Met Gala 2026 Red Carpet Photos: The Best Celebrity Looks

Home Scene Fashion May 4, 2026 2:17pm PT Met Gala 2026 Red Carpet Photos: The Best Celebrity Looks By Pat Saperstein Plus Icon Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor @Variety_PatS Latest Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen Granted Mutual Protective Orders as ‘Mormon Wives’ Star Jessi Draper Claims He Leaked Video to TMZ ‘to Embarrass Her’ 4 days ago Ving Rhames ‘On His Way Home’ and ‘Cracking Jokes’ After Collapsing in Restaurant 5 days ago Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler, Pedro Pascal and Tang Wei to Star in Park Chan-wook’s ‘The Brigands of Rattlecreek’ 1 week ago See All Gilbert Flores / Variety / PMC It’s one of fashion’s biggest nights as stars arrive for the 2026 Met Gala. This year’s theme is “Fashion is Art,” tied to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Art exhibition. The theme allows for a vast range of interpretations, from Emma Chamberlain’s multi-hued. custom Mugler to Cara Delevingne’s sparkly black Ralph Lauren train. Beyoncé is co-chairing this year’s affair with Nicole Kidman, Venue Williams and Anna Wintour. Anthony Vaccarello and Zoë Kravitz will lead the gala host committee, which includes Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat, Gwendoline Christie, Alex Consani, Misty Copeland, Elizabeth Debicki, Lena Dunham, Paloma Elsesser, Lisa, newly installed head of editorial content of Vogue U.S. Chloe Malle, Sam Smith, Teyana Taylor, Lauren Wasser, Anna Weyant, A’ja Wilson, and Yseult. The lead sponsors of the gala and exhibition are Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos. Additional support is provided by Saint Laurent and Condé Nast. Curated by Andrew Bolton, the Costume Art exhibition examines “the centrality of the dressed body, juxtaposing objects from across the museum’s vast collection with historical and contemporary garments from the Institute,” according to the Met. The exhibition will run from May 10 to Jan. 10, 2027.   Anna Wintour Image Credit: Gilbert Flores Anna Wintour at The 2026 Met Gala Celebrating “Costume Art” held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York, New York.