IN PICTURES – On the night of May 4 to 5 in New York, an audience of celebrities gathered for one of the most anticipated evenings on the fashion calendar and competed in eccentricity for the occasion.
The bet was met for the Met Gala 2026. If the theme of the evening – “Fashion is Art” – promised very great art, the numerous celebrities present on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York played the game and took up the challenge with flying colors to immortalize their presence during this unmissable event in the fashion calendar, one of the most anticipated of the year by enthusiasts or simply fans who are watching for the appearance of their favorite celebrities.
While this edition was marked by the great return of Beyoncé who participated in the event for the first time in 10 years, the guests’ outfits, as usual, monopolized all the attention. The diva didn’t shine any less: she walked the red carpet in a spectacular personalized look by Olivier Rousteing, a dress in the shape of a skeleton covered with clusters of crystals and covered with a long feathered cape which trailed behind her. Coming accompanied by her daughter Blue Ivy, 14 years old but already taller than her, and her husband the rapper Jay-Z, Queen B reigned in majesty. “It’s surreal,” she even declared on the magazine’s YouTube channel. Vogue.
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However, she was closely followed by the one nicknamed the queen of the Met Gala. The singer and her companion A$AP Rocky arrived hand in hand and late, as usual, Rihanna in a stunning dress by Maison Margiela, and her partner in a long baby pink Chanel jacket.
Naked dresses à gogo
While the evening’s theme invited attendees to celebrate the body in all its versions, just as the paintings and sculptures that have filled museums like the Met have done for centuries, some celebrities showed that they had mastered their art history. Like Botticelli’s Venus, some of them have magnified their nudity with dresses, each more suggestive than the last. Among them, Gigi Hadid, in a transparent Miu Miu dress, or the Kardashian-Jenner sisters, each of whose dresses highlighted the bust or chest like a sculpture.
Almost 80 years old, Cher – who also marked her return after 10 years of absence – took on a naked dress Burberry twisted black silk tulle, accompanied by a leather corset and a short jacket decorated with crystals. An outfit that she did not choose at random: the interpreter of Believe gave a nod to the iconic outfit she wore at the Met in 1974, a bare dress that has stood the test of time.
