All the head-turning fashion at the 2026 Met Gala

[0:00] it's fashion's biggest night the met gala the splashiest flashiest most exclusive party of [0:06] the season where only the who's who of the who's who are led through the velvet ropes [0:10] and up those stately stairs but this year new benefactors are grabbing headlines and [0:16] not just for their looks abc's deborah roberts is on that red carpet scoring the hottest ticket in [0:26] town may be nearly impossible the met gala is absolutely the super bowl of the fashion industry [0:32] over the last few years what it's really become is this explosion of celebrity and high fashion [0:39] and avant-garde fashion and just fun but if you're somebody who's somebody amanda [0:46] met gala here in new york city is where you want to be it's the first monday in may and you know [0:51] what that means the met gala it is considered the most fashionable night uh really on the planet [0:57] gracing the famed museum steps stars like katy perry sisa doja cat and madonna [1:04] the roll call of dazzling a-listers seemingly endless sam smith and sabrina carpenter i wanted to come [1:12] barefoot i feel like vulnerability and freedom and humanity shows up a lot of my art and that's [1:18] what i wanted to display tonight heated rivalry it guys connor story and hudson williams stealing the [1:24] spotlight too and blake lively making a surprise appearance just hours after her reported settlement [1:30] with her it ends with us co-star justin baldoni we're here on that famous carpet [1:37] where pop culture and couture collide some looks raising eyebrows the gala raising funds benefiting the [1:46] costume institute at the metropolitan museum of art opening night for this year's exhibit costume art [1:53] you want to see if they really kind of understood the assignment and if they really translated [1:58] what the theme was if they interpreted what the theme was this year it feels really wide open so [2:04] i think a lot of people are expecting the unexpected co-chairs nicole kipman venus williams and beyonce [2:11] all delivering their bold takes on fashion is art beyonce being a part of the met gala after a 10-year [2:18] absence is colossal you have to start with the beyonce effect because she was there that [2:25] automatically upped the ante of what the guest list was going to look like that meant you had the famous [2:30] of the famous of the famous coming out strictly because beyonce was there but this year's met gala [2:36] cloaked in controversy with the participation of billionaires jeff bezos and lauren sanchez bezos [2:42] as co-chairs and sponsors many calling it the billionaires gala if you can buy the met gala you [2:50] can pay more tax enough sad with an active social media campaign calling for a boycott i think people [2:58] are focusing on the conditions for amazon workers and there are some people in the industry who are [3:03] upset that they are a part of it considering what's happening right now in the world and remember that this [3:08] is an event where you can't really buy your way in anna wintour herself personally has to sign off [3:15] on everybody on that guest list so you have to really get a golden ticket in order to even be [3:21] invited to the met gala when reached by abc news the met did not comment on the controversy a rep for [3:28] the bezos's did not reply all right ladies let's get to work okay but what does it take to get ready for [3:37] the ultimate see and be seen spectacle it's too hard it's too hard well how about hours of preparation [3:44] to look the part all right let's go to the met gala shall we after all this is a high stakes style [3:52] showdown where headline making looks not only stun the audience but spark conversations [3:57] i'm being a basketball player basketball is like an art um another athlete skier lindsay vaughn stepping [4:05] out with a custom made tom brown cane months after her devastating olympics accident we had to make sure [4:13] that lindsey was comfortable sometimes a good fit is all you need to make a statement like jiji hadid [4:20] wearing this mu mu gown and tennis phenom naomi osaka serving the crowd with a white and feathered ensemble [4:28] and a second look k-pop star blackpink's lisa dressed in a sheer white sculptural gown [4:34] showing us how it's done with all roads leading to anna wintour former vogue editor-in-chief and the [4:42] night's gatekeeper-in-chief for nearly 30 years many people know her from the devil wears prada [4:50] meryl streep's famous miranda priestly character which is based on anna wintour florals for spring [4:57] groundbreaking with anna at the helm the met gala catapulted into the stratosphere this is one [5:04] of the biggest nights of the year not just for fashion but also for culture this is probably the [5:09] one place where you get to see famous people from all different types of discipline over the last [5:19] several decades the met galas become more than just fashion's biggest night it's become a cultural [5:26] touch point it is truly like a cocktail of power players in the culture but being instrumental can [5:32] come at a high price vanessa friedman's the fashion director and chief fashion critic for the new york [5:37] times right it costs brands at least 350 000 per table and if you're a brand you're also paying for [5:44] a celebrity's dress paying for their hair and makeup paying for them probably to be in a hotel probably to [5:49] fly in in three and a half weeks the met will be hosting its annual ball and we are going to rob [5:56] the night so iconic it's the plot of movies like ocean's eight so many different worlds collide on [6:02] that night they don't necessarily see each other all the time i think because of the rise of social media [6:08] and because we're able to live stream the met gala more people are tuning in to watch what also [6:13] happens at the met gala is that fashion is performance the met gala giving us not only a nod to [6:20] fashion's past but what just might be in vogue tomorrow i think in a lot of ways the met gala does [6:27] predict you know what's going to happen in the world of fashion i think a lot of those looks start at the met