Overview
- Billed as the Costume Institute’s benefit, the Met Gala in New York City, held Monday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, featured co-chairs Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour under the “Fashion Is Art” dress code.
- Beyoncé ended her decade-long hiatus with a diamond-encrusted skeletal dress by Olivier Rousteing and posed on the steps with daughter Blue Ivy and Jay‑Z.
- Rihanna arrived in a jeweled Maison Margiela gown with a cape that framed her silhouette, and Heidi Klum turned herself into a marble-like statue using full-body paint and prosthetics.
- Reaction was mixed, with praise for museum-worthy builds and criticism of skin-baring looks from Irina Shayk, Gigi Hadid, Kylie Jenner and Cara Delevingne, and some raised originality questions about Isha Ambani’s multi-border Indian textile tribute.
- The benefit is the Costume Institute’s main fundraiser, and the linked Costume Art show opens May 10 in the Met’s new Condé Nast Galleries and runs through January 10, 2027, with Jeff and Lauren Sánchez Bezos as honorary chairs and Yves Saint Laurent among sponsors.