Overview
- The Met confirms Vogue’s official livestream across its site and social channels, with E!’s Live From E!: Met Gala 2026 covering the red carpet on TV and streaming platforms.
- Cara Delevingne joins returning hosts Ashley Graham and La La Anthony on the carpet, and Emma Chamberlain returns as red carpet correspondent.
- This year’s Costume Institute theme, Costume Art, treats the dressed body as sculpture, with a ‘Fashion Is Art’ dress code and an exhibition running May 10 through January 10, 2027.
- Beyoncé returns after a decade to co-chair with Anna Wintour, Nicole Kidman, and Venus Williams, backed by an expanded Host Committee that includes LISA, Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat, Sam Smith, Teyana Taylor, and A’ja Wilson.
- A Met release names Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos as lead sponsors, prompting boycott calls and a civic response that includes New York City Mayor Mamdani declining to attend.