Overview
- The invite-only gathering, held Sunday at Nubeluz at The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad, drew Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade, Janelle Monáe, Jon Batiste, Karlie Kloss, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Nicholas Hoult and Met Gala committee member Chase Sui Wonders.
- UTA partners and executives including Darnell Strom, Dan Constable, Alexander Jutkowitz, Julian Jacobs, Ali Berman and Toni Wallace worked the room as clients, stylists and industry figures mixed.
- DJ Austin Millz played a four-hour set while guests ordered signature Tanqueray martinis, watched champagne pour from a fountain and sampled lobster tacos and tuna tartare cones.
- Dan Constable said the party brings clients, brand backers and the stylists who build Met looks into one place the night before the main event.
- The 2026 Met Gala arrives Monday with the theme Fashion is Art, led by co-chairs Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour, as The Met readies the Costume Art show curated by Andrew Bolton to open May 10 in the new Condé M. Nast Galleries.