Our Live Reactions to All the Major Moments on the 2026 Met Gala Red Carpet

For some, today is just the first Monday in May. For those who follow fashion and celebrity style, it's Met Gala Monday. It's undoubtedly our most highly anticipated event of the entire year here at Who What Wear. The buzz about who will walk the red carpet (which is always kept a secret) has been growing by the day, and we've finally reached the hour in which we get the answers, along with what they're wearing. As is always the case, many of the most iconic looks at the Met Gala tonight will live on in fashion history. In addition to Anna Wintour, the 2026 cochairs are Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, and Venus Williams, so we know for sure that we have that to look forward to.

This year's Met Gala dress code is "Fashion Is Art," intended to complement the Met's exhibition theme, Costume Art. As always, we'll be keeping close tabs on who does and doesn't follow said dress code, although the theme is a bit more vague some years than others—this year being one of them. That said, a theme that allows for a broader interpretation can make for a very interesting red carpet.

Along with our minute-by-minute Met Gala coverage on Instagram and our roundups of the best fashion and beauty looks on the red carpet of the night, you can follow along here as we provide our real-time reactions to the evening's biggest moments. Stay tuned!

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Who What Wear's roundup of the best beauty looks of the night is also live! Our editor Alyssa will leave no stone unturned, so be sure to keep checking it for updates. There are going to be plenty of jaw-dropping beauty moments on the red carpet—trust me.

My colleague Anna just posted Who What Wear's Met Gala 2026 red carpet roundup featuring the best looks of the night. Be sure to follow along as she updates it throughout the evening. Lots to come!

Anna has arrived. Like Nicole Kidman, she's wearing Chanel. I'm going to need a minute to stare at her feathered cape. Feathers have already become a signature of Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel, and have been featured prominently in his collections for the fashion house thus far.

Anna Wintour 2026 Met Gala red carpet

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Cochair Nicole Kidman just stepped onto the red carpet (wearing Chanel, of course) with her daughter Sunday Rose Kidman Urban in Dior.

Nicole Kidman and Sunday Rose Kidman Urban at the Met Gala 2026

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Charli xcx just exited The Carlyle and is en route to the steps of The Met.

Ashley Graham has arrived and is wearing a custom Di Petsa wet-look gown similar to one featured in The Met's Costume Art exhibition that my colleague Eliza spotted while previewing it this morning.

Ashley Graham 2026 met gala

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Here we go! Emma Chamberlain is one of the first to step onto the red carpet. She's wearing custom Mugler and looks like an oil painting personified, which is right in step with the Fashion Is Art theme.

Emma Chamberlain Met Gala 2026 red carpet

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Erin, our associate director of fashion news, is reporting live from the Met Gala red carpet—or should we say cobblestone carpet?

Met Gala 2026 red carpet

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Posted up on the Upper East Side at The Carlyle and The Surrey!

The Carlyle Hotel entrance

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The Surrey Hotel entrance

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Happy Met Gala Monday to all who celebrate! We're IRL at The Mark Hotel to get the first glimpse at the attendees as they head for the red carpet. Be sure to catch all of the candid moments we capture on Who What Wear's Instagram.

The Mark Hotel entrance before he 2026 Met Gala

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