{"id":1918134,"date":"2026-05-05T03:55:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T00:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1918134"},"modified":"2026-05-05T03:55:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T00:55:55","slug":"met-gala-2026-the-best-dressed-stars-from-the-biggest-night-in-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1918134","title":{"rendered":"Met Gala 2026: The best dressed stars from the biggest night in fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/112-345-1657-1104\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444462.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/fashion\/article\/70194\/1\/met-gala-2026-red-carpet-best-dressed-fashion-is-art-rihanna-beyonce\" data-article-id=\"70194\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-portrait-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Met Gala 2026 red carpet\" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1280\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444462.jpg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Michael Loccisano\/GA\/The Hollywood Reporter via <span class=\"nowrap\">Getty Images<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-05-05T03:55:55+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"05 May 2026\"><span class=\"month\">May<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"5\">5,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - fashion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\">Fashion<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/news\">News<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\">Fashion<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/news\">News<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>Met Gala 2026: The best dressed stars from the biggest night <span class=\"nowrap\">in fashion<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>From Rihanna in Maison Margiela, A$AP Rocky in Chanel and Cardi B in Marc Jacobs, these are the best looks from this year\u2019s <span class=\"nowrap\">red carpet<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-05-05T03:55:55+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"05 May 2026\"><span class=\"month\">May<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"5\">5,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-05-05T03:55:55+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"05 May 2026\"><span class=\"month\">May<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"5\">5,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/isobelvandyke\"><br \/>\nIsobel Van Dyke<br \/>\n<\/a><span class=\"contributor-separator\">, <\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/ElliotHoste\"><br \/>\nElliot Hoste<br \/>\n<\/a><span class=\"contributor-separator\">, <\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/HabiDiallo\"><br \/>\nHabi Diallo<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-36-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Met Gala 2026: The best <span class=\"nowrap\">dressed stars<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumbs\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36991\/0\/met-gala-2026-the-best-dressed-stars\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Met Gala 2026 red carpet\" class=\"img\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2000-1333\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444432.jpg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36991\/1\/met-gala-2026-the-best-dressed-stars\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Met Gala 2026 red carpet\" class=\"img\" height=\"1428\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-158-2143-1428\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444433.jpg\" width=\"2143\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36991\/2\/met-gala-2026-the-best-dressed-stars\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Met Gala 2026 red carpet\" class=\"img\" height=\"1449\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-300-2174-1449\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444445.jpg\" width=\"2174\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36991\/3\/met-gala-2026-the-best-dressed-stars\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Met Gala 2026 red carpet\" class=\"img\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-165-2000-1333\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444450.jpg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36991\/4\/met-gala-2026-the-best-dressed-stars\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Met Gala 2026 red carpet\" class=\"img\" height=\"1330\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-98-1995-1330\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444453.jpg\" width=\"1995\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36991\/5\/met-gala-2026-the-best-dressed-stars\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Met Gala 2026 red carpet\" class=\"img\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-105-2000-1333\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444446.jpg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 36 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Is fashion art? The Met\u2019s Costume Institute certainly thinks so. Since the very first <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/met-ball\"><span>Met Gala<\/span><\/a><span> in 1948, the museum has tried to prove that fashion deserves a place alongside some of art\u2019s greatest masterpieces. \u201cSome people have a very 19th century idea of what art is,\u201d said chief curator Andrew Bolton in 2015. \u201cThere are people within the museum who still dismiss fashion.\u201d No one can dismiss the power of fashion on the first Monday in May, especially at this year\u2019s Gala, which raised a record-breaking $42 million for the Costume Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This year\u2019s exhibition is titled <\/span><em><span>Costume Art, <\/span><\/em><span>meanwhile the dress code for this evening\u2019s carpet was \u201cFashion is Art\u201d \u2013 which some guests took more literally than others. There were several different takes on the theme: fashion inspired by specific works of art, fashion becoming a work of art in its own right, the body as art, and fashion inspired by the human body. Basically, the parameters were pretty wide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As ever, some of the world\u2019s biggest names in music, film, fashion and sport were in attendance, starting with the evening\u2019s hosts: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beyonce\"><span>Beyonc\u00e9<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/nicole-kidman\"><span>Nicole Kidman<\/span><\/a><span> and Venus Williams. While Kidman and Williams turned up on time \u2013 the hosts usually arrive first, alongside Anna Wintour \u2013 Beyonc\u00e9 was one of the last to arrive, but was well worth the wait. Wearing a diamond-encrusted skeletal gown designed by ex-Balmain designer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/olivier-rousteing\"><span>Olivier Rousteing<\/span><\/a><span>, the singer was accompanied by husband Jay Z, as well as daughter Blue Ivy \u2013 who made her Met Gala debut, despite being only 14 and therefore under the 18+ age requirement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Clearly Wintour was willing to look past age this year, with 17-year-old Sunday Rose Kidman-Urban also in attendance and accompanying her mother (Nicole). Maybe next year we\u2019ll see North West\u2019s debut. Beyond the hosts\u2019 underage children, multiple trends quickly began to form. Firstly, things got <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DX76rUFimQb\/?img_index=1\"><span>very handsy.<\/span><\/a><span> Then, it was all about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DX8BLudFj1g\/?img_index=1\"><span>mask4mask<\/span><\/a><span>, not to mention the many, many <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DX8DGagiuf7\/?img_index=1\"><span>nip-slips<\/span><\/a><span>. Of course, there were art references galore \u2013 from at least three different Yves Klein tributes (as we <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/article\/70175\/1\/met-gala-2026-fashion-is-art-dazed-editors-pick-costume-institute-exhibition\"><span>predicted<\/span><\/a><span>), to Madame X and Lady Jane Grey.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There were some major surprises too. 77-year-old Stevie Nicks made her Met Gala debut wearing our first glimpse of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/john-galliano\"><span>John Galliano\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span> Zara. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/madonna\"><span>Madonna<\/span><\/a><span> was accompanied by seven models, each holding a corner of her train. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/bad-bunny\"><span>Bad Bunny<\/span><\/a><span> had aged by 53 years, stepping out as Old Bunny, because\u2026 why not? And <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/rihanna\"><span>Rihanna<\/span><\/a><span> closed the carpet, accompanied by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/asap-rocky\"><span>A$AP Rocky<\/span><\/a><span> and wearing a dazzling custom gown by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/glenn-martens\"><span>Glenn Martens<\/span><\/a><span> for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/maison-margiela\"><span>Maison Margiela<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A lot happened. Some of it wonderful, some of it weird, but all of it worth catching up on. Scroll through the gallery above for all our favourite looks of the night. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! 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Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-36-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Met Gala 2026: The best <span class=\"nowrap\">dressed stars<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumbs\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36991\/0\/met-gala-2026-the-best-dressed-stars\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Met Gala 2026 red carpet\" class=\"img\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2000-1333\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444432.jpg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36991\/1\/met-gala-2026-the-best-dressed-stars\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Met Gala 2026 red carpet\" class=\"img\" height=\"1428\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-158-2143-1428\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444433.jpg\" width=\"2143\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36991\/2\/met-gala-2026-the-best-dressed-stars\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Met Gala 2026 red carpet\" class=\"img\" height=\"1449\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-300-2174-1449\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444445.jpg\" width=\"2174\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36991\/3\/met-gala-2026-the-best-dressed-stars\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Met Gala 2026 red carpet\" class=\"img\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-165-2000-1333\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444450.jpg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36991\/4\/met-gala-2026-the-best-dressed-stars\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Met Gala 2026 red carpet\" class=\"img\" height=\"1330\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-98-1995-1330\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444453.jpg\" width=\"1995\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/gallery\/36991\/5\/met-gala-2026-the-best-dressed-stars\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Met Gala 2026 red carpet\" class=\"img\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-105-2000-1333\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/4\/1444446.jpg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 36 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Is fashion art? The Met\u2019s Costume Institute certainly thinks so. Since the very first <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/met-ball\"><span>Met Gala<\/span><\/a><span> in 1948, the museum has tried to prove that fashion deserves a place alongside some of art\u2019s greatest masterpieces. \u201cSome people have a very 19th century idea of what art is,\u201d said chief curator Andrew Bolton in 2015. \u201cThere are people within the museum who still dismiss fashion.\u201d No one can dismiss the power of fashion on the first Monday in May, especially at this year\u2019s Gala, which raised a record-breaking $42 million for the Costume Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This year\u2019s exhibition is titled <\/span><em><span>Costume Art, <\/span><\/em><span>meanwhile the dress code for this evening\u2019s carpet was \u201cFashion is Art\u201d \u2013 which some guests took more literally than others. There were several different takes on the theme: fashion inspired by specific works of art, fashion becoming a work of art in its own right, the body as art, and fashion inspired by the human body. Basically, the parameters were pretty wide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As ever, some of the world\u2019s biggest names in music, film, fashion and sport were in attendance, starting with the evening\u2019s hosts: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/beyonce\"><span>Beyonc\u00e9<\/span><\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/nicole-kidman\"><span>Nicole Kidman<\/span><\/a><span> and Venus Williams. While Kidman and Williams turned up on time \u2013 the hosts usually arrive first, alongside Anna Wintour \u2013 Beyonc\u00e9 was one of the last to arrive, but was well worth the wait. Wearing a diamond-encrusted skeletal gown designed by ex-Balmain designer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/olivier-rousteing\"><span>Olivier Rousteing<\/span><\/a><span>, the singer was accompanied by husband Jay Z, as well as daughter Blue Ivy \u2013 who made her Met Gala debut, despite being only 14 and therefore under the 18+ age requirement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Clearly Wintour was willing to look past age this year, with 17-year-old Sunday Rose Kidman-Urban also in attendance and accompanying her mother (Nicole). Maybe next year we\u2019ll see North West\u2019s debut. Beyond the hosts\u2019 underage children, multiple trends quickly began to form. Firstly, things got <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DX76rUFimQb\/?img_index=1\"><span>very handsy.<\/span><\/a><span> Then, it was all about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DX8BLudFj1g\/?img_index=1\"><span>mask4mask<\/span><\/a><span>, not to mention the many, many <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DX8DGagiuf7\/?img_index=1\"><span>nip-slips<\/span><\/a><span>. Of course, there were art references galore \u2013 from at least three different Yves Klein tributes (as we <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/fashion\/article\/70175\/1\/met-gala-2026-fashion-is-art-dazed-editors-pick-costume-institute-exhibition\"><span>predicted<\/span><\/a><span>), to Madame X and Lady Jane Grey.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There were some major surprises too. 77-year-old Stevie Nicks made her Met Gala debut wearing our first glimpse of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/john-galliano\"><span>John Galliano\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span> Zara. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/madonna\"><span>Madonna<\/span><\/a><span> was accompanied by seven models, each holding a corner of her train. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/bad-bunny\"><span>Bad Bunny<\/span><\/a><span> had aged by 53 years, stepping out as Old Bunny, because\u2026 why not? And <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/rihanna\"><span>Rihanna<\/span><\/a><span> closed the carpet, accompanied by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/asap-rocky\"><span>A$AP Rocky<\/span><\/a><span> and wearing a dazzling custom gown by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/glenn-martens\"><span>Glenn Martens<\/span><\/a><span> for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/maison-margiela\"><span>Maison Margiela<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A lot happened. Some of it wonderful, some of it weird, but all of it worth catching up on. Scroll through the gallery above for all our favourite looks of the night. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! 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