Chase Infiniti at The 2026 Met Gala Celebrating "Costume Art" held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
This is fabulous. It is indeed a body, depicted through art, and it looks amazing on hers.
Raul Lopez
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Raul Lopez attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by John Shearer/WireImage)
He's a former NBA player. **WAIT no he isn't, he's the designer of Luar, so this is probably... Luar??? *** I don't have an outfit credit but he DID post a story about his "browchitect" fixing his, and they DO look polished. This whole thing is great.
Colman Domingo in Valentino
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Colman Domingo attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
HE IS A TREAT. He's like a soldier of chic. Like a Harlequin but via a confetti cannon.
Jisoo in Dior
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Jisoo attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/MG26/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
She looks like an ethereal painting. I didn't find an explanation for the inspiration, but when it's this beautiful, does it matter?
Naomi Watts in Dior
Naomi Watts at The 2026 Met Gala Celebrating "Costume Art" held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by Lexie Moreland/WWD via Getty Images)
Her team told Bustle the idea was, "Lush." I might have guessed Freida Kahlo. I LOVE it.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Naomi Watts attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
Dior did REALLY good work for this night.
Hunter Schafer in Prada
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Hunter Schafer attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/FilmMagic)
She was one of the many who said the name "Klimt" last night. (I believe this is her reference.) Now, why it had to involve moths eating an old wedding dress, I do not know.
Rachel Sennott in Marc Jacobs
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Rachel Sennott attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
The '80s are here, giving us all a concussion. I did think blowing the bubbles -- with gum, rather than her actual gown -- was amusing, in the way it played off the geometry of the outfit. But only in certain photos.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Rachel Sennott attends the 2026 Met Gala Celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images)
In others it looked like she had a condom on her tongue.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Rachel Sennott attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
I enjoyed this angle. And while I have said before how BORED I am with HER calculated red-carpet ennui, I do think that expression juxtaposed with the loud, playful outfit is amusing.
Paige Bueckers in Coach
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Paige Bueckers attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
I almost missed the Coach clutch she's carrying because it's camouflaged so well. She looks quite nice.
Kris Jenner in D&G
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Kris Jenner attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/MG26/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
Frankly, this is also great. It's nice that she took a break from wearing black all the time. She is easily one of the better-dressed members of her clan on this night (you'll see the rest later).
Bee Shaffer Carrozzini in Givenchy
Bee Carrozzini at The 2026 Met Gala Celebrating "Costume Art" held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
Stunning. Bee usually fares really well at these. Better than her mom, actually.
Miles Chamley-Watson
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Miles Chamley-Watson attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
He is a fencer. His IG handle is, in fact, "@fencer." And he turned his day job into art.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Miles Chamley-Watson attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
He DID take a few jabs for us. How could he not? You don't bring the sword and then keep it QUIET.
Paloma Elsesser in Bureau of Imagination by Francesco Risso
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Paloma Elsesser attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
Paloma is one of the many people who referenced eBay. She said her dress was made from 100 other ones from the twenties, thirties, and forties, and I am torn because while the effect is interesting, it makes me sad if they took actual wearable vintage garments and ripped them up. That might be a Pretty In Pink level tragedy. They stuck on beads, diamonds, chunks of tin... it works better than it should. Art-as-Craft-Project.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Paloma Elsesser attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/FilmMagic)
She also had a crystal ear. As you do. I hope everyone spoke to her from the left.
Law Roach in Ami
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Law Roach attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/FilmMagic)
This features the work of Gabonese artist Naìˆla Opiangah. It's a good-looking suit, and practically understated for him.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Law Roach attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/MG26/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
NOT understated: the rock on his finger, about which he was coy. He said it was a gift, and that's about it.
Ben Platt in Tanner Fletcher
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Ben Platt attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/MG26/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
He seems to be wearing Sunday in the Park with George. Not a joke; I'm sure that is the reference. And it REALLY matches the venue.
Hamish Bowles
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Hamish Bowles attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/MG26/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
Stanley Tucci, whoops I mean Hamish Bowles, always dresses to the max and this is an especially deranged collage. I do not know why he has blood spatter across his face, but perhaps he decided to get literal with the idea that he killed it.
Deborah Roberts in Christopher John Rogers
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: Deborah Roberts attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
I am so happy to see this one out in the world again.
Suleika Jaouad in ERL
Suleika Jaouad at The 2026 Met Gala Celebrating "Costume Art" held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
She attended with her hubby, Jon Batiste, but I thought she deserved her own slide. What a knockout.
Blake Lively in Versace
Blake Lively at The 2026 Met Gala Celebrating "Costume Art" held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Penske Media via Getty Images)
This doesn't do much for me; I'm sure it's impossible to have been last-minute, but it almost feels that way. I don't see the inspiration. Blake told Lala Anthony that her purse was painted by her kids so that she was carrying some fashion art with her to keep them close; she looked and sounded EXTREMELY nervous, which may have been down to the Baldoni settlement being announced earlier. It must have been a weird day.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 04: (EDITOR'S NOTE: This image was captured using a remote camera) Blake Lively attends The 2026 Met Gala Celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/MG26/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
It is effective from above, mostly? It most resembles a child's dress-up drawer when it's been unloaded all over the playroom floor. She LOVES a huge gown and I respect that, but this didn't captivate me.