The Super Bowl of fashion is living up to its moniker so far.

The Met Gala is officially underway as A-list actors, global pop stars and tech titans alike grace the Metropolitan Museum’s grand staircase. The gala’s theme, “Costume Art,” honors the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition on the role of the dressed body in the history of art. The show inaugurates the new 12,000-square-foot Condé M. Nast Galleries.

This year’s abstract dress code, “Fashion Is Art,” encourages guests to treat the body as a canvas and “to express their own relationship to fashion as an embodied art form.” So if there ever were a time to wear an archival John Galliano naked dress or a Thom Browne body paint gown, it’s now.

Co-chaired by Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, Anna Wintour and Beyoncé, the latter returning to the gala after a 10-year hiatus, the event — an annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute — will be a night of sartorial excellence.

Rihanna and ASAP Rocky Rihanna and ASAP Rocky attend the Met Gala.

Rihanna, shining bright in Maison Margiela, and ASAP Rocky never disappoint.

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Madonna Madonna wears a ship on her head at the Met Gala.

Madonna dons a towering ship headpiece.

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Blake Lively Blake Lively holds up her ballgown at the Met Gala.

The same day that she settled her legal battle with Justin Baldoni, Blake Lively returned to the Met Gala in archival Atelier Versace.

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Heidi Klum Heidi Klum looks like a marble statue.

Heidi Klum’s is a living marble statue in a custom look by designer Mike Marino, inspired by works such as “Veiled Christ” by Giuseppe Sanmartino and “Veiled Vestal” by Raffaele Monti.

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Beyoncé Beyoncé, wearing a skeleton-inspired look, poses at the Met Gala.

Leave it to Beyoncé to steal the show in a diamond-dripped skeleton-inspired look designed by Olivier Rousteing.

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Kylie Jenner Kylie Jenner, wearing a nude gown, poses at the Met Gala.

Kylie Jenner wears a deconstructed nude Schiaparelli gown designed by Daniel Roseberry.

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Kylie Jenner wears a nude corset.

Kylie Jenner’s nude corset gives the illusion that she’s topless.

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Kendall Jenner Kendall Jenner, wearing a nude gown, poses at the Met Gala.

Kendall Jenner wears a nipple-baring bodice from GapStudio by Zac Posen.

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Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian wears a breastplate bodysuit at the Met Gala.

Kim Kardashian turns heads in a bronze molded breastplate bodysuit.

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Sarah Paulson Sarah Paulson wears a dollar bill mask at the Met Gala.

Sarah Paulson wears a dollar bill mask at the Met Gala.

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Sarah Paulson wears a dollar bill mask at the Met Gala.

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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Rosie Huntington-Whiteley poses at the Met Gala.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley poses during the Met Gala.

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Kate Moss Kate Moss, wearing a black lace dress, poses at the Met Gala.

Kate Moss is a model through and through in sheer Saint Laurent.

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Rachel Zegler Rachel Zegler is blindfolded at the Met Gala.

Rachel Zegler’s Prabal Gurung Met Gala gown is inspired by the 1833 painting “The Execution of Lady Jane Grey.”

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Gracie Abrams Gracie Abrams, wearing a gold dress, poses at the Met Gala.

Gracie Abrams is a vision in a gold Chanel gown inspired by a Gustav Klimt painting.

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Margot Robbie Margot Robbie, wearing a gold gown with a long train, poses at the Met Gala.

Margot Robbie is statuesque in Chanel.

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Chase Infiniti Chase Infiniti, wearing a colorful sequin dress, poses at the Met Gala.

Chase Infiniti is among the best-dressed at the Met Gala in a Venus de Milo-inspired dress.

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Gabrielle Union Gabrielle Union poses at the Met Gala.

Gabrielle Union stuns at the Met Gala.

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Sabrina Carpenter Sabrina Carpenter is picture perfect in a dress made from literal film.

Sabrina Carpenter is picture perfect in a dress made from literal film.

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Doechii Doechii is draped in burgundy fabric.

Doechii is beautiful in a burgundy Marc Jacobs wrap dress.

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Rosé Rosé, wearing a black gown with a slit, poses at the Met Gala.

Rosé wears a Saint Laurent dress with a high slit.

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Dree Hemingway Dree Hemingway wears a gold gown with an exaggerated neckline.

Dree Hemingway looks ethereal in Valentino.

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Connor Storrie Connor Storrie, wearing a black-and-white polka-dot turtleneck, poses at the Met Gala.

Connor Storrie makes his Met Gala debut.

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Olivia Wilde Olivia Wilde, wearing a black dress, poses at the Met Gala.

Olivia Wilde wears custom Thom Browne with a caged white tulle train.

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Gigi Hadid Gigi Hadid, wearing a sheer dress, poses at the Met Gala.

Gigi Hadid reinvents the naked dress at the Met Gala.

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Naomi Osaka Naomi Osaka wears a white sculptural hat at the Met Gala.

Naomi Osaka serves looks in a white sculptural hat and matching coat dress before unveiling a second outfit.

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Rebecca Hall Rebecca Hall, wearing a black skirt and blazer, poses at the Met Gala.

Rebecca Hall looks sophisticated in custom Tom Ford by Haider Ackermann.

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Eileen Gu Eileen Gu wears a gown made of bubbles.

Olympic medalist Eileen Gu goes for the gold.

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Katy Perry Katy Perry wears a mask at the Met Gala.

Katy Perry, in a Stella McCartney strapless gown, hides behind a mask.

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Felicity Blunt, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt Felicity Blunt, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt pose at the Met Gala.

It’s a family affair for Felicity Blunt, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt, who coordinate in black.

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Yu-Chi Lyra Kuo Yu-Chi Lyra Kuo, wearing a white gown, poses at the Met Gala.

Yu-Chi Lyra Kuo soars in custom Jean Paul Gaultier, in reference to the Winged Victory of Samothrace statue.

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Zoë Kravitz Zoë Kravitz wears head to toe black at the Met Gala.

Zoë Kravitz wows in an all-black Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello lace gown.

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Isha Ambani Isha Ambani, wearing a gold saree, poses at the Met Gala.

Isha Ambani wears a custom-designed saree gown by Rahul Mishra.

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Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste pose at the Met Gala.

Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste attend the 2026 Met Gala.

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Charli XCX Charli XCX, wearing a black gown, poses at the Met Gala.

Charli XCX is the moment.

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Gwendoline Christie Gwendoline Christie, wearing a red gown and holding a mask, poses at the Met Gala.

Gwendoline Christie knows a thing or two about the Many-Faced God.

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Sabine Getty Sabine Getty wears a nude dress with painted hands.

Jewelry designer Sabine Getty has her hands full in custom Ashi Studio couture.

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Jordan Roth Jordan Roth walks with a sculpture on his back.

Jordan Roth looks like a living classical sculpture.

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Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster make it a date night.

Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster make it a date night.

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Venus Williams Venus Williams, wearing a black gown, poses at the Met Gala.

Venus Williams is wearing a Swarovski crystal mesh gown inspired by her portrait.

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La La Anthony La La Anthony poses at the Met Gala.

La La Anthony is dripping with custom crystals in a custom Wiederhoeft gown.

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Nichapat Suphap Nichapat Suphap, wearing a black gown with metal hand details, poses at the Met Gala.

Nichapat Suphap turns heads in custom Robert Wun.

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Sam Smith Sam Smith poses at the Met Gala.

Sam Smith makes a statement in Christian Cowan.

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Cara Delevingne Cara Delevingne, wearing a black gown with a long train, poses at the Met Gala.

Cara Delevingne is back in black.

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Sunday Rose Kidman Urban and Nicole Kidman Sunday Rose Kidman Urban and Nicole Kidman pose at the Met Gala.

Nicole Kidman, co-chair of the Met Gala, radiates in a red sequin Chanel gown. She’s accompanied by daughter Sunday Rose Kidman Urban.

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Lauren Sánchez Bezos Lauren Sánchez Bezos smiles at the Met Gala.

Lauren Sánchez Bezos, who reportedly spent $10 million with husband Jeff Bezos to sponsor the gala, dons a blue Schiaparelli by Daniel Roseberry gown.

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Anna Wintour Anna Wintour, wearing a feather jacket and gown, poses at the Met Gala.

Anna Wintour has fun with feathers in Chanel.

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Emma Chamberlain Emma Chamberlain, wearing a colorful gown, poses at the Met Gala.

Emma Chamberlain understood the assignment in custom Mugler hand-painted by artist Anna Deller over the course of 40 hours.

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Ashley Graham Ashley Graham stands at the bottom of the Met Gala staircase.

Ashley Graham wears a sheer, hand-sewn gown by Di Petsa.

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