ON 4 May 2026, the Met Gala 2026 returned to the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where fashion and art meet with considered poise. This year’s theme, Fashion is Art, accompanies the Costume Institute’s Spring 2026 exhibition, curated by lead specialist Andrew Bolton, and offers a quietly radical proposition: that the dressed body is central to how we see, remember and interpret 5,000 years of visual culture.
By placing historical and contemporary garments in dialogue with paintings, sculpture and artefacts, the exhibition traces three archetypes: the classical and nude, the overlooked ageing and pregnant, and the universal anatomical form. Expect a red carpet that reflects this intellectual elegance: less spectacle, more substance, and a renewed attention to the body as both canvas and storyteller.
Here are GLASS‘ Best Dressed.
Skepta in Thom Browne with an Audemars Piguet Watch
Kendall Jenner in GapStudio by Zac Posen with Buccellati Jewellery
Madonna in Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello with Codognato Jewellery
Colman Domingo in Maison Valentino with Boucheron Jewellery
Hailey Bieber in Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
Luke Evans in Palomo Spain with a Hublot Watch
A$AP Rocky in Chanel
Anok Yai in Balenciaga
Sarah Paulson in Matières Fécales with Boucheron Jewellery
Olivia Wilde in Thom Browne
Ayo Edebiri in Chanel
Anne Hathaway in Michael Kors Collection and Roger Vivier with BVLGARI Jewellery
Daisy Edgar Jones in McQueen with Boucheron Jewellery
Alexa Chung in Dior with Dior Haute Joaillerie
Ahn Hyo-seop in Maison Valentino
Chase Infiniti in Thom Browne
Law Roach in AMI Paris
Hoyeon in Louis Vuitton
Cara Delevingne in Ralph Lauren with De Beers London Jewellery
Hero Fiennes Tiffin in Maison Valentino
Anthony Vaccarello and Zoë Kravitz in Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
Jisoo in Dior with Cartier Jewellery
Nicole Kidman in Chanel
Alysa Liu in Louis Vuitton
Paige Bueckers in Coach
Naomi Watts in Dior with Dior Haute Joaillerie
Rami Malek in Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello with Cartier Jewellery and Watch
LISA in Robert Wun featuring Swarovski with BVLGARI Jewellery
Sarah Pidgeon in LOEWE
Doja Cat in Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
Romeo Beckham in Burberry with De Beers London Jewellery
Joe Alwyn in Maison Valentino with a Hublot Watch
Venus Williams in Swarovski
Sombr in Maison Valentino
Sabrina Carpenter in Dior
Hudson Williams in Balenciaga with BVLGARI Jewellery
Devyn Garcia in Michael Kors Collection
Lily-Rose Depp in Chanel
Rosé in Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello with Tiffany & Co. Jewellery
Dree Hemingway in Maison Valentino Haute Couture
Vittoria Ceretti in Carolina Herrera
Tyla in Maison Valentino
Rauw Alejandro in Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
Simone Ashley in Stella McCartney with De Beers London Jewellery
Misty Copeland in Michael Kors Collection
Gracie Abrams in Chanel
EJAE in Swarovski
Charli xcx in Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
Isla Johnston in LOEWE
Connor Storrie in Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello with Tiffany & Co. Jewellery
Miranda Kerr in Dior
Adrien Brody in Dior
Imaan Hammam in Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
Margot Robbie in Chanel
Paul Anthony Kelly in Dior with Dior Haute Joaillerie
Kate Moss in Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
Jennie in Chanel
Blue Ivy in Balenciaga
Lauren Wasser in Prabal Gurung with a Hublot Watch
Anja Rubik in Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello with Boucheron Jewellery
Suki Waterhouse in Michael Kors Collection with Boucheron Jewellery
Lena Dunham in Maison Valentino
All images courtesy of the stated brand and Getty images