny is unrecognizable with his homage to the aging body.
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Teyana Taylor

Teyana Taylor, wearing a fringe gown with a matching headdress, poses at the Met Gala.
Teyana Taylor is fierce in a fringe Tom Ford gown with a matching headdress.
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Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts, wearing a black gown with floral appliques, poses at the Met Gala.
Naomi Watts blooms on the red carpet in custom Dior by Jonathan Anderson.
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Tessa Thompson

Tessa Thompson, wearing a blue gown with swirling cutouts, poses at the Met Gala.
Tessa Thompson’s blue dipped nails match her Valentino gown with swirling cutouts.
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Madonna

Madonna wears a ship on her head at the Met Gala.
Madonna dons a towering ship headpiece.
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Blake Lively

Blake Lively holds up her ballgown at the Met Gala.
The same day that she settled her legal battle with Justin Baldoni, Blake Lively returned to the Met Gala in archival Atelier Versace.
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Heidi Klum

Heidi Klum looks like a marble statue.
Heidi Klum’s is a living marble statue in a custom look by designer Mike Marino, inspired by works such as “Veiled Christ” by Giuseppe Sanmartino and “Veiled Vestal” by Raffaele Monti.
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Beyoncé

Beyoncé, wearing a skeleton-inspired look, poses at the Met Gala.
Leave it to Beyoncé to steal the show in a diamond-dripped skeleton-inspired look designed by Olivier Rousteing.
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Beyoncé, wearing a skeleton-inspired look, poses at the Met Gala.
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Kylie Jenner

Kylie Jenner, wearing a nude gown, poses at the Met Gala.
Kylie Jenner wears a deconstructed nude Schiaparelli gown designed by Daniel Roseberry.
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Kylie Jenner wears a nude corset.
Kylie Jenner’s nude corset gives the illusion that she’s topless.
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Kendall Jenner

Kendall Jenner, wearing a nude gown, poses at the Met Gala.
Kendall Jenner wears a nipple-baring bodice from GapStudio by Zac Posen.
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Anne Hathaway

Anne Hathaway poses at the Met Gala.
Anne Hathaway is lovely in a hand-painted Michael Kors Collection gown.
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Anne Hathaway poses at the Met Gala.
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SZA

SZA shows off her yellow gown at the Met Gala.
SZA’s corset dress incorporates 100 yards of material sourced from eBay.
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Colman Domingo

Colman Domingo poses at the 2026 Met Gala.
Colman Domingo in custom Valentino by Alessandro Michele.
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Lena Mahfouf

Influencer Lena Mahfouf poses with her hands and metallic hands over her breasts.
Lena Mahfouf’s daring look features metallic hands.
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Claire Foy

Claire Foy poses at the Met Gala.
Claire Foy arrives in custom Erdem.
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Hailey Bieber

Hailey Bieber, wearing a blue and gold gown, poses at the Met Gala.
Hailey Bieber is everything hallelujah in a blue and gold Saint Laurent look with a 24-karat bustier.
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Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian wears a breastplate bodysuit at the Met Gala.
Kim Kardashian turns heads in a bronze molded breastplate bodysuit.
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Sarah Paulson

Sarah Paulson wears a dollar bill mask at the Met Gala.
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Sarah Paulson wears a dollar bill mask at the Met Gala.
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Ben Platt

Ben Platt wears a painted suit.
Ben Platt’s custom suit from Tanner Fletcher is inspired by Georges Seurat’s “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte,” which is featured in the “Costume Art” exhibition.
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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley poses at the Met Gala.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley poses during the Met Gala.
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Kate Moss

Kate Moss, wearing a black lace dress, poses at the Met Gala.
Kate Moss is a model through and through in sheer Saint Laurent.
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Rachel Zegler

Rachel Zegler is blindfolded at the Met Gala.
Rachel Zegler’s Prabal Gurung Met Gala gown is inspired by the 1833 painting “The Execution of Lady Jane Grey.”
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Gracie Abrams

Gracie Abrams, wearing a gold dress, poses at the Met Gala.
Gracie Abrams is a vision in a gold Chanel gown inspired by a Gustav Klimt painting.
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Hunter Schafer

Hunter Schafer poses at the Met Gala.
Hunter Schafer wears a Prada shredded dress.
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Irina Shayk

Irina Shayk poses at the Met Gala.
Model Irina Shayk commits to the naked look.
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Doja Cat

Doja Cat poses at the 2026 Met Gala.
Doja Cat rocks a draped Saint Laurent monochromatic look.
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Serena Williams

Serena Williams poses at the Met Gala.
Serena Williams opts for a Greek and Roman-influenced Marc Jacobs metallic look.
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Margot Robbie

Margot Robbie, wearing a gold gown with a long train, poses at the Met Gala.
Margot Robbie is statuesque in Chanel.
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Chase Infiniti

Chase Infiniti, wearing a colorful sequin dress, poses at the Met Gala.
Chase Infiniti is among the best-dressed at the Met Gala in a Venus de Milo-inspired dress.
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Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Union poses at the Met Gala.
Gabrielle Union stuns at the Met Gala.
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Sabrina Carpenter

Sabrina Carpenter is picture perfect in a dress made from literal film from the movie "Sabrina."
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Doechii

Doechii is draped in burgundy fabric.
Doechii is beautiful in a burgundy Marc Jacobs wrap dress.
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Rosé

Rosé, wearing a black gown with a slit, poses at the Met Gala.
Rosé wears a Saint Laurent dress with a high slit.
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Dree Hemingway

Dree Hemingway wears a gold gown with an exaggerated neckline.
Dree Hemingway looks ethereal in Valentino.
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Connor Storrie

Connor Storrie wears a black-and-white polka-dot top with a high neck.
Connor Storrie makes his Met Gala debut.
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Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde, wearing a black dress, poses at the Met Gala.
Olivia Wilde wears custom Thom Browne with a caged white tulle train.
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Gigi Hadid

Gigi Hadid, wearing a sheer dress, poses at the Met Gala.
Gigi Hadid reinvents the naked dress at the Met Gala.
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Naomi Osaka

Naomi Osaka wears a white sculptural hat at the Met Gala.
Naomi Osaka serves looks in a white sculptural hat and matching coat dress before unveiling a second outfit.
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Rebecca Hall

Rebecca Hall, wearing a black skirt and blazer, poses at the Met Gala.
Rebecca Hall looks sophisticated in custom Tom Ford by Haider Ackermann.
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Eileen Gu

Eileen Gu wears a gown made of bubbles.
Olympic medalist Eileen Gu goes for the gold.
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Katy Perry

Katy Perry wears a mask at the Met Gala.
Katy Perry, in a Stella McCartney strapless gown, hides behind a mask.
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Felicity Blunt, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt

Felicity Blunt, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt pose at the Met Gala.
It’s a family affair for Felicity Blunt, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt, who coordinate in black.
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Yu-Chi Lyra Kuo

Yu-Chi Lyra Kuo, wearing a white gown, poses at the Met Gala.
Yu-Chi Lyra Kuo soars in custom Jean Paul Gaultier, in reference to the Winged Victory of Samothrace statue.
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Zoë Kravitz

Zoë Kravitz wears head to toe black at the Met Gala.
Zoë Kravitz wows in an all-black Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello lace gown.
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Isha Ambani

Isha Ambani, wearing a gold saree, poses at the Met Gala.
Isha Ambani wears a custom-designed saree gown by Rahul Mishra.
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Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste

Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste pose at the Met Gala.
Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste attend the 2026 Met Gala.
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Charli XCX

Charli XCX, wearing a black gown, poses at the Met Gala.
Charli XCX is the moment.
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Gwendoline Christie

Gwendoline Christie, wearing a red gown and holding a mask, poses at the Met Gala.
Gwendoline Christie knows a thing or two about the Many-Faced God.
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Sabine Getty

Sabine Getty wears a nude dress with painted hands.
Jewelry designer Sabine Getty has her hands full in custom Ashi Studio couture.
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Jordan Roth

Jordan Roth walks with a sculpture on his back.
Jordan Roth looks like a living classical sculpture.
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Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster

Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster make it a date night.
Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster make it a date night.
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Venus Williams

Venus Williams, wearing a black gown, poses at the Met Gala.
Venus Williams is wearing a Swarovski crystal mesh gown inspired by her portrait.
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La La Anthony

La La Anthony poses at the Met Gala.
La La Anthony is dripping with custom crystals in a custom Wiederhoeft gown.
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Nichapat Suphap

Nichapat Suphap, wearing a black gown with metal hand details, poses at the Met Gala.
Nichapat Suphap turns heads in custom Robert Wun.
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Sam Smith

Sam Smith poses at the Met Gala.
Sam Smith makes a statement in Christian Cowan.
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Cara Delevingne

Cara Delevingne, wearing a black gown with a long train, poses at the Met Gala.
Cara Delevingne is back in black.
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Sunday Rose Kidman Urban and Nicole Kidman

Sunday Rose Kidman Urban and Nicole Kidman pose at the Met Gala.
Nicole Kidman, co-chair of the Met Gala, radiates in a red sequin Chanel gown. She’s accompanied by daughter Sunday Rose Kidman Urban.
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Lauren Sánchez Bezos

Lauren Sánchez Bezos smiles at the Met Gala.
Lauren Sánchez Bezos, who reportedly spent $10 million with husband Jeff Bezos to sponsor the gala, dons a blue Schiaparelli by Daniel Roseberry gown.
(Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images for the Met Museum)

Anna Wintour

Anna Wintour, wearing a feather jacket and gown, poses at the Met Gala.
Anna Wintour has fun with feathers in Chanel.
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Emma Chamberlain

Emma Chamberlain, wearing a colorful gown, poses at the Met Gala.
Emma Chamberlain understood the assignment in custom Mugler hand-painted by artist Anna Deller over the course of 40 hours.
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Ashley Graham

Ashley Graham stands at the bottom of the Met Gala staircase.
Ashley Graham wears a sheer, hand-sewn gown by Di Petsa.
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Maane Khatchatourian

Maane Khatchatourian is a deputy editor for Entertainment and Arts. Before joining The Times in 2022, she spent almost 10 years at Variety as a news editor. Her writing has also appeared in Entertainment Weekly, KCET.org and the Glendale News-Press. Born in Armenia and raised in Glendale, she studied communication, art history and sociocultural linguistics at UC Santa Barbara and journalism at Columbia University.

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