Met Gala 2026: Highlights from the grand fashion showcase

Ananya Birla wore a custom creation by Robert Wun, paired with a sculptural mask designed by artist Subodh Gupta. The outfit featured a structured black jacket with a dramatic peplum and a voluminous pleated skirt, giving it a strong, sculpted silhouette

Natasha Poonawalla wore a sculpture by Marc Quinn, paired with a custom couture ensemble by Dolce & Gabbana. The outfit featured an oversized, white, petal-like structure that framed her body like a blooming flower, with a delicate paper-like texture.

Isha Ambani's custom Gaurav Gupta saree was produced in collaboration with Swadesh. Woven with strands of pure gold, it featured hand-painted Pichwai-inspired imagery, fresco-like detailing and layered embroidery. A sculptural cape added architectural structure, a familiar element in Gupta’s design language. The piece required over 1,200 hours of labour and involved 25 artisans. She wore more than 1,000 gemstones, including heirloom old mine diamonds from Nita Ambani’s collection, paired with emeralds and polki, along with contemporary cut stones, in her densely set blouse

Rihanna arrived in a custom, sculptural Maison Margiela by Glenn Martens for Met Gala, complete with an Art Deco-style headpiece. The striking, handsculpted gown, was made in duchess woven silk, with recycled metal threads that are typically used for computer wiring. The corseted bodice also features over 115,000 crystal beads, antique jewels, and chains. It took 1,380 hours for the embroidery alone

Hailey Bieber stepped out onto the red carpet in a custom Saint Laurent dress featuring a sculpted bodice made entirely of 24-karat gold. A long blue silk chiffon skirt flowed out from underneath, whose breezy movement gave peeks of metallic leather sandals

It took 800 hours of hand-craft to bead Nicole Kidman's Chanel dress with ruby-hued sequins and feathers

Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar's outfit, designed by Manish Malhotra, was inspired by Raja Ravi Varma's paintings like Hamsa Damayanti, Kadambari, and Arjuna and Subhadra. The outfit brings together several art forms, as a bevy of techniques such as hand painting, 3D sculpting, quilting, and traditional zardozi embroidery were used to create it

Hudson Williams wore a custom Balenciaga look designed by Pierpaolo Piccioli. His powder blue two-piece suit, complete with folded-over trousers, was inspired by a 1947 bolero jacket from house founder Cristóbal Balenciaga. The spirit of the original garment was kept alive with all-over geometric black crystal embroidery and tassels

Madonna wore a floor-sweeping Saint Laurent slip dress crafted from satin and lace, topped with a scene-stealing cape in translucent violet organza, complete with its very own coven to carry it. She finished off the look with leather platform boots, a long black wig, and a hat that had its own ghost ship perched on top

Manish Malhotra's couture piece, inspired by Mumbai, featured a bandhgala layered with an architectural cape crafted over 960 hours by 50 artisans across Delhi and Mumbai, using traditional Indian techniques like zari work, zardozi, chikankari and kasab in white and ivory 

Kim Kardashian’s tangerine fiberglass breastplate was made by repurposed a cast by Allen Jones from 1967 or 1968. Initially meant to be a full-length body cast, Kim shortened the piece into a bodysuit, and turned to artisans Patrick Whitaker and Keir Malem of Whitaker Malem to create the leather skirt

Devyn Garcia's custom Michael Kors mimics Garcia’s own form, highlighting her fabulous curves and her confident strength. As per the designer, the trompe l’oeil viscose jacquard crystal-embellished column allows one to leave the house naked yet fully dressed

One of the co-chairs, Beyonce's skin tone and diamond skeleton gown for the night come with a long, feather-embellished train. Her golden hair is crimped to perfection and topped off with a sun-shaped crown

Kylie Jenner in a Schiaparelli (not-so-nude) dress that gives fluid sculpture movement, a rather smooth, curly hair with a more precise shaping around the face and a kiss curl over the eye area. She also debuted bleached eyebrows.

Two-time Grammy winning rapper Doechii chose a burgundy Marc Jacobs wrap dress that aligns with the musician's current bohemian, goddess vibes

SZA's glowing yellow dress by Bode has shades of ochre, marigold, corn, and golden flax. The designers worked with a vintage dealer who sourced over a hundred yards of yellow fabrics in various materials—tulle, taffeta, silk faille, and beadwork on lace, found on online marketplace

Margot Robbie arrived in a strapless Chanel gold lamé dress outfitted with a cascading train lined with flower petals. The entire endeavor took the Chanel atelier 761 hours and nearly 1,100 pieces of embroidery

Sabrina Carpenter's look pays homage to Audrey Hepburn’s 1954 film Sabrina, which is further accented by the full body wrap of rhinestone film strips

The 'Queen of Halloween', Heidi Klum gets transformed as a Greco-Roman statue, wearing a structured-looking gown, made of foam and latex, inspired by Veiled Vestal sculpture by Raffaele Monti, at Met Gala 2026 

Anne Hathaway's custom Michael Kors Collection dress features a black silk and Mikado ball gown, complete with a plunging neckline and high-leg slit, served as a sleek canvas that was adorned with McGough’s intricate hand-painting work, inspired by John Keats' Ode on a Grecian Urn

Lena Mahfouf wore a bold Burc Akyol creation featuring a cut-out draped skirt and silver hands—molded onto her body to leave just enough to the imagination—for the bustier

Gigi Hadid's Miu Miu piece, was made on the former's body, considering it as the canvas. Starting with a sheer base à la spring 1998, the Miu Miu designers hand-placed patches inspired by spring 2011 on Gigi’s body

Katy Perry paired a simple Stella McCartney gown with some pretty major props, including a set of tarot cards and a face-obscuring mask that was reminiscent of a fencing helmet. Don't miss the burnt edges of her train, reminding us of...umm, burnt papers?

Lisa in a custom Robert Wun number. The look’s arm motif is reminiscent of Wun’s fall 2025 couture collection, but his team worked closely with Lisa to 3D scan her own arms to create a veiled arrangement that takes inspiration from traditional Thai dance positions

Janelle Monae in a custom Christian Siriano look that is a real piece of art. Live moss, 8 succulents, 4 moving butterflies, 2 dragonflies, 5000 black crystals, motherboard, 230 electrical wires, ethernet polarized cables, electrical server centre wires, her outfits have it all

Jisoo in an ethereal, not-so-typical 'princess' look. She wears a Dior gown that consisted of a corset bodice, accentuating her figure, and a voluminous tulle skirt in light pink colour

Doja Cat in a monochromatic coffee brown silicone outfit. Matching heels? Check! Matching lips? Check!

Dree Hemingway arrives in a silver flowy gown, with a gem-encrusted sheer shrug, and layers of petal-lookalike collars

Sabrina Harrison's outfit, shaped like an woven basket looks great, with a metal birdie. And that eternally long braid adds that final touch of art. An artsy piece, all-in-all  

Jordan Roth's figurine prop has a matching, sparkly velvet dress. Interesting or creepy?

Gwendoline Christie in a red dress, a feathered head gear and a mask!

Irina Shayk in a black satin skirt with a train, and a jewel encrusted metal bralette with matching necklaces and arm band

Tennis player Naomi Osaka has worn a dramatic Robert Wun white sculptural gown fitted with exaggerated shoulders and adorned with red feathers and a matching headpiece

Lauren Sánchez Bezos in a form-fitting Schiaparelli gownarrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala