Still, her black Balmain gown was pretty. It was custom-made for the TV star with sheer long sleeves, a mermaid-style skirt, and beaded patterns from top to bottom.

She paired it with a black choker, heavy eye makeup, and diamond jewelry.

Her strapless, mermaid-shaped gown, designed by Topshop, made her look like a princess — especially when accessorized with a sparkling clutch and diamond necklace.

But her messy, swept-back hairstyle contrasted with the glamour of her look and distracted from her dress, making for a mismatched look.

She wore a strapless Lanvin design in blue satin with a black lining.

The Skims founder also kept her accessories and glam simple, wearing strappy sandals, dangling diamond earrings, and a loose, wavy hairstyle.

She wore a two-piece set from Torishéju, including an extra-long skirt and a blazer with a peplum waist. The top was worn without a shirt beneath it, creating a plunge that showed off her diamond necklace.

Jenner looked pretty, but her understated look wasn’t glamorous enough to become iconic.

The simple Balmain design had shoulder pads, a ruched bodice, and a wrap skirt.

While Kris made the outfit more unique with statement earrings, a thick golden belt, and black pumps with gold detailing, her overall outfit wasn’t the most memorable that she’s worn at the event.

Vivienne Westwood designed the off-the-shoulder dress, which also had long sleeves and a straight skirt.

Kim wore simple sandals, no jewelry, and a straight hairstyle to complete the minimalist look.

She told E! News on the red carpet that her outfit included multiple pieces from Tom Ford, Alexander McQueen, and Tommy Hilfiger.

Kris also carried a sparkling Judith Leiber clutch.

She walked the red carpet in a custom artwork by Allen Jones. It featured a fiberglass bodysuit in metallic orange and a leather skirt in shades of orange and brown.

Though the top half of the outfit was unique and eye-catching, the rest wasn’t very striking.

She attended the “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination”-themed event in a black Tommy Hilfiger design.

It had sheer sleeves, a feather-covered skirt, gold-ribbon embellishments, and amber jewels attached.

She walked the red carpet that year in a blue, tan, and white dress created by Atelier Versace.

Its halter top led to a backless, bralette-style bodice, rounded waist cutouts, and a form-fitting skirt.

She wore a sleeveless, mock-neck design made with green fabric and beads from the Calvin Klein Collection.

It was held together on each side with thin, crisscross straps and worn without accessories. The model opted for a sleek hairstyle and natural-looking makeup.

She attended the “Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age of Technology” event in a futuristic look: a silver, long-sleeved dress covered in sequins and tiny mirrors.

The metallic gown was designed by Balmain and had a daring, thigh-high slit.

For the 2015 Met Gala, the middle Kardashian sister wore a beaded Roberto Cavalli dress with sheer panels and a feather-trimmed skirt.

In an Instagram post at the time, she said her daring dress was inspired by a similar Bob Mackie garment Cher wore to the same event in 1974.

She wore a leather Chrome Hearts look with an alligator-skin print. Its corseted top was positioned off her shoulders, and her tight skirt expanded into a mermaid-tail shape.

Though the dress was simple by Kim’s standards, her accessories were interesting. She wore a hat that covered her eyes and a statement diamond necklace.

She walked the 2022 red carpet alongside Travis Barker, and both wore ensembles from Thom Browne.

Kourtney’s outfit featured a white, cropped blouse and a unique skirt with bandage-style fabric up top and black pleats at the bottom.

But due to its mix of fabrics and muted colors, it almost looked like Kourtney was wearing an unfinished garment.

She wore a pastel-yellow Oscar de la Renta gown that wrapped around her body. It had a single long sleeve, a shorter one that revealed her white gloves, and a thick beaded hem.

Though her ’60s hairstyle made the outfit look a bit more like a costume, she still looked chic on the red carpet.

The robe-style dress was custom-made for Kris and featured all-over sequins in the shapes of sculptures and other prints.

While it wasn’t her best Met Gala look of all time, it was a strong one. She paired it with Lorraine Schwartz jewels and a bob haircut.

Designed by Balmain, her metallic dress was long-sleeved and had silver sequins covering its sheer, mesh fabric. There were also large cutouts at her hips, and smaller ones beneath her waist.

She paired the sparkling look with silver sandals and a sleek black bob.

Her Tommy Hilfiger ensemble included a navy jumpsuit with a crystal star-shaped brooch attached to its deep neckline and a dramatic gray coat with oversize shoulder pads.

To make the outfit even more iconic, the Kardashian-Jenner matriarch added vibrant blue eye makeup, a bedazzled purse, and a short blonde hairstyle.

At the time, she attended the Met Gala in a see-through Versace dress made from peach-colored mesh. The gown was decorated with beads and crystals, and its short sleeves had long, gold fringe.

Her hair, which was styled in a blonde bob, perfectly complemented her standout fashion.

Ferragamo created her gray gown, which was perfectly tailored. It had a halter neckline, a sheer corseted bodice, and a gray skirt with beaded embellishments and a thigh-high slit.

She perfected the look with black pumps and sheer gloves.

With its ruffled skirt, T-shirt bodice, and veil-adorned baseball cap, Kylie’s outfit might have been confusing at first glance.

But the look actually honored the late designer Virgil Abloh and his brand Off-White.

It was tough to miss Kylie when she walked the 2023 carpet, thanks to the red-and-blue Jean Paul Gaultier gown.

Designed by Haider Ackermann, the dress had a blue satin lining, a thigh-high slit, and an asymmetrical neckline that gave the gown a distinctive shape.

She wore a Schiaparelli gown that was designed to make her look like the Venus de Milo.

It featured a nude-illusion bodice shaped like her torso, and a satin gown that looked as though it were being taken off her body.

The outfit was on theme, but not as iconic as some of her past Met looks.

She wore a Gap by Zac Posen gown that looked like wet marble wrapped around her body. It was inspired by the Winged Victory of Samothrace.

Jenner looked stunning and, like her sister, she stayed on theme for the night’s event. Still, it’s not as flashy as many of her other Met Gala outfits.

For the 2022 Met Gala, Kendall wore a black two-piece set from Prada. It featured a mesh tank top that she wore without a bra and a full, high-waisted skirt covered in ruffles.

It might not have been Kendall’s most iconic Met Gala look of all time, but it was certainly memorable — especially because she wore it with bleached eyebrows.

Her Alexander Wang gown was strapless and had a satin bralette connected to its long velvet skirt. There was also a cutout placed right above her stomach, and a silver zipper down her side.

Kylie wore the outfit — which also included tiny sunglasses and silver bracelets — just three months after giving birth to her first child, Stormi Webster.

The floral maternity gown she wore — designed by Givenchy — had a high neckline, long gloved sleeves, and a thigh-high slit that revealed her matching heels.

Critics quickly took to social media that night, comparing her outfit to everything from a couch to Mrs. Doubtfire. But it wasn’t until years later that Kim told Vogue that the comments left her crying “the whole way home” from the event.

“I was very pregnant, very puffy, and bloated, and I was like, ‘Oh God, of course, the first time I go I’m gonna be huge,'” she said. “That was OK with me because I never really dreamed I would be at the Met Ball. I know no one really probably wanted me there at the time.”

Still, she noted that “none of the critics mattered” because the Olsen twins walked up to her that night and complimented her outfit.

Whereas Kim’s all-white outfit from years prior was arguably forgettable, Kendall’s had flair that made it stand out.

Off-White designed her off-the-shoulder jumpsuit, which had mermaid-style pants with short trains at the bottom of each leg. Her look also included sheer white gloves, a long ponytail, diamond earrings, and glamorous makeup.

Her iconic, sleeveless dress was custom-made for her by Versace. Its see-through fabric was decorated with beaded fringe, and its skirt had layers of orange feathers that reached the floor.

But her accessories really made this look stand out. She walked the red carpet in a giant feathered neckpiece and thick gold jewelry.

She wore a gold Atelier Versace dress with a corset bodice and plunging neckline. The sleeveless garment was also metallic and had crystal cross embellishments.

And that’s not to mention her hair and makeup, which were equally stunning. Kim wore a half-up, half-down hairstyle, nude lipstick, and striking contact lenses.

People had mixed feelings about Kim’s pearl-string Schiaparelli gown and the visible shapewear in its center. But no one was more opinionated on the piece than her daughter, North West.

“I like the pearls. I just don’t like that it looks like from the Dollar Store,” she said of the outfit on an episode of “The Kardashians.”

Her mesh La Perla dress was black and had a long cutout down the length of its bodice. The see-through fabric also wrapped around her body, creating a thigh-high slit in its skirt.

Kendall completed the iconic look with see-through heels, red lipstick, and a striking contour.

She stepped on the carpet that year in a Marc Jacobs bodysuit covered in black sparkles and embellished with silver.

But the garment’s most dramatic and impressive pieces were its extra-long sleeves, which reached the floor and cascaded into trains at her side.

The now-iconic outfit was worn with platform boots and diamond earrings.

She wore a glittering Moschino gown that was embellished from top to bottom with gold beads. It was sleek, sexy, and glamorous — and made for the perfect debut dress.

Khloé wore the piece with a black satin shawl and gloves that reached past her elbows.

She arrived in a lavender Versace gown with a cream-colored bodysuit underneath a layer of see-through, sparkling mesh. The dress featured a scoop neckline and a feathered skirt that perfectly matched her puffy feathered gloves.

To top off the iconic look — which Kylie later dressed her daughter Stormi in for Halloween — the Kylie Cosmetics founder wore a purple wig.

She looked unrecognizable in the all-black bodysuit, complete with gloves and a long train.

Kim wore it for the event’s “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion” theme, and viewers quickly turned the fashion statement into a meme.

Her see-through gown matched her skin tone, creating the illusion that she was only wearing rows of sparkling diamonds.

On Instagram, the 818 tequila founder said her stunning dress was inspired by another iconic gown: the one Audrey Hepburn wore in “My Fair Lady.”

She arrived at the 2022 gala wearing a piece that previously belonged to Marilyn Monroe. The sleeveless, sparkling gown was worn by the legendary actor in 1962 when she famously sang “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy.

It was later revealed in an episode of “The Kardashians” that Kim predicted backlash from people who didn’t think she deserved to wear the gown.

But like it or not, Kim wearing the dress will forever be a memorable Met Gala moment.

The skin-tight Thierry Mugler gown Kim wore in 2019 is iconic both for its exquisite design and the borderline dangerous measures required to wear it.

The tan button-up dress had ruching from top to bottom and crystals that mirrored water droplets, both of which made it look as though Kim had just emerged from water. She even wore her hair in a wet style to enhance the effect.

But in a video for Vogue released after the Met Gala, the reality star said she couldn’t sit or go to the bathroom while wearing it because the garment was so tight. She later added in an Instagram post that she had to take “corset breathing lessons” in order to wear the dress.

Ultimately, the iconic and controversial dress led many to criticize the tiny appearance of Kim’s waist, with some arguing that she was setting unrealistic beauty standards.

After being turned into a couch meme at her very first Met Gala the year prior (more on that in a second), Kardashian chose to play it safe for the 2014 theme, “Charles James: Beyond Fashion.” 

Alber Elbaz designed her custom Lanvin gown, which featured a black satin belt and a thigh-high slit. 

The gown was undoubtedly pretty and would’ve looked great for a movie premiere or awards show, but it was nothing special for a night that encourages celebrities to push the envelope.

Kardashian’s ensemble was actually supposed to look completely different. She revealed on her now-inactive website that the gown was originally made of “this amazing leather with metallic detailing.” Her design team only decided to redo it in blue satin at the last minute.  

Kardashian still planned to pair her new gown with a chunky belt and leather cuffs, but she ditched them before walking the red carpet because, according to E!, they were “a bit too rock ‘n’ roll.”

As a Met Gala novice, it was clear Kardashian didn’t want to rock the boat too much on the carpet. Still, we wish we could’ve seen the far edgier look she envisioned in 2014.

Kardashian wore a metallic silver Balmain gown with a thigh-high slit for the “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology” theme in 2016. 

We loved the fabric of the silver dress, and Kardashian took a bit of a risk with her beauty by bleaching her eyebrows. However, the look didn’t stand out among a sea of similar metallic looks. 

Kardashian was also overshadowed by her date, then-husband Kanye West. The rapper made headlines that year for daring to wear denim to the Met Gala. 

Looking back on her Met Gala looks in 2019, Kardashian revealed she felt insecure ahead of the event because she hadn’t “lost all of my baby weight” after giving birth to her son Saint in December 2015, which is likely why she stuck to her usual silhouette.

The “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” Met Gala will likely go down as one of the boldest in the event’s history. Stars like Rihanna, Ariana Grande, and Blake Lively delivered stunning looks referencing everything from the Pope to the Sistine Chapel. 

Because of all the eye-catching looks, Kardashian didn’t make waves with her custom gold Versace dress, although the number did nab her a few spots on best-dressed lists. 

Kardashian personally designed the chain-mail gown with Donatella Versace, and we loved the dark eye makeup and high pony she paired it with.

While the reality TV star hadn’t yet mastered how to steal the show at the Met Gala, her style was definitely becoming a little bolder.

After years of trying to top herself on the Met steps — taking breathing lessons for a Thierry Mugler corset or losing 16 pounds to fit into Marilyn Monroe’s dress — Kardashian has become synonymous with form-fitting ensembles.

So the metallic-orange body suit she wore for the 2026 “Costume Art” Met Gala felt almost… predictable.

While the custom look by Allen Jones and Whitaker Malem — who describe themselves as a “body-based designer/artisan duo” — might have been a showstopper on a different star, it just made Kardashian’s fashion feel one-note.

We will give her credit, though, for honoring the “Fashion is Art” dress code. The bodysuit was inspired by Jones’ 1970 artwork “Pour les Lèvres.”

At first glance, Kardashian’s off-the-shoulder white dress for the “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between” theme might seem even simpler than the gowns we’ve already discussed. 

But the chic and beachy outfit, which Kardashian paired with sandals and minimal makeup, felt like a statement from the reality TV star. On a night when everyone would dial it up and go avant-garde, Kardashian decided to do something completely different — and it worked. One headline praised Kardashian’s “seriously toned down” look.

“I figured everyone was going to go really over the top, and I just wanted to be really simple,” Kardashian, who attended the event without West for the first time, told Vogue on the red carpet.

The 2017 Met Gala also happened just a few months after Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint in Paris, and $11 million in jewels were stolen from her hotel room. The simple Vivienne Westwood dress and her lack of accessories felt like a statement from Kardashian, who later discussed the trauma she experienced from the robbery.

For the 2025 Met Gala, Kardashian opted for an all-black two-piece set from the Los Angeles-based brand Chrome Hearts.

The bodycon ensemble featured a daring low-rise skirt, a wide-brimmed fedora that felt reminiscent of Carmen Sandiego, and a pearl chain belt.

While it was a visually cool outfit and felt like a fresh vibe for Kardashian, it just didn’t make much of a splash on a night filled with beautiful, bold suits in regal colors.

Kardashian wore a custom John Galliano dress to the “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” gala, which had a “Garden of Time” dress code.

Kardashian’s look leaned into the garden aspect of the dress code, though it clearly had a through-line to her previous Met Gala looks as well.

Like dresses she wore in previous years, the gown was metallic and featured a dramatic, waist-cinching corset. Floral detailing adorned the strapless bodice, while the floor-length skirt was made of interlocking, floral appliqué that showed peeks of Kardashian’s legs. Her blond hair added to the edgy feel of the look.

The gown was well-suited to the theme, but the gray shrug Kardashian wore atop looked disjointed with the rest of the look. The outfit would have been stronger if Kardashian had let the dress speak for itself.

Designed by Peter Dundas, the dress was covered with strategically placed crystals and featured a long train of white feathers. Kardashian revealed on Instagram that her inspiration had been Cher’s iconic 1974 Met Gala outfit.

Other naked dresses were popular on the red carpet that year. Stars like Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez won praise for their sheer numbers, and Rihanna had the most standout look of the night by upstaging everyone with her custom Guo Pei gown — now one of the most iconic Met Gala looks of all time. 

But Kardashian’s gown was bold, stunning, and told a story. It was the first inkling that she could become a force on the Met Gala red carpet.

Kardashian arrived at the “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” Met Gala in a Schiaparelli gown made almost entirely of pearl strands.

The strings of pearls created a halter-style bodice and barely-there skirt, which sat atop taupe shapewear.

Lagerfeld often gravitated toward pearls in his designs, making the ensemble an apt choice for the ball. However, the look also referenced Kardashian’s 2007 Playboy shoot, for which she posed only wearing pearls, so it made even more of a statement.

Kris Jenner said her now meme-ified comment, “You’re doing amazing, sweetie,” to Kardashian during the shoot, as captured on “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.”

Kardashian also celebrated her Skims empire with the shapewear she wore under the pearls, using the Met Gala as a platform for her own success. The company was worth $3.2 billion as of 2022.

Kardashian arrived at the 2021 Met Gala in the most jaw-dropping look of the night, with the theme “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.” Her Balenciaga bodysuit and oversized T-shirt dress covered her from head to toe, including a face-covering mask and gloves.

She was only visible in silhouette, with her ponytail and a train flowing behind her as she walked the Met Gala carpet.

It was an instant meme because of its avant-garde nature. Still, Balenciaga’s creative director at the time, Demna Gvasalia, later explained that the outfit was designed to highlight how iconic Kardashian’s body had become in pop culture. 

“People would know instantly it was Kim because of her silhouette. They wouldn’t even need to see her face, you know?” Gvasalia told Vogue. “And I think that’s the whole power of her celebrity, that people wouldn’t need to see her face to know it’s her.”

Kardashian arrived at the “Camp: Notes on Fashion” gala in a Thierry Mugler gown that hugged her figure and was adorned with crystals. The dress appeared sheer, as it matched her skin tone.

After the gala, Kardashian revealed she went to extreme lengths to wear the skin-tight dress, including taking corset lessons to breathe in it.

She also couldn’t go to the bathroom in the dress, and in a clip from “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” she said she was willing to urinate on herself in the gown if there was an emergency. 

The dress was pretty, but Kardashian’s drastic measures made it memorable.

Kardashian made her Met Gala debut in 2013 while expecting her first child, North West. 

The gala’s theme was “Punk: Chaos to Couture,” and Kardashian wore a long-sleeve, floral Riccardo Tisci dress. It had a high neckline that contrasted with its daring, thigh-high slit. Matching, open-toe shoes completed the look.

Kardashian told Vogue in 2019 that Tisci wanted the floral pattern to symbolize sending a pregnant woman flowers, which she said was “such a sweet message.” Tisci also told Kardashian that Anna Wintour wanted her to wear the floral dress, so she did.

Social media users immediately took to Twitter to criticize the look after Kardashian walked the red carpet. Many compared the dress to a couch, to the star’s dismay.

“I was crying, like, the whole way home because I just couldn’t believe it,” Kardashian said in the same interview with Vogue.

Looking back at the dress, Kim has a different perspective. “Now I love it,” she told the magazine. “Now it’s, like, sick.”

Although it wasn’t for the reasons she wanted, Kardashian was the talk of the event from her very first Met Gala, which was even more impressive considering she was attending as Kanye West’s date.

Kardashian made headlines when she arrived at the 2022 “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” Met Gala in the dress Marilyn Monroe wore to sing “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy in 1962.

The sheer Jean Louis dress was embellished from head to toe, and Kardashian dyed her hair platinum blond to fully recreate Monroe’s look.

“In a sense, it’s the original naked dress. That’s why it was so shocking,” Kardashian told Vogue of the gown.

She borrowed the dress from Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum in Orlando, which acquired it for $4.81 million in 2016, according to a Ripley’s press release. Kardashian wore the gown on the red carpet, but she changed into a replica immediately after because it was so fragile. 

Kardashian once again took extreme measures to fit into Monroe’s dress. She said she lost 16 pounds in three weeks so she could wear it. 

The conversation around the dress continued for weeks after the Met Gala, as people accused Kardashian of damaging the gown when she wore it.

In June 2022, Ripley’s and Kardashian sent Business Insider a joint statement saying she “did not, in any way, damage the garment in the short amount of time it was worn at the Met Gala.” 

Kardashian solidified her status as the Met Gala it-girl with her Marilyn Monroe look, a truly once-in-a-lifetime fashion moment.

After attending past Met Galas as guests, the billionaire couple is taking on a new role at this year’s ball. They’re helping fund this year’s exhibit and gala, alongside Saint Laurent and Condè Nast. They’re also honorary co-chairs.

Sánchez Bezos first attended the Met Gala in 2024, walking the red carpet solo in a statement Oscar de la Renta gown. The Amazon founder, on the other hand, has never walked the event’s red carpet, but he’s been photographed inside.

Though the couple has said they’re excited for the Met Gala, protest groups have posted boycott signs and other displays across New York City.

We know that the Met Gala’s host committee members will be in attendance. That includes Anthony Vaccarello, the creative director of YSL, and Zoë Kravitz (no word yet on whether Kravitz will bring Harry Styles as her plus-one), as well as stars like Sabrina Carpenter, Teyana Taylor, and Lisa.

Others have indicated they’ll be there by attending pre-Met Gala celebrations, such as Colman Domingo, who attended Wayman + Micah’s party, and Kris and Kendall Jenner, who were spotted at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos’ bash.

Of course, we’ll be on the lookout for the stars who always make a splash, like Rihanna. Sometimes, though, it’s first-time attendees who make the biggest impact, as Tyla did in 2024 when she arrived in a gown made of sand.

Though we won’t be able to see what happens inside the famous gala, the red carpet will be filmed from start to finish.

Vogue will livestream Met Gala arrivals on YouTube, TikTok, and its other digital platforms beginning at 6 p.m. ET.

Model Ashley Graham, actor La La Anthony, and model Cara Delevigne will host, and influencer Emma Chamberlain will return as a Vogue red-carpet correspondent.

You can also watch the red carpet on E! starting at 6 p.m. ET.

“The Devil Wears Prada 2” begins with Meryl Streep in an opening scene clearly inspired by the Met Gala, but life won’t be imitating art at this year’s event.

A spokesperson for the Oscar-winning actor confirmed that Streep will not be attending fashion’s biggest night on Monday, as per her tradition.

“Meryl has been invited to the Met Gala for many years but has never attended,” the representative told People, adding that the star-studded event “has never quite been her scene.”

The absence still comes as a surprise, given Streep’s recent media blitz for “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” which included posing on the cover of Vogue alongside Anna Wintour, who has chaired the Met Gala for three decades. Streep — who plays a fashion magazine editor in chief inspired by Wintour in the film — also sat next to the legendary Vogue editor at a Dolce & Gabbana fashion show during Milan Fashion Week in September.

Anna Wintour, Vogue’s former editor in chief, works with a set of famous Met Gala co-chairs each year to bring the event to life.

For 2026, Wintour tapped Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, and Beyoncé.

Kidman and Williams have been familiar faces at the Met Gala in recent years, but Beyoncé hasn’t attended the event since 2016 for the “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology” gala.

Unlike some A-list events, the Met Gala always has a theme. It coordinates with the Costume Institute’s annual exhibit, which attendees can explore once they enter the gala.

For 2026, museum curator Andrew Bolton created a “Costume Art” exhibit, saying he “wanted to focus on the centrality of the dressed body within the museum.”

The Met Gala’s red carpet also has a dress code that dictates the eye-catching looks celebrities wear. This year, stars will dress to the “Fashion is Art” dress code, as Vogue announced in February, advising guests to “consider the many ways that designers use the body as their blank canvas.”

That description leaves plenty of room for guests to interpret the theme as they see fit, particularly compared to stricter Met Gala dress codes of years past, so we’ll likely see a variety of different takes on “Fashion is Art” attire.

It’s time to roll out the fancy carpet because fashion’s biggest night is just hours away.

Held annually at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Met Gala raises funds for the museum’s Costume Institute and is the place to be for celebrities on the first Monday in May.

A night of glamour doesn’t come cheap, though.

This year, individual tickets cost $100,000. More often than not, fashion houses and other corporate sponsors buy tables and bring guests to fill them (though Anna Wintour is said to have final say on who gets in). Tables cost $350,000 for 2026.

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