{"id":649988,"date":"2026-05-04T23:34:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/649988\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T23:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:34:17","slug":"venus-williamss-met-gala-2026-look-is-a-sparkling-tribute-to-family-tennis-and-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/649988\/","title":{"rendered":"Venus Williams\u2019s Met Gala 2026 Look Is a Sparkling Tribute to Family, Tennis, and Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a tennis icon, Venus Williams<\/a> has been serving aces on the court for decades. Tonight<\/a>, though, she serves a few off the court as a co-chair<\/a> of the Met Gala 2026<\/a>, alongside Beyonc\u00e9, Nicole Kidman, and Anna Wintour.<\/p>\n

\u201cCo-chairing the Met Gala<\/a> has been such an incredible honor, and honestly, a moment I\u2019m still trying to fully take in,\u201d Williams tells Vogue on the morning of the event. \u201cWhen I got the call, I could hardly believe it. Fashion has always been a huge part of how I express myself, both on and off the court, so being part of an event that celebrates the intersection of art, culture, and identity feels really full circle for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not the only reason this is a special night for Williams. While she made her Met Gala debut in 2008 and has been a regular guest in recent years, tonight is her first time attending the Met Gala red carpet<\/a> with her husband\u2014the actor, producer, and model Andrea Preti\u2014whom she married<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

\"Image<\/p>\n

Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n

For the occasion<\/a>, Williams is wearing a Swarovski crystal mesh gown inspired by Robert Pruitt\u2019s Venus Williams, Double Portrait (2022), a portrait of her commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery. Styled by Ron Burton, she completes her sparkling Swarovski dress and jewelry with makeup by Karina Milan, hair by Jawara, and nails by Gina Edwards. Her necklace, meanwhile, is a re-creation of the Wimbledon-plate-inspired necklace seen in the painting, incorporating symbols of her family and career along with nods to the historic fight for equal pay in tennis and to the sport\u2019s early Black champions.<\/p>\n

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Robert Pruitt, Venus Williams, Double Portrait. Cont\u00e9 crayon, charcoal, pastel, and coffee wash on paper. 2022. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. \u00a9 2022 Robert Pruitt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As a tennis icon, Venus Williams has been serving aces on the court for decades. Tonight, though, she…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,310604,85,747],"class_list":["post-649988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-met-gala-2026","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}