While there was a disappointing lack of Star Wars-themed dresses and tuxedos on the \u201cMay the fourth\u201d \u2013 a day annually marked by fans in a nod to the popular sci-fi franchise \u2013 there certainly wasn\u2019t a lack of athletic talent at the Met Gala 2026.<\/p>\n
Held annually to benefit the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, it has become one of the biggest events in fashion, with many celebrities, athletes and cultural icons donning their finest to celebrate the artform on the red carpet.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s exactly what this year\u2019s glitzy soiree was all about, as the theme of “Costume Art” took centre stage around the dress code loosely based on the statement: “fashion is art.”<\/p>\n
Japanese\u00a0tennis<\/a> superstar Naomi Osaka<\/a> seemed to nail the assignment, appearing in an eye-catching white gown \u2013 that eventually gave way to a red dress underneath \u2013 complete with a wide-brimed hat, feathers, gloves and some red nail polish.\u00a0<\/p>\n While she stole the show on the red carpet, fellow tennis star\u00a0Venus Williams<\/a> was busy co-chairing the evening with music icon Beyonc\u00e9, actress Nicole Kidman and fashion icon Anna Wintour.<\/p>\n The four-time Olympic champion came dressed to impress in a black gown inspired by her own portrait at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC \u2013 complete with a neck piece reminiscent of\u00a0Wimbledon\u2019s \u201cVenue Rosewater dish\u201d trophy.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m following in great shoes behind\u00a0Serena,\u201d she told Vogue<\/a> of co-chairing the annual celebration of fashion. \u201cIt\u2019s been fantastic. It\u2019s been great to have my husband (Andrea Preti) here. We\u2019re riding this wave.\u201d<\/p>\n Red proved to be a popular choice for those looking to create a splash amongst the sea of fabric, diamonds and statements, with\u00a0Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026<\/a> figure skating<\/a> gold medallist Alysa Liu<\/a> donning the striking colour in a mesmerizing dress.\u00a0<\/p>\n The 20-year-old star of Milano Cortina 2026 was joined on the red carpet by fellow Winter Olympians\u00a0Eileen Gu<\/a> and Lindsey Vonn<\/a> \u2013 who disposed of her crutches for the first time in nearly three months since her horror crash at Milano Cortina 2026.<\/p>\n Women\u2019s basketball also sent a strong contingent to the fancy soiree, with known fashionista\u00a0Angel Reese turning heads in a large pink dress, alongside fellow WNBA stars Paige Bueckers and A\u2019ja Wilson<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While there was a disappointing lack of Star Wars-themed dresses and tuxedos on the \u201cMay the fourth\u201d \u2013…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-425741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}