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Chloe Mac Donnell<\/p>\nStars walk red carpet on fashion’s biggest night of the yearChloe Mac Donnell<\/p>\n
Hello and welcome to the Met Gala live blog 2026!<\/p>\n
Chloe from the Guardian\u2019s fashion desk here. My colleague Lauren and I are here to bring you all the best looks, the possible questionable looks and of course, what everyone is talking about from this year\u2019s extravaganza.<\/p>\n
For anyone unfamiliar with the event, a brief recap. For the fashion industry the Met Gala is the equivalent of Hollywood\u2019s Oscars or the Super Bowl. It takes place every year on the first Monday in May to mark the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s Costume Institute latest exhibition. Anna Wintour, the global editorial director of Vogue and chief content officer at publisher Cond\u00e9 Nast, is responsible for making the Met Gala what it is \u2013 namely the biggest party in fashion and a lucrative fundraiser for the Costume Institute.<\/p>\n
This year it is even a bigger deal because it will also mark the opening of the Costume Institute\u2019s new home \u2013 a 12,000-sq-ft space named the Cond\u00e9 M Nast Galleries after the publisher who made Vogue the fashion bible. Each year the exhibition has a specific theme. This year it is Costume Art which will explore \u201cdepictions of the dressed body across the Met\u2019s vast collection, pairing garments with artworks to reveal the inherent relationship between clothing and the body\u201d. You can read more about that here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The theme of the gala always takes its lead from the exhibition but it is different to the exhibition (yes, we know this is confusing!). This year guests have been given the dress code \u201cFashion is Art.\u201d The blurb explains this is a moment for attendees to \u201cexpress their own relationship to fashion as an embodied art form and celebrate the countless depictions of the dressed body throughout art history\u201d.<\/p>\n So what can we expect? Well, some celebrities now consider the body itself an art work so there could be a lot of naked dressing. You can imagine some guests might turn up holding an art work wearing something inspired by said art work. Remember in 1965 Yves Saint Laurent paid homage to Mondrian by creating a series of dresses inspired by his abstract canvases so you never know! Plus, the Met Gala has a reputation for people taking risks on the carpet. Jared Leto dressed as a cat in honour of Karl Lagerfeld in 2023, Katy Perry arrived as a glow-up chandelier for 2019\u2019s Camp theme while Rihanna channeled the pope in a mitre for 2018\u2019s Heavenly Bodies dress code.<\/p>\n As always it is set to be starry as Wintour appoints several co-chairs to assist her in overseeing the event. This year they include Beyonc\u00e9, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams. As Jeff Bezos and Lauren S\u00e1nchez have provided the majority of funding for both the exhibition and the gala, they have been given honorary chair titles. This has led to outrage from some activist groups. Our NYC readers may have already spotted anti-Bezos posters<\/a> calling for a boycott of the gala placed near the museum and on the subway. There is also expected to be some kind of protest outside the event itself, so watch this space.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, some are rebranding it the \u201cTech Gala\u201d thanks to several companies hoovering up tickets. At $100,000-ish a pop for an individual ticket (that\u2019s up from $75,000 last year) and tables fetching upwards of $300,000, who else can afford them? Meta, Snapchat, OpenAI, ShopMy and of course, Amazon have all bought tables. Last year\u2019s Met raised a record $31m, now we\u2019re wondering if this year\u2019s could smash that record?<\/p>\n It is important to note that even if you buy a table, you don\u2019t have the final say on who will join you. Instead each guest needs to be approved personally by Wintour. She also suggests various names. While the guest list is not disclosed, we can expect to see appearances from the host committee, this year led by Saint Laurent\u2019s Anthony Vaccarello and Zoe Kravitz alongside members Doja Cat, Sabrina Carpenter, Alex Consani, Misty Copeland, Teyana Taylor, A\u2019ja Wilson, Chase Sui Wonder and Sam Smith. Plus would it even be a Met Gala without a Kardashian\/Jenner or two, even three?<\/p>\n One person we won\u2019t be seeing however, is New York\u2019s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani. Michael R Bloomberg, Bill de Blasio and Eric Adams have all previously hotfooted it up the Met\u2019s steps, but in an interview<\/a> Mamdani said while he loved the Met his focus is \u201con affordability and making the most expensive city in the United States affordable, and that\u2019s what I\u2019m looking to spend a lot of my time focused on\u201d. A wise move perhaps, considering the backlash Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got (and still continues to get) when she attended in \u201821 wearing a \u201cTax the Rich\u201d dress.<\/p>\n Inside guests can expect a look around the exhibition followed by drinks, dinner and a surprise performance. Previous acts include Madonna and Rihanna, this year there are rumours of Bad Bunny, Olivia Rodrigo and even Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n OK, the first arrivals are beginning to trickle in. Apparently Wintour considers 10 minutes early, 10 minutes late \u2013 that explains the prompt start. Buckle up!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.57 EDT<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n Sergey Brin and Gerelyn Gilbert-Soto at the 2026 Met Gala in New York City on 4 May. Photograph: Gilbert Flores\/Variety\/Getty Images<\/p>\n The tech crowd is probably always going to get excited about a chance to go a bit wild for a fashion red carpet. Google co-founder Sergey Brin\u2019s suit has recreated Matisse-style drawings in blue sequins and he looks very pleased about it. His partner, wellness influencer Gerelyn Gilbert-Soto, is matching, wearing feathers and a clutch bag in the colour of Google.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.40 EDT<\/p>\n Normally celebrities are asked \u201cwho are they wearing\u201d on the red carpet. For the French content creator and podcaster L\u00e9na Mahfouf tonight that question is: \u201cWhose hands are you wearing?\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.38 EDT<\/p>\n Venus Williams, gala co-chair, in a classic black gown Co-chair Venus Williams goes for a classic black gown but brings the art reference in her necklace \u2013 made by Swarovski, it recreates the one worn by her younger self in Robert Pruitt\u2019s 2022 painting of the tennis star. Sticking to the art theme while also going slightly meta? Top marks.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.35 EDT<\/p>\n A sweet moment between Nicole Kidman and her daughter Sunday Rose before they ascend the Met\u2019s grand staircase. It is Sunday Rose\u2019s first Met Gala and the model is wearing a pretty pink gown by Dior with striking floral appliqu\u00e9 detailing.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.25 EDT<\/p>\n Chloe Malle has been working at Vogue for 15 years, but tonight is her first as head of editorial content. Earlier this week she described her style as if \u201cKatharine Hepburn was a librarian\u201d. We\u2019re sure the late actor would approve of this pretty egg-yolk dress with its delicate cap sleeves.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.17 EDT<\/p>\n And we have our first actual art reference \u2013 from Lauren S\u00e1nchez Bezos no less. Her dress \u2013 by Schiaparelli designer Daniel Roseberry \u2013 is a homage to Madame X, the John Singer Sargent painting of socialite Virginie Am\u00e9lie Avegno Gautreau from 1884. Causing a scandal at the time for its raunchy nature because the original had one of the straps slipping off, Roseberry and S\u00e1nchez Bezos missed a trick there. A real art snob version of the dress would include this detail.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.14 EDT<\/p>\n Co-chair Nicole Kidman arrives in shimmery Chanel Here comes co-chair Nicole Kidman. It\u2019s her seventh Met Gala and for the occasion she has chosen a shimmering red dress with a frou-frou drop-waist from Chanel. Well, she is an ambassador for the house, after all.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.34 EDT<\/p>\n Anna Wintour is fashionably \u2026 on time and in a teal feathered cape This may be the first time that mineral water has been an accessory at the Met Gala, but if anyone can make it happen, it\u2019s Anna Wintour, the global chief content officer of Cond\u00e9 Nast and co-chair of the Met Gala. The fact that she combines it with an eau de nil feathered cape and trademark bob and sunglasses only makes it more fashion. And more memeable.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.33 EDT<\/p>\n Beyonc\u00e9 to return to Met Gala after 10-year hiatus The Met Gala has had many moments over the last 10 years \u2013 Gaga in a shocking pink cape in 2019, Kim K in Marilyn\u2019s dress in 2022 \u2013 but it has not had Beyonc\u00e9. The singer last attended in 2016, but as co-chair, she is back, and arguably the star attraction this year. No wonder when you look back at the outfits she has worn. Mostly designed by Riccardo Tisci when he was creative director at Givenchy, there\u2019s the sheer black lace gown with purple feathers from 2012, the beaded black dress and veil from 2014 (the same night as famous elevator incident<\/a>), the rubber gown from 2016 and \u2013 everyone\u2019s favourite \u2013 the sheer, beaded nude bodystocking and side ponytail from 2015. With rumours swirling that the long-awaited rock-influenced Act III album will arrive soon, expect this year\u2019s outfit to be mined for clues by the Beyhive.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.31 EDT<\/p>\n Ashley Graham attends the 2026 Met Gala in New York on 4 May. Photograph: Mike Coppola\/Getty Images<\/p>\n How is this for some next-level nail art? Ashley Graham has gone for silver metallic nails with painted fingers. It works really well against the wet look effect of her dress. That is by the Greek-born, London-based designer Di Petsa, who is known for her sculptural creations, some of which are included in the exhibition.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.54 EDT<\/p>\n Model Ashley Graham is dressed in tasteful neutrals and looks lovely \u2013 but her dress is also a convenient foil to notice the \u201cred carpet\u201d this year \u2013 which, with its bricks and green-tinged colour scheme, has a very Emerald City vibe.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.49 EDT<\/p>\n Cara Delevingne attends the 2026 Met Gala in New York on 4 May. Photograph: Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images<\/p>\n There\u2019s a great history of \u201cback view\u201d looks at the Met Gala<\/a>. See also Beyonc\u00e9 in 2012 and Kim Kardashian in 2015. Cara Delevingne is at it again Ralph Lauren. A bit gothy but also classy and with a low back, it ticks a lot of boxes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.50 EDT<\/p>\n We\u2019re starting on a spooky note \u2013 with content curator Emma Chamberlain in a dress that looks like it\u2019s melting into the ground, and makeup to match. The art theme is coming through too \u2013 with colours worthy of a watercolour box and painterly strokes more usually at home on an ornate picture frame.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.49 EDT<\/p>\n Stars walk red carpet on fashion’s biggest night of the year Hello and welcome to the Met Gala live blog 2026!<\/p>\n Chloe from the Guardian\u2019s fashion desk here. My colleague Lauren and I are here to bring you all the best looks, the possible questionable looks and of course, what everyone is talking about from this year\u2019s extravaganza.<\/p>\n For anyone unfamiliar with the event, a brief recap. For the fashion industry the Met Gala is the equivalent of Hollywood\u2019s Oscars or the Super Bowl. It takes place every year on the first Monday in May to mark the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s Costume Institute latest exhibition. Anna Wintour, the global editorial director of Vogue and chief content officer at publisher Cond\u00e9 Nast, is responsible for making the Met Gala what it is \u2013 namely the biggest party in fashion and a lucrative fundraiser for the Costume Institute.<\/p>\n This year it is even a bigger deal because it will also mark the opening of the Costume Institute\u2019s new home \u2013 a 12,000-sq-ft space named the Cond\u00e9 M Nast Galleries after the publisher who made Vogue the fashion bible. Each year the exhibition has a specific theme. This year it is Costume Art which will explore \u201cdepictions of the dressed body across the Met\u2019s vast collection, pairing garments with artworks to reveal the inherent relationship between clothing and the body\u201d. You can read more about that here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The theme of the gala always takes its lead from the exhibition but it is different to the exhibition (yes, we know this is confusing!). This year guests have been given the dress code \u201cFashion is Art.\u201d The blurb explains this is a moment for attendees to \u201cexpress their own relationship to fashion as an embodied art form and celebrate the countless depictions of the dressed body throughout art history\u201d.<\/p>\n So what can we expect? Well, some celebrities now consider the body itself an art work so there could be a lot of naked dressing. You can imagine some guests might turn up holding an art work wearing something inspired by said art work. Remember in 1965 Yves Saint Laurent paid homage to Mondrian by creating a series of dresses inspired by his abstract canvases so you never know! Plus, the Met Gala has a reputation for people taking risks on the carpet. Jared Leto dressed as a cat in honour of Karl Lagerfeld in 2023, Katy Perry arrived as a glow-up chandelier for 2019\u2019s Camp theme while Rihanna channeled the pope in a mitre for 2018\u2019s Heavenly Bodies dress code.<\/p>\n As always it is set to be starry as Wintour appoints several co-chairs to assist her in overseeing the event. This year they include Beyonc\u00e9, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams. As Jeff Bezos and Lauren S\u00e1nchez have provided the majority of funding for both the exhibition and the gala, they have been given honorary chair titles. This has led to outrage from some activist groups. Our NYC readers may have already spotted anti-Bezos posters<\/a> calling for a boycott of the gala placed near the museum and on the subway. There is also expected to be some kind of protest outside the event itself, so watch this space.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, some are rebranding it the \u201cTech Gala\u201d thanks to several companies hoovering up tickets. At $100,000-ish a pop for an individual ticket (that\u2019s up from $75,000 last year) and tables fetching upwards of $300,000, who else can afford them? Meta, Snapchat, OpenAI, ShopMy and of course, Amazon have all bought tables. Last year\u2019s Met raised a record $31m, now we\u2019re wondering if this year\u2019s could smash that record?<\/p>\n It is important to note that even if you buy a table, you don\u2019t have the final say on who will join you. Instead each guest needs to be approved personally by Wintour. She also suggests various names. While the guest list is not disclosed, we can expect to see appearances from the host committee, this year led by Saint Laurent\u2019s Anthony Vaccarello and Zoe Kravitz alongside members Doja Cat, Sabrina Carpenter, Alex Consani, Misty Copeland, Teyana Taylor, A\u2019ja Wilson, Chase Sui Wonder and Sam Smith. Plus would it even be a Met Gala without a Kardashian\/Jenner or two, even three?<\/p>\n One person we won\u2019t be seeing however, is New York\u2019s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani. Michael R Bloomberg, Bill de Blasio and Eric Adams have all previously hotfooted it up the Met\u2019s steps, but in an interview<\/a> Mamdani said while he loved the Met his focus is \u201con affordability and making the most expensive city in the United States affordable, and that\u2019s what I\u2019m looking to spend a lot of my time focused on\u201d. A wise move perhaps, considering the backlash Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got (and still continues to get) when she attended in \u201821 wearing a \u201cTax the Rich\u201d dress.<\/p>\n Inside guests can expect a look around the exhibition followed by drinks, dinner and a surprise performance. Previous acts include Madonna and Rihanna, this year there are rumours of Bad Bunny, Olivia Rodrigo and even Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n OK, the first arrivals are beginning to trickle in. Apparently Wintour considers 10 minutes early, 10 minutes late \u2013 that explains the prompt start. Buckle up!<\/p>\nChloe Mac DonnellL\u00e9na Mahfouf attends the 2026 Met Gala in New York City on 4 May. Photograph: David Fisher\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n![\"Lauren](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lauren-Cochrane,-L.png\")
Lauren CochraneVenus Williams attends the 2026 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on 4 May in New York City. Photograph: Theo Wargo\/FilmMagic<\/p>\nChloe Mac DonnellSunday Rose Kidman Urban and Nicole Kidman attend the 2026 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on 4 May in New York City. Photograph: John Shearer\/WireImage<\/p>\nChloe Mac DonnellChloe Malle attends the 2026 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on 4 May in New York City. Photograph: Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images<\/p>\nLauren CochraneLauren S\u00e1nchez Bezos attends the 2026 Met Gala in New York on 4 May. Photograph: David Fisher\/Shutterstock<\/p>\nChloe Mac DonnellNicole Kidman attends the 2026 Met Gala on 4 May in New York City. Photograph: Matt Winkelmeyer\/MG26\/Getty Images for The Met Museum\/Vogue<\/p>\nLauren CochraneAnna Wintour attends the 2026 Met Gala in New York on 4 May. Photograph: Mike Coppola\/Getty Images<\/p>\nLauren Cochrane<\/p>\nLauren CochraneAshley Graham at the Met Gala in New York on 4 May. Photograph: Matt Baron\/Shutterstock<\/p>\nLauren CochraneEmma Chamberlain at the Met Gala in New York on 4 May. Photograph: Gilbert Flores\/Variety\/Getty Images<\/p>\nChloe Mac Donnell<\/p>\n