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Beyoncé arrives for the 2026 Met Gala. She is wearing a sheer gown adorned with silver that looks like a ribcage, pelvis and vertebrae. She has silver headpiece and a gray train.
Beyoncé arrives for the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday.
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On Monday night, extravagantly dressed celebrities and designers made their grand ascent up the Met Gala's staircase, marking the start of fashion's biggest night and raising money for New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.

Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour are the 2026 Gala co-chairs. Lauren Sánchez Bezos is an honorary co-chair.

"Fashion is Art" is the dress code for this year's Gala, and attendees are expected to follow it while viewing "Costume Art," the Costume Institute's spring 2026 exhibition.

"Costume Art" opens to the public on May 10 in the Met's new Condé Nast gallery spaces. It features century-spanning fashions on various body types, juxtaposed with art objects from the Met's collections. Curator in Charge Andrew Bolton says the exhibition seeks to connect "artistic representations of the body with fashion as an embodied art form."

Here are some of the red carpet outfits from the night:

Rihanna attends the 2026 Met Gala.
Rihanna attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Singer Lisa arrives for the 2026 Met Gala. She is wearing a sheer, white gown with two white arms attached to her holding up a sheer, white veil.
Singer Lisa arrives for the 2026 Met Gala.
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Bad Bunny attends the 2026 Met Gala. He is dressed as an old man. He is wearing a black suit and using a cane.
Bad Bunny attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Teyana Taylor attends the 2026 Met Gala. She is wearing head to toe silver fringe and is photographed turning around.
Teyana Taylor attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Madonna attends the 2026 Met Gala. She is wearing a black suit and a headpiece that looks like a wooden ship. There is gray fabric connected to the headpiece that is held by six models wearing pastel dresses.
Madonna attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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SZA attends the 2026 Met Gala. She is wearing a yellow gown and a headpiece that has orchids and shells woven together.
SZA attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Anne Hathaway and fashion designer Michael Kors attend the 2026 Met Gala. She is wearing a black gown with a large hand reaching toward a dove. He is wearing a black tuxedo and sunglasses.
Anne Hathaway and fashion designer Michael Kors attend the 2026 Met Gala.
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Sabrina Carpenter attends the 2026 Met Gala. She is wearing a gown made of film strips and she is wearing a jeweled headpiece.
Sabrina Carpenter attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Singer Rauw Alejandro attends the 2026 Met Gala. He is wearing a silver piece that covers most of his ear and jewelry that goes across his nose.
Singer Rauw Alejandro attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Model Kylie Jenner attends the 2026 Met Gala.
Kylie Jenner attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Janelle Monáe attends the 2026 Met Gala. She is wearing a gown that has cords woven together with moss and is accented with butterflies.
Janelle Monáe attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Emma Chamberlain wears a floor-length gown and feet of beaded fringe on her arms to the 2026 Met Gala.
Model and influencer Emma Chamberlain attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Model Aariana Rose Philip attends the 2026 Met Gala. She is wearing a black ruched gown and she uses a motorized wheelchair.
Model Aariana Rose Philip attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Joshua Henry performs with several backup dancers. He is wearing a red suit while the dancers are wearing black suits.
Joshua Henry performs with backup dancers.
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Hosts Nicole Kidman (left), Lauren Sánchez Bezos, and Anna Wintour attend the 2026 Met Gala. Kidman is wearing a red sequined gown with red feathers, Sánchez Bezos is wearing a navy gown and Wintour is wearing a light blue feathered jacket over a beaded gown.
Nicole Kidman (left), Lauren Sánchez Bezos and Anna Wintour attend the 2026 Met Gala.
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Co-chair Venus Williams arrives with her husband Andrea Preti. She is wearing a black sequin floor-length gown and a metallic neckpiece. He is wearing a black suit with a maroon bowtie.
Co-chair Venus Williams arrives with her husband, Andrea Preti.
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Sinéad Burke attends the 2026 Met Gala. She is wearing a floor-length black gown and train. She is a little person.
Writer and activist Sinéad Burke attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Model Ashley Graham attends the 2026 Met Gala. She is wearing a beige gown and is biting on a silver fingernail.
Model Ashley Graham attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Actor Connor Storrie attends the 2026 Met Gala. He is wearing a black and white polka dot sleeveless top with black pants.
Actor Connor Storrie attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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Musician Jon Batiste arrives for the 2026 Met Gala. His wife, author Suleika Jaouad is on the left. He is wearing a white suit with a white oversized, floor-length puffer jacket. She is facing away from the camera and wearing a red patterned gown.
Musician Jon Batiste attends the 2026 Met Gala. His wife, author Suleika Jaouad, is on the left.
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Sam Smith attends the 2026 Met Gala. They are wearing a black sequined gown with feather headpiece.
Sam Smith attends the 2026 Met Gala.
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