In the midst of Paris Fashion Week, Fall 2026 front-row regulars flocked to Musée Louvre for the French Met Gala equivalent: Le Grande Dîner du Louvre. Star athletes, actors, supermodels, and more leveraged their collective influence to raise over 1.6 million euros for the museum's preservation. But first, they honored the event's second-annual theme, "Le Louvre, la nuit," in Met Gala-worthy couture.
With a backdrop as cinematic as the lit-up Louvre, Le Grande Dîner guests knew this wasn't your average step-and-repeat. The evening called for their most lavish Fashion Month moments. For Diane Kruger and Olympic freestyle skater Eileen Gu, this meant sourcing Iris Van Herpen. Both couture creations defied gravity, especially the sculptural, wing-like arches behind Gu's back. Meanwhile, Anya Taylor-Joy and A'ja Wilson channeled the city's elegance with classically Parisian, ankle-length dresses. Taylor-Joy, for one, scored a custom tea-length midi from Dior, after attending Jonathan Anderson's Fall 2026 show a few hours earlier. The basketball pro, on the other hand, shined in a stark white Jacquemus shift, its column silhouette texturized with fur-trimmed ruffles.
