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lifestyle3 months ago•22 min saved

Met Gala 2026: When Costume Art Goes Full Spectrum

The 2026 Met Gala embraced its Costume Art theme with a wild, sculpture-meets-fashion showcase: Bad Bunny aged with prosthetics, Rihanna and Beyoncé delivered futuristic, sculptural looks, and many guests wore masks or armor-inspired ensembles. Highlights included Lauren Sánchez Bezos toning down her Schiaparelli gown, John Galliano’s first Zara collab dressing Stevie Nicks in a stadium-sized ballgown, and masked moments from stars like Gwendoline Christie. Protests targeting sponsor Jeff Bezos and the event’s publicity overshadowed some of the spectacle, prompting debate over the theme’s wearability and meaning while fashion-as-art dominated the chatter.

via The Hollywood Reporter|

#bad-bunny #costume-art #fashion

entertainment3 months ago•17 min saved

Rihanna Dazzles at Met Gala With A$AP Rocky in Margiela Glow

Rihanna arrived fashionably late to the 2026 Met Gala with partner A$AP Rocky, wearing a glittering gold-and-silver Maison Margiela gown with hair spirals by Jennifer Behr, while Rocky wore a pink robe over his tux; the couple walked the red carpet as the Costume Art-themed event drew the spotlight.

via The Hollywood Reporter|

#adollarap-rocky #costume-art #entertainment

entertainment3 months ago•32 min saved

Heidi Klum Turns Met Gala 2026 Into a Terrifying Art Moment

At the 2026 Met Gala, Heidi Klum delivered a dramatic, art-inspired look for the Costume Art theme—made from latex and spandex and created by makeup artist Mike Marino—drawing on classical Veiled Christ and Veiled Vestal motifs, leaving many viewers both stunned and slightly terrified as she embraced the theme with a memorable, boundary-pushing silhouette.

via BuzzFeed|

#celebrity-style #costume-art #entertainment

entertainment3 months ago•17 min saved

Heidi Klum Becomes a Walking Masterpiece at Met Gala 2026

At the 2026 Met Gala in New York, Heidi Klum arrived as a living sculpture in a stone-inspired latex-and-spandex gown by Mike Marino, drawing on classical works like the Veiled Christ and fitting the night’s 'Costume Art' theme amid her reputation for dramatic Halloween looks.

via The Hollywood Reporter|

#costume-art #entertainment #heidi-klum

fashion3 months ago•2 min saved

Alysa Liu Turns Met Gala into Cellular Couture

Alysa Liu made her Met Gala debut in a custom Louis Vuitton gown inspired by the Met's Body exhibit, with a high-low silhouette and layered ruffles designed to evoke the interior of a cell. She completed the look with red satin pumps and a Pasquale Bruni choker, and was announced as Louis Vuitton's newest ambassador on the same day.

via Teen Vogue|

#alysa-liu #body-exhibit #costume-art

entertainment3 months ago•52 min saved

Kardashians Turn Met Gala 2026 into a Living Art Exhibit

The Kardashians return to the Met Gala for the Costume Institute’s Costume Art theme, turning the red carpet into a mini art gallery with bold, sculptural fashion: Kim Kardashian wears an all‑orange, futuristic gown with a sculpted bodice; Kylie Jenner stuns in a nude-toned Schiaparelli dress featuring a corset and embroidered skirt; Kendall Jenner goes minimalist in a skin‑tight beige gown with asymmetric straps and a flowing train; Kris Jenner opts for a kimono‑like Dolce & Gabbana robe over artful graphics, continuing the family’s trend of art-inspired Met Gala looks.

via Yahoo News UK|

#costume-art #entertainment #kendall-jenner

fashion3 months ago•27 min saved

Met Gala 2026 Embraces Costume Art with a Star-Studded Red Carpet

CBS News’ live coverage from the Met Gala 2026 centers on the Costume Art exhibit and the dress code Fashion is Art, spotlighting a star-studded red carpet with Beyoncé, Rihanna, Kate Moss, Kylie Jenner and more in daring, art-inspired looks. Zendaya is absent this year, while her stylist Law Roach attends. The event is co-chaired by Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams, with Anna Wintour at the helm and Anthony Vaccarello and Zoë Kravitz leading the host committee; Vogue hosts Ashley Graham and Emma Chamberlain also appear. Guests will preview the new Costume Institute exhibit ahead of its May 10 public opening, performances are planned, and there’s a strict no-phone policy inside the museum, with a brief security moment when someone tried to storm the red carpet.

via CBS News|

#celebrities #costume-art #fashion

entertainment3 months ago•17 min saved

Lauren Sánchez Attends Met Gala Solo as Bezos Skips Carpet Amid Backlash

Lauren Sánchez attended the 2026 Met Gala solo as Jeff Bezos did not walk the carpet, though the couple remain honorary chairs and sponsors; the appearance comes amid public backlash over Bezos’s involvement with the event.

via The Hollywood Reporter|

#backlash #costume-art #entertainment

entertainment3 months ago•15 min saved

Bad Bunny Debuts an Old-Man Transformation at the Met Gala

Bad Bunny stunned the 2026 Met Gala by arriving in an old-man look complete with a walking cane, white hair and hyper-real makeup—a nod to the Met's Costume Art exhibit, which explores fashion's relationship to aging and the body's representation; Heidi Klum also transformed into a marble statue for the theme, while the exhibit—curated by Andrew Bolton—runs May 10, 2026 to Jan 10, 2027.

via Variety|

#bad-bunny #costume-art #entertainment

fashion3 months ago•4 min saved

Venus Williams Debuts a Legacy-Driven Met Gala 2026 Look

Venus Williams co-chairs Met Gala 2026 and wears a Swarovski crystal mesh gown inspired by Robert Pruitt’s portrait, with a Wimbledon-inspired necklace honoring her family, career, and the sport’s fight for equal pay, citing pioneers like Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe as influences.

via Vogue|

#costume-art #equal-pay-in-tennis #fashion

entertainment3 months ago•62 min saved

Met Gala 2026: Red Carpet Looks as Costume Art

Met Gala 2026 arrives with the 'Fashion is Art' theme as Beyoncé and Nicole Kidman co-chair and a star-studded host committee; the red carpet celebrations feature Emma Chamberlain in Mugler, Lauren Sánchez Bezos in Schiaparelli, and other A-listers, all aligned with Andrew Bolton’s Costume Art exhibition running May 10, 2026–Jan 10, 2027.

via Variety|

#celebrities #costume-art #entertainment

fashion3 months ago•29 min saved

Met Gala 2026 Opens on the Red Carpet with Wintour and Chamberlain at the Forefront

The Met Gala 2026 kicked off at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Anna Wintour and Emma Chamberlain on the red carpet as co-hosts Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, and Venus Williams helped headline the Costume Art–themed gala.

via The Washington Post|

#anna-wintour #costume-art #emma-chamberlain

arts3 months ago•4 min saved

Costume Art at the Met Elevates Fashion to Antiquities-Level Spotlight

The Met’s Costume Institute unveils a new 12,000-square-foot space for Costume Art, pairing 200 garments with 200 artworks and organizing them into 13 “body” themes to recast fashion as art and pedestalize diverse bodies—while the Met Gala’s Bezos-backed launch stirs controversy about funding, the exhibition foregrounds the dressed body as a key lens through which fashion and antiquities sit in dialogue.

via The Guardian|

#arts #costume-art #costume-institute

fashion3 months ago•3 min saved

Met Gala 2026: Beyoncé, Kidman Lead Star-Studded Co-Chairs for Costume Art Night

The Met Gala 2026 guest list and host committee were revealed, with Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, and Venus Williams serving as co-chairs under Anna Wintour's leadership. Anthony Vaccarello and Zoë Kravitz co-chair the host committee for the Costume Art theme, which invites attendees to interpret 'fashion is art' on the red carpet as a wide slate of music, film, sports, and fashion stars descend on the Met.

via TODAY.com|

#beyonce #costume-art #fashion

arts-and-culture3 months ago•14 min saved

Clothes as Canvas: The Met’s Costume Art Exhibition Bridges Fashion and Fine Art

The Met’s new Costume Art exhibition treats fashion as fine art by placing garments alongside artworks and using reflective, named mannequins to invite visitors to see themselves in the clothes. Organized around a typology of bodies—from Naked & Nude to Classical, Abstract, and Reclaimed—the show explores how dress shapes and is shaped by the human form, including diverse, pregnant, corpulent, and disabled bodies, while connecting fashion history to broader art contexts. It unfolds across the Met’s new Condé Nast Galleries, aiming to democratize aesthetics and celebrate the body as a shared artistic medium rather than a mere display of clothing.

via Vogue|

#art #arts-and-culture #body-diversity