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Beyonc\u00e9 arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the \u201cCostume Art\u201d exhibition on Monday, May 4, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP)<\/p>\n

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Met Gala guests from Beyonc\u00e9 and Naomi Osaka to Emma Chamberlain did not play it safe this year for the Met Gala, delivering custom works of art in honor of the dress code \u201cFashion is art.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyonc\u00e9 left the cowboy hat at home and dazzled in a custom Olivier Rousteing sculptural skeleton dress with a cream and dust blue feathered train fitted with a diamond crown for \u201cQueen Bey.\u201d The Grammy winner and her husband Jay-Z and daughter Blue Ivy stopped to pose together on the Metropolitan Museum of Art steps.<\/p>\n

\"Beyonc\u00e9<\/p>\n

Beyonc\u00e9 arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the \u201cCostume Art\u201d exhibition on Monday, May 4, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP)<\/p>\n

Osaka stunned in a edgy Robert Wun white sculptural fitted dress featuring exaggerated shoulders and adorned with red feathers and a matching headpiece. To complete her show-stopping look, Osaka wore two-toned red gloves. A similar look by Wun sits inside the Met\u2019s Costume Institute exhibit, \u201cCostume Art.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Naomi<\/p>\n

Naomi Osaka arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the \u201cCostume Art\u201d exhibition on Monday, May 4, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP) CORRECTION: Corrects from Naomi Osak to Naomi Osaka<\/p>\n

On the carpet, Osaka opened her dress and removed her headpiece for a grand reveal underneath. She wowed in a sleek red beaded gown embellished with the human anatomy.<\/p>\n

Chamberlain arrived in a breathtaking Mugler by Miguel Castro Freitas hand-painted dress. The star was dipped in a rainbow of colors from her d\u00e9colletage down to the spiral train of her body-hugging dress with fringe falling down the cuffs of the long-sleeve gown.<\/p>\n

\"Emma<\/p>\n

Emma Chamberlain arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the \u201cCostume Art\u201d exhibition on Monday, May 4, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP)<\/p>\n

With all the fanfare around \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2,\u201d Met Gala co-Chair Anna Wintour opted for a cool mint ensemble \u2014 not the trendy cerulean blue from the first film. Wintour\u2019s look featured a feathered cape and a beaded dress by Matthieu Blazy for Chanel that she classically paired with her signature bob and oversized sunglasses.<\/p>\n

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\"Anna<\/p>\n

Anna Wintour arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the \u201cCostume Art\u201d exhibition on Monday, May 4, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP)<\/p>\n

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Other co-Chairs of the evening Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams chose more subdued glamorous looks. Williams wore a sparkling black off-the-shoulder gown with a dazzling Swarovski neckpiece in homage to a painting of herself done by Robert Pruitt for the National Portrait Gallery. Event sponsor Lauren S\u00e1nchez Bezos arrived in a form-fitting Schiaparelli gown, which she told Vogue was influenced by John Singer Sargent\u2019s 1884 painting \u201cMadame X.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Nicole<\/p>\n

Nicole Kidman arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the \u201cCostume Art\u201d exhibition on Monday, May 4, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP)<\/p>\n

Artistic references<\/p>\n

When guests were not wearing art, they were making references to it. Head of Editorial Content for US Vogue Chloe Malle wore an apricot orange Colleen Allen dress inspired by Sir Frederic Leighton\u2019s \u201cFlaming June\u201d painting. Actor and author Lena Dunham collaborated with Valentino designer Alessandro Michele for her red feathered dress to depict his interpretation of \u201cJudith Slaying Holofernes.\u201d As a child, Dunham told Vogue, she would visit the Met museum on Sundays and admire the paintings in the Renaissance section.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of my favorite painters from that era is Artemisia Gentileschi, who was one of the only women painting professionally in that moment,\u201d she told Vogue. \u201cSo I sent some of the images to Alessandro, and because he\u2019s a genius, instead of dressing me like her, he said, \u2018You are actually the blood spatter as \u2026 Judith cuts the neck off a man.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Stars also celebrated the dress code with their accessories. Actor and fashion muse Gwendoline Christie playfully covered her face on the carpet with a mask of her own face while pop star Katy Perry opened and closed her fencing-like mask on the carpet to smile at the cameras.<\/p>\n

Venus Williams was not the only guest to break the fourth wall with an artistic reference to herself. It was a trend of the night, with gala host committee members Amy Sherald in a Thom Browne look inspired by her own work of art and singer Sabrina Carpenter wearing a Dior dress designed with film strips from the 1954 movie \u201cSabrina.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fashion as canvas<\/p>\n

Some guests brought out their artistic side as they transformed their dresses into works of art. TikTok followers watched along as Jessica Kayll, who designs colorful silk robes, finished painting her dress in the days leading up to the gala. Kayll painted her own take on the famous Monet water lily scene right on top of her dress for the gala.<\/p>\n

While her \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2\u201d castmates kept it classic in black, Anne Hathaway made a statement in her custom Michael Kors Grecian-inspired strapless dress, which was hand-painted with a dove of peace.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is the goddess of peace,\u201d Kors told Vogue.<\/p>\n

Performance art<\/p>\n

Madonna makes any carpet her stage. A group of women circled around her in colorful dresses as they held onto sheer fabric wrapped around her pirate ship headpiece on the carpet.<\/p>\n

\"Madonna<\/p>\n

Madonna arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the \u201cCostume Art\u201d exhibition on Monday, May 4, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP)<\/p>\n

Janelle Mon\u00e1e also knows how to stand out. The performer delivered a message with her sculptural art piece that featured cords overtaken by moss wrapped around her form with moving animatronic butterflies.<\/p>\n

\"Janelle<\/p>\n

Janelle Monae arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the \u201cCostume Art\u201d exhibition on Monday, May 4, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP)<\/p>\n

\u201cRemember what made you human,\u201d Mon\u00e1e told The Associated Press. \u201cNature is talking to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dressed body<\/p>\n

Rather than wear art, models showed off their toned bodies as part of the \u201cCostume Art\u201d exhibit\u2019s theme celebrating artistic representations of the body.<\/p>\n

Supermodels Gigi Hadid and Irina Shayk both wore revealing looks on the carpet.<\/p>\n

Bad Bunny went full costume, carrying a cane and dressing up as an older version of himself with gray hair and special effects makeup to add years to his face. The artist joked with Vogue that it took 53 years to finish the look. Supermodel Heidi Klum, known for taking her Halloween costume to new heights, brought that same dedication to the Met Gala as she arrived as a draped statue.<\/p>\n

\"Bad<\/p>\n

Bad Bunny arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the \u201cCostume Art\u201d exhibition on Monday, May 4, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP)<\/p>\n

Instead of opting for a body-hugging gown, Kim Kardashian wore a bright orange metallic body plate from the \u201960s designed by Allen Jones.<\/p>\n

The physical form was modeled throughout the night with body parts draped over gowns or overlaid on garments in printed form in a trompe l\u2019oeil. Theater producer and performer Jordan Roth had a 3D figure looming behind him as part of his velvet Wun getup while other celebrities had carefully placed sculpted hands attached to their gowns.<\/p>\n

For her first Met Gala, Chase Infiniti donned a colorful sequined Thom Browne gown with the female form embellished with sequins on the front and back of her dress.<\/p>\n

In typical fashion, singer and fashion powerhouse Rihanna shut down the carpet as the final guest to arrive, much earlier than in years past. Dressed in a metallic jewel-encrusted cocoonlike dress, Rihanna emerged onto the carpet with her partner A$AP Rocky.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like a pearl out of an oyster,\u201d Rihanna said to reporters on the carpet.<\/p>\n

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