{"id":24682,"date":"2026-05-05T07:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/24682\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T07:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:29:14","slug":"kendall-jenner-just-declared-winged-victory-on-the-2026-met-gala-carpet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/24682\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendall Jenner Just Declared (Winged) Victory on the 2026 Met Gala Carpet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posen brought a modern sensibility to the ancient statue, using the classic white T-shirt\u2014a Gap staple\u2014as a jumping-off point. \u201cI took a white Gap T-shirt off of my back in my studio and started pulling it and tweaking it and figuring out how\u2014in a contemporary way, in a glamorous way\u2014to interpret the sculpture that influenced humanity and our modern culture,\u201d he says. (Also on the mood board were masters of jersey and drapery: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/olivier-saillard-on-madame-gres-the-art-of-draping-exhibition-at-scad\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Madame Gr\u00e8s<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/azzedine-alaia-was-one-of-the-worlds-great-couture-collectors-these-are-his-diors\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Azzedine Ala\u00efa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/the-essential-halston-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-designer-before-watching-the-miniseries\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Roy Halston Frowick<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/1930s-fashion-history-lesson\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Madeleine Vionnet<\/a>, Geoffrey Beene, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/claire-mccardell-what-shall-i-wear-book\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Claire McCardell<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Jenner, who was \u201csuper, super, super involved\u201d in the process, was keen to capture the rippling, windswept tunic with an ultrathin fabric, which led Posen to a lightweight cotton-viscose blend that created a wet drapery look. \u201cIt\u2019s been really cool to see him work. I can see his wheels turning, which is such a treat for me,\u201d Jenner says. \u201cI love being a part of every step of the process.\u201d The designer added some dimension by layering the tea-dyed liquid jersey with satin-face chiffon and organza to mimic the statue\u2019s fluid drapery.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Person Art Angel and Kneeling\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1345156929.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Winged Victory of Samothrace, circa 190 B.C.<\/p>\n<p>Heritage Images\/Getty Images<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Angel Adult Person and Wedding\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0353.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Zac Posen\u2019s sketch for Kendall Jenner.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of GapStudio<\/p>\n<p>Posen also commissioned Abel Cepeda Ljoka and Will Kowall of the New York brand Seks to create the base of the dress, a leather corset to be worn underneath. \u201cWe 3D-printed her body and made a mannequin and a bust of it that is the corset underneath this,\u201d he explains. Posen draped the fabric to show off the corset like an exposed breast.<\/p>\n<p>A longtime Met Gala attendee, Jenner has her routine down to a science. \u201cI sit there in glam before I get there and I watch that red carpet on the livestream,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd then to be able to get inside and run into people; I feel every year it\u2019s like my yearly high school reunion.\u201d Still, even on her 12th turn, Jenner admits that she gets some pre-Met jitters: \u201cI\u2019ll probably need a shot before the carpet.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Posen brought a modern sensibility to the ancient statue, using the classic white T-shirt\u2014a Gap staple\u2014as a jumping-off&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[15103,8,14797,14798,9,7,15104],"class_list":{"0":"post-24682","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-stories","8":"tag-gap","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-kendall-jenner","11":"tag-met-gala-2026","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-top-stories","14":"tag-zac-posen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@news\/116520796995068188","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}