Fashion’s biggest night of the year took place last night, 4th may 2026, and it is all anyone is talking about. The theme for this year's event was ‘Costume Art’. The dress code for this year's event is Fashion is Art, which fit well with the theme of the event and allowed for, if not encouraged, creativity by the designers.
This year's Met Gala saw Beyoncé as a co-chair joined by Nicole Kidman,tennis champ Venus Williams and the one who runs it all, Vogue's Anna Wintour. The ‘Host Committee’ was chaired by Zoë Kravitz and Anthony Vaccarello, and featured names from Sabrina Carpenter and Teyana Taylor to Lena Dunham and Misty Copeland.
The exhibition addressed “the centrality of the dressed body in the museum’s vast collection,” per curator Andrew Bolton, it saw paintings, sculptures and objects spanning the 5000 years of art represented in the Met, along with contemporary and historical garments from the Costume Institute.
This year's red carpet was always going to sparkle, however the carat count was truly jawdropping, the ‘Costume Art’ exhibition saw guests really step into jewels worthy of a museum, some so remarkable they had their own security.
Here is a look at some of the best jewellery at the 2026 Met Gala.
Isha Ambani
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Isha Ambani looked absolutely stunning in this custom Gaurav Gupta. Embroidered using one-of-a-kind stones from her mother Nita Ambani's private collection, including 200 old mine cut diamonds and a cascade of emeralds across the back with a Lorraine Schwartz choker featuring a 50 carat emerald.
Sabrina Carpenter
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Sabrina Carpenter wore a dress made of rhinestone-studded film strips depicting scenes from the 1954 film Sabrina. She attached two Chopard 50 carat diamond necklaces to the dress, and wore 10 carat diamond earrings, with the a dramatic jewelled headpiece to complete the look.
Rihanna
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Met Gala Royalty, Rihanna arrived wearing custom sculptural Maison Margiela by Glenn Martens, complete with a gorgeous Art Deco inspired headpiece, and in the words of A$AP Rocky she was "Shining bright like a diamond". She wore a draped column silhouette inspired by the medieval architecture of Flanders, a northern region of Belgium. The striking gown, sculpted by hand, was made in duchess woven silk, with recycled metal threads that are typically used for computer wiring. The corseted bodice features over 115,000 crystal beads, antique jewels, and chains. This high-fashion moment was styled by Jahleel Weaver.
Nia Long
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Nia Long arrived in a glamourous black velvet gown, but it was her jewellery that made the look a statement to remember. Wearing LEVIEV's jaw-droppingly beautiful collar-shaped necklace, featuring over 10 Columbian emerald encrusted pendants with in Long's words "more Diamonds that I have ever seen", along with a bold bracelet, matching earrings and a cocktail ring.
Emily Blunt
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The Devil Wears Prada star, Emily Blunt wore a one-of-a-kind Mikimoto pearl body necklace, valued $500,000, on top of her black Ashi Studios ensemble. The necklace includes thousands of Akoya pearls and a 21.85 carat pear-shaped morganite, surrounded by 45.97 carats of diamonds at the centre.
Keke Palmer
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Keke Palmer wore a gorgeous red off-the-shoulder dress with a bold Wempe necklace, featuring more than 1,200 diamonds. It was set in 257 grams of 18ct rose gold, and took more than 300 hours to create by hand.
Amanda Seyfried
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Amanda Seyfried wore a powder pink Prada dress with beautifully detailed jewellery by Tiffany & Co. featuring diamond and aquamarine earrings and a statement necklace featuring blue zircon, emerald and diamonds.
Lisa
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BLACKPINK star Lisa, really stood out in custom Robert Wu featuring an impressive 66,960 Swarovski crystals, but it was the Bulgari High Jewellery sapphire and diamond pieces that captured our attention, including a 50 carat oval cut cabochon sapphire.
Anne Hathaway
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Anne Hathaway, Devil Wears Prada star and Bulgari global ambassador, walked the red carpet in a deceptively simple yet striking gold jewellery look, adorned with a gold necklace featuring 35 carats of pavé diamonds with earring to match the look.
Beyoncé
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Beyoncé wore head-to-toe bejewelled Oliver Rousteing with a crown to match, covered in hundreds of carats of Chopard diamonds and emeralds, she wore on her neck, wrists and ears.
