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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Beatrice Dupuy

Met Gala guests arrive on carpet in dramatic works of art

2026 MET Gala - The Mark Hotel Departures - (Invision)

Vogue red carpet correspondent Emma Chamberlain and professional tennis player Naomi Osaka did not play it safe this year for the Met Gala, delivering custom works of art in honor of the dress code “Fashion is art.”

Osaka stunned as she left The Mark Hotel for the Gala in a dramatic Robert Wun white sculptural gown fitted with exaggerated shoulders and adorned with red feathers and a matching headpiece. A similar look by Wun sits inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute exhibit, “Costume Art.”

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