The Best Dressed Stars at the 2026 Met Gala

The 2026 Met Gala theme, "Costume Art," with the dress code "Fashion is Art," inspired a night of sculptural, painterly, and deeply referential looks. Co-chairs Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, and Venus Williams led the charge, delivering standout ensembles that bridged the gap between clothing and museum-quality masterpieces Top Best Dressed StarsBeyoncé in Olivier Rousteing: Making her first Met appearance since 2016, the co-chair wore a jewel-encrusted "naked" dress designed to look like a skeleton. The look was topped with a massive feathered cape and crystal-embellished gloves shaped like hand bones Nicole Kidman in Chanel: The co-chair opted for a red sequined Chanel gown that paid homage to her Moulin Rouge! character, Satine. The "vitality red" ensemble featured feathery sleeves and a dramatic train. Rihanna in Maison Margiela: Arriving fashionably late, Rihanna wore a gilded Glenn Martens creation reminiscent of Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus, complete with gold dripping from her hair and fingertips Emma Chamberlain in Mugler: The red carpet correspondent stunned in a hand-painted gown by Miguel Castro Freitas. Inspired by a 1997 archival butterfly look and the Impressionist works of Monet, the dress resembled a painter's palette mid-session Lisa (Blackpink) in Robert Wun: Her avant-garde white gown featured a beaded veil held up by 3D mannequin arms—replicas of her own limbs—incorporating over 3,000 crystals.Sabrina Carpenter in Dior: Her unique gown was constructed entirely from film strips of the 1954 classic Sabrina, literalizing the "Fashion is Art" theme through cinema history.Naomi Osaka in Robert Wun: The tennis star delivered a dual-look reveal, arriving in a dramatic white coat and hat before shedding them to reveal a red gown embroidered to mimic the human muscular system Venus Williams in Swarovski: Drawing inspiration from her own portrait in the National Portrait Gallery, Williams wore a black Swarovski gown featuring a silver neckpiece shaped like the Wimbledon plate
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