Met Gala 2026: The Best Dressed Celebrities On The Red Carpet
Fashion’s biggest night brings out the most spectacular outfits, and these are the ones that caught our eye.
By Aaron Kok and Gracia Phang - published
For fashion lovers, the first Monday in May is the event to watch, where touchdowns come in the form of showstopping couture, million-dollar jewels, impossible trains and the occasional hat that requires its own security detail.
This year, the Met Gala 2026 returns with the dress code “Fashion is Art,” a theme that gives its guests both a gift and a challenge. After all, when fashion is framed as art, the assignment is no longer simply to look beautiful, but to provoke, interpret, and transform the red carpet into something closer to a living gallery.
Naturally, the evening delivered its share of spectacle, with dimensional arms wrapping around dresses, art-inspired suits and gowns made out of actual strips of film. Here, we round up the Met Gala 2026 looks that turned fashion into a masterpiece.
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1. Rihanna and A$AP Rocky
Let’s hear it for music’s most stylish couple! Rihanna and A$AP Rocky delivered a proper fashion power-couple moment, as expected. Rih went sculptural in Maison Margiela, wearing a heavily embellished look that played with volume and tactile embellishment. Beside her, A$AP Rocky brought a softer counterpoint in a pink Chanel robe coat, complete with black piping and floral corsage.
2. Isha Ambani
Isha Ambani brought a regality to the Met Gala in custom Gaurav Gupta. The sari-inspired draping, intricate embellishment and sculptural hood gave the look a beautiful sense of ceremony, while the jewellery added just the right amount of grandeur.
3. Colman Domingo
Actor Colman Domingo brought colour and precision to the red carpet in Valentino. The diamond-patterned jacket felt graphic and joyful without tipping into costume, while the sharply cut trousers kept the whole look grounded. It was a reminder that menswear can be playful, polished and completely red carpet-ready all at once.
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4. Kris Jenner
Kris Jenner brought a dose of Italian drama in Dolce&Gabbana. The ornate robe-like coat, with its rich copper-coloured panels, white embroidery and sweeping cocoon shape, had a sense of old-world opulence that felt right at home.
5. Tessa Thompson
Tessa Thompson delivered one of the night’s most striking colour moments in custom Valentino by Alessandro Michele. Rendered in a vivid Klein blue, the gown featured sculptural cut-outs and paint splatter-like hem, bringing a graphic and almost canvas-like quality to the silhouette.
6. Louisa Jacobson
Louisa Jacobson brought a tougher, poetic kind of romance in Dilara Findikoglu. The Joan of Arc-esque armour-like mini dress, with its metallic texture and pale trailing train, felt part relic, part couture fantasy.
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7. Beyoncé and Blue Ivy Carter
For her first Met Gala appearance since 2016, this year’s co-chair of the night Beyoncé made sure the return felt major. Wearing Olivier Rousteing, she arrived in a silver, body-skimming dress layered with intricate skeletal beading, and complete with a grey sweeping feathered train. Beside her, Blue Ivy Carter brought a youthful counterpoint in a Balenciaga draped white bubble dress, making it a true mother-daughter fashion moment.
8. Madonna
Leave it to the queen of pop to turn out as she turns up. Madonna brought pure theatre in Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello. Framed by a vast sweeps of grey fabric held up by five muse-like models and a skeletal ship-inspired headpiece above her head, the look felt like performance art in motion.
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9. Doechii
Doechii went barefoot in Marc Jacobs, thus turning the carpet into something primal, sensual and utterly magnetic. The deep aubergine draped look, complete with a towering wrapped headpiece and trailing fabric, felt fearless, theatrical and completely impossible to look away from.
10. Ayo Edebiri
The star of The Bear brought a softer kind of drama to the Met Gala in Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel. The white draped gown, with its asymmetric neckline, fluid folds and feather-like accents, felt elegant without being overly precious.
11. Emma Chamberlain
The social media star made a painterly statement in Mugler, wearing a strapless gown that looked almost brushed directly onto the body. With its sweeping yellow, green and blue strokes, fringed sleeves and dramatic floral-like train, the look fully understood the brief without feeling too literal.
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12. Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Carpenter brought dark romance to the Met steps in Dior by Jonathan Anderson, wearing a sheer black gown crafted with actual strips of film. The glittering headpiece added a touch of old Hollywood mystique, while the dramatic side slit and platform heels kept it firmly in pop star territory. A little cinematic, a little gothic, and very Sabrina.
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13. LISA
LISA turned the Met steps into her own performance art piece in Robert Wun. With its sheer crystal-sprinkled column, elongated gloves and sweeping tulle veil, the look felt bridal, celestial and quietly theatrical. It was a softer kind of spectacle, but still completely commanding.
14. Connor Storrie
Connor Storrie kept things androgynous in Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, proving that menswear can still command attention without shouting. The halter-neck scarf top brought softness and movement to the look, while the high-waisted black trousers grounded it with that unmistakable Saint Laurent polish. Sleek, sensual and quietly subversive.
15. Chase Infiniti
Chase Infiniti made a dazzling case for colour in Thom Browne, wearing a sequinned column dress that looked almost painterly in its composition. With its graphic swirls, rich primary tones and trailing fringe, the look brought a sense of movement to the carpet without losing its clean, elongated line. Artful, vivid and impossible to ignore.
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16. Rosé
Rosé kept things sleek in Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, arriving in a strapless black gown with a sharp slit and sculptural bow at the waist. The restraint worked in her favour: clean, graphic and glamorous, it was the kind of look that proves a strong silhouette can say plenty without over-explaining itself.
17. Jennie
Mermaid alert! Jennie shimmered in Chanel by Matthieu Blazy, wearing a strapless column gown covered in icy blue paillettes. It was pared back in shape but high-impact in finish, letting the texture do most of the talking. Cool, precise and quietly magnetic, it felt like a very polished opening statement for Blazy’s Chanel arrival at the Met Gala.
18. Hoyeon
Hoyeon brought a darker and sleeker energy to the night, as she donned a custom Louis Vuitton creation. The inky black leather bodysuit worn underneath a matching bodice and skirt gave the look a sense of power, while the explosion of dimensional blooms at the waist added a dramatic, almost baroque-like flair.