{"id":648643,"date":"2026-05-05T04:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/648643\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T04:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:48:10","slug":"rihanna-and-aap-rocky-are-fashions-royal-couple-at-the-2026-met-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/648643\/","title":{"rendered":"Rihanna and A$AP Rocky Are Fashion\u2019s Royal Couple at the 2026 Met Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the moment the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/slideshow\/met-gala-2026-red-carpet-celebrity-arrivals-live\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Met Gala red carpet<\/a> opens each year, one question is on every diehard fashion lover\u2019s lips: Will Rihanna show up?<\/p>\n<p>Happily, the answer this year was yes: The superstar arrived in custom sculptural Maison Margiela by Glenn Martens for the affair tonight, complete with an Art Deco-style headpiece. Drawing off the label\u2019s Artisanal 2025 collection, she donned its draped column silhouette inspired by the medieval architecture of Flanders, a northern region of Belgium. (Martens is a Belgian designer.) The high-fashion moment was styled by Jahleel Weaver.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Rihanna Booker Ervin Person Adult Wedding Formal Wear Fashion and Photography\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274551577.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The striking gown\u2014sculpted by hand\u2014was made in duchess woven silk, with recycled metal threads that are typically used for computer wiring. The corseted bodice also features over 115,000 crystal beads, antique jewels, and chains. (It took 1,380 hours for the embroidery alone.)<\/p>\n<p>A$AP Rocky, meanwhile\u2014sporting custom Chanel by Matthieu Blazy\u2014was hot on her heels. The rapper donned a wool pink robe with black satin lapels and black piping details, embellished with a black silk and feather cam\u00e9lia. He paired it with black trousers and a white cotton shirt. (194 hours were required\u00a0in the making of this look, which was finished off with Chanel\u2019s High Jewelry pieces.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain AAP Rocky Rihanna Jeffrey Sutton Tsurutaro Kataoka Scott Stanford Person Adult and Standing\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274551587.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From the moment the Met Gala red carpet opens each year, one question is on every diehard fashion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75,234368,22528],"class_list":["post-648643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-met-gala-2026","tag-rihanna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}