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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Lauren Cunningham

The Met Gala Looks We Loved—and the Artwork That Inspired Them

Alexa Chung Met Gala 2026.

The first Monday in May is synonymous with style and celebrities descending on the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, in honour of the Met Gala celebrating the Costume Institute's spring 2026 exhibition, Costume Is Art.

Last night saw the theme take centre stage—and opinions on the looks that graced the red carpet are decidedly mixed. Where houses like Schiaparelli are famed for merging the realms of fashion and art through couture creations, this year's designers and stylists appeared to take the theme a little more literally.

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