Kendall Jenner took off her wings at the 2026 Met Gala, \u201cCostume Art\u201d. The look was inspired by Winged Victory of Samothrace, the second-century Greek statue of the goddess of victory that welcomes visitors to the Louvre.<\/p>\n
Jenner and Posen held each other in high regard. She cites Christina Ricci\u2019s 2011 Met Gala dress, which Jenner calls the \u201cspider dress,\u201d as the Posen look that lives rent-free in her mind. \u201cI\u2019ve had this dress on my mood board for so fucking long!\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s so perfect, and she looks so gorgeous and hot.<\/p>\n
Posen, who has a long-standing relationship with Jenner\u2019s sister Kim Kardashian, always longed to collaborate with the model. So when it came time for the 2026 Met Gala, Posen wrote Jenner a letter. \u201cI said that it would be a dream to collaborate with her for this theme,\u201d he says. \u201cI thought she was the perfect person.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always really admired Zac from afar,\u201d Jenner says. But recently, she adds, \u201cI just kept thinking about him.\u201d When it came time for the Met, Posen crossed her mind, \u201cbut I didn\u2019t put any action into it at the time,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd very cosmically, I got an email from him.\u201d Jenner views the entire endeavor as fated. \u201cI believe in the universe guiding you in a certain direction. It came together so perfectly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Posen brought a modern sensibility to the ancient statue, using the classic white T-shirt, a Gap staple, as a jumping-off point. \u201cI took a white Gap T-shirt off of my back in my studio and started pulling it and tweaking it and figuring out how in a contemporary way, in a glamorous way, to interpret the sculpture that influenced humanity and our modern culture,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Jenner, in the process, was keen to capture the rippling, windswept tunic with an ultrathin fabric, which led Posen to a lightweight cotton-viscose blend that created a wet drapery look. \u201cIt\u2019s been really cool to see him work. I can see his wheels turning, which is such a treat for me,\u201d Jenner noted. \u201cI love being a part of every step of the process.\u201d The designer added some dimension by layering the tea-dyed liquid jersey with satin-face chiffon and organza to mimic the statue\u2019s fluid drapery.<\/p>\n
Posen also commissioned Abel Cepeda Ljoka and Will Kowall of the New York brand Seks to create the base of the dress, a leather corset to be worn underneath. \u201cWe 3D-printed her body and made a mannequin and a bust of it that is the corset underneath this,\u201d he explains. Posen draped the fabric to show off the corset like an exposed breast.<\/p>\n
Of course, no homage to Nike is complete without her wings. \u201c[Kendall] said that she wanted it effortless and light,\u201d Posen explains. The pair landed on fashioning the wings in an airy, satin-faced chiffon. \u201cAfter this draping, we started looking at photographic imagery of the actual wings from the\u00a0Victory of Samothrace,\u00a0and we created these photographic large-scale 3D prints on fabric,\u201d Posen explains. When Jenner lifts her arms on the carpet, Nike\u2019s wings will fan out as she moves.<\/p>\n
A longtime Met Gala attendee, Jenner has her routine down to a science. \u201cI sit there in glam before I get there and I watch that red carpet on the livestream,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd then to be able to get inside and run into people; I feel every year it\u2019s like my yearly high school reunion.\u201d Still, even on her 12th turn, Jenner admits that she gets some pre-Met jitters: \u201cI\u2019ll probably need a shot before the carpet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Here, Kendall Jenner takes\u00a0Vogue\u00a0along as she gets ready for the 2026 Met Gala\u2014and the after-party.<\/p>\n
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