99 best Met Gala 2026 red carpet looks that you need to see

The UK may be fresh off the back of a bank holiday, but listen up because there's some serious business to attend to. The Met Gala 2026 red carpet dress scrolling, of course, being said business.

Whether you're an annual devotee or are still not entirely sure what it's all about, there's no denying that the Met Gala truly is the Oscars of the fashion world. So even if you skipped the whole of awards season at the start of the year – if you only pay attention to one red carpet in 2026 you'd be wise to choose this one.

After all, the event was co-chaired this year by Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour. Casual, right? That's already a 10/10 guest list when it comes to sartorial matters, and with the likes of Beyonce, Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat, Paloma Elsesser, Emma Chamberlain, Ashley Graham, Teyana Taylor and Zoë Kravitz all in attendance, there have been some serious looks on display at this year’s event.

Of course, there's always a theme for the Met Gala to gently steer guests' sartorial choices – and this year that theme is “Costume Art,” with the dress code described as “Fashion Is Art”.

According to the exhibition's curator Andrew Bolton, the 2026 Met Gala theme was inspired by “the centrality of the dressed body in the museum’s vast collection.” And, well, there were some very different interpretations of what that meant…

Let’s get into the best looks of the Met Gala 2026 red carpet.