Met Gala 2026: Stars Dazzle in High Fashion at NYC's Most Extravagant Event

Each May, the steps of the Metropolitan Museum become a stage where fashion and identity converge, asking its participants not merely what to wear but who they wish to be seen as. The 2026 Met Gala gathered celebrities, designers, and cultural figures in New York to enact this ritual once more — with Nicole Kidman and her daughter Sunday Rose offering an unexpected meditation on legacy, while the debut of Zara by John Galliano quietly announced that the walls between luxury and accessibility are no longer holding. The evening, as always, was less about clothing than about the statements people