From Beyoncé and Nicole Kidman to Madonna, Rihanna and Bad Bunny, the 2026 Met Gala brought together music, film, and fashion’s biggest names for a night where “Fashion Is Art” invited all kinds of interpretations.

It’s (finally!) the first Monday in May, and as tradition dictates, all eyes turn to the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for fashion’s most anticipated night. The world’s biggest stars, including co-chairs Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, and Venus Williams, as well as Madonna and Stevie Nicks, Sabrina or Bad Bunny, gathered at the museum for the 2026 Met Gala.

This year’s exhibition, “Costume Art,” places fashion on the same pedestal as fine art. From May 10, 2026, through January 10, 2027, the museum’s new galleries will showcase hundreds of artworks and garments centered on the dressed body. In harmony with the theme, the evening’s dress code, “Fashion Is Art,” invited guests to become living canvases.

And they delivered. From Kim Kardashian’s sculptural ’60s-inspired bodice, created in collaboration with Withaker and Malem and British artist Allen Jones, to Hunter Schafer’s Prada interpretation of Gustav Klimt’s Mada Primavesi, art was everywhere for those with eyes to see. Some leaned into the anatomical, with Kendall and Kylie Jenner, and Hailey Bieber turning heads in nipple-showing bodices, and others, it could be said, treated the dress code as an invitation rather than an instruction. 

Here are some of our favourite looks of the night:  

Hunter Schafer in Prada.

Paloma Elsesser in Francesco Risso.

Zoe Kravitz in Saint Laurent.

Kendall Jenner in GAP by Zac Posen.

Madonna in Saint Laurent.

Hailey Bieber in Saint Laurent.

Kim Kardashian in Whitaker and Malem in collaboration with Allen Jones.

Cardi B in Marc Jacobs.

Troye Sivan in Prada.

Charli XCX in Saint Laurent.

Doechii in Marc Jacobs.

Beyoncé wearing Olivier Rousteing.