Heidi Klum arrived at the 2026 Met Gala looking less like a figure pulled out of a museum, setting off an immediate online debate over whether her look was high-concept fashion or simply Halloween arriving too early.
The supermodel stepped onto the May 4 red carpet for this year’s “Costume Art” theme transformed into what many viewers described as a living marble statue, complete with a veiled sculptural silhouette and prosthetic work that made her almost unrecognizable.
The look, created by makeup artist Mike Marino, was inspired by 18th-century sculptural works including Giuseppe Sammartino’s Veiled Christ and Raffaele Monti’s Veiled Vestal.
