Thom Browne’s 2026 Met Gala class portrait is in.
The American luxury designer again gathered a starry group of A-list guests for a group photo in their custom looks for what has become an annual tradition at New York’s Pierre Hotel. Posing in their Monday best were stars of Hollywood, sports, music and fashion including Dwayne Johnson with wife Lauren Hashian, supermodel Adut Akech, Bill Skarsgård, Olivia Wilde, rapper Skepta, Finn Wolfhard, Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn, Saturday Night Live breakout Marcello Hernandez and painter Amy Sherald. (Not pictured but part of Browne’s Met Gala roster was Chinese megastar Cai Xukun, aka KUN.)
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For the new installment, in celebration of the Met Gala’s theme of “Costume Art” for the Metropolitan Museum of Art fundraiser, Browne presented “an examination of the body as a form” in honor of the Andrew Bolton-curated exhibition. Below is a body-by-body breakdown of the looks. See all the 2026 Met Gala red carpet arrivals here, and the “knockout” best dressed list here.
Adut Akech as “The Pregnant Body”
The supermodel, expecting her second child with partner Samuel Elkhier, slipped into a sculptural black sequin off the shoulder jacket with a black sheer gathered tulle dress and spectator heels in patent leather. Per Browne, the look was meant to explore the “evolution of a garment through the physical changing of the body” and was inspired by birth and new beginnings. He accessorized the dress with Lily-of-the-valley flowers — a bloom associated with May births — and used more than 1,100 handmade silk organza flowers. (Hint: The pink petals on Akech’s belly are no accident as she’s rumored to be having a baby girl.)
Chase Infiniti as “The Naked Body”
The One Battle After Another star wore an embroidered Trompe l’oeil dress designed by Browne to play a trick on the eye by hinting at the human body. Inspired by Venus de Milo, the ancient Greek statue carved by Alexandros of Antioch to represent the goddess Aphrodite, the embroidered look features more than 1.5 million stacked sequins paired with tiered silk fringes in more than 600 different colors layered to mimic brush strokes. She paired the dress with black Thom Browne platform heels.
Marcello Hernandez as “The Classical Body”
The SNL breakout stepped out in a classic black herringbone double-breasted suit with black and white bullion tipping and long wing brogues in black pebble grain leather. Per Browne, Hernandez was meant to represent the designer’s “vision of tailoring through a classic, clean and timeless silhouette.”
Dwayne Johnson and Lauren Hashian as “The Mortal Body”
For his Met Gala debut, the blockbuster star arrived with his wife on his arm while wearing a black three-ply mohair tailcoat featuring more than 350 meters of hand pleated silk ribbons in a skeletal composition. He paired the coat with a matching pleated skirt and trousers with a white silk faille vest and wing collared shirt and classic wingtip brogues in black pebble grain leather. On Hashian: A white silk crepe halter neck dress and criss-cross Thom Johns in white soft patent leather. Together, they were meant to symbolize Browne’s vision of “strength and elegance playing on the mortal and immortal duality of bodies past, present and future.”
KUN as “The Vital Body”
The Chinese singer, songwriter and actor wore a cropped Chesterfield jacket in black mohair that he paired with a black wool lapel vest, trousers, elongated silk cummerbund and classic apron stitch boot in black calf leather. His ensemble was inspired by the body’s interior. To accomplish the look, Browne utilized more than 400,000 dégradé overlapping sequin and bugle beads with frayed organza in shades of red representing the circulatory system. Meanwhile, the other half is rendered in hand-stitched tailoring thread interwoven with beaded lung and circulatory veins.
Amy Sherald
The American painter hit the beige carpet in a look that was inspired by her 2014 painting, “Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance).” The look: A sleeveless floor-length pleated dress in navy wool combined with navy silk faille and white silk organza pleated inserts and a high slit feature, paired with white leather gloves and wingtip pumps in white soft patent leather.
Bill Skarsgard as “The Aging Body”
The movie star made a statement by wearing an elongated patchwork tuxedo in wool and silk satin with a black cashmere vest, oversized peacoat in black coated cotton and shearling collar, silk faille tie and classic wingtip boots. As for that “aging” reference, it is tied to Browne’s work by leaning on a 25-year archive of fabrications as seen through each hand-stitched patch that supports the overall construction of the garment.
Skepta as “The Inscribed Body”
The Nigerian MC and rapper became “the inscribed body” for a night by wearing a white wool tailored jumpsuit with detailed hand drawn satin stitch embroidery. It was developed and inspired by Skepta’s own tattoos and the jumpsuit’s ink matches both the placement and scale of his tattoos. He accessorized the look with black leather moto boots.
Lindsey Vonn as “The Classical Body”
The Olympic skier made her first major red carpet appearance since a horrific injury at the Winter Olympics in Italy. She wore an embroidered deconstructed Trompe-l’œil, marble-inspired dress with more than 500,000 glass cut and bugle beads in shades of white, grey, silver and clear crystal. The look also featured a tulle underskirt in an assortment of shades of white. She wore brogue heels in white pebble grain leather. Per Browne, the look was directly inspired by the Met’s classical marble statues.
Olivia Wilde as “The Abstract Body”
The actress and filmmaker, who next releases A24’s The Invite, wore an off-the-shoulder black duchess satin corset dress with an exposed tan leather pannier and petticoat in a cloud of 300 meters of tulle layers in off-white, nude and blush. She paired the gown with heels in black patent leather. Her ensemble was dedicated to the “transformation of the body’s silhouette through structured undergarments like corsets, panniers, and bustles as tools of abstraction and artistic expression.”
Finn Wolfhard as “The Reclaimed Body”
The Stranger Things star hit the Met Gala wearing trousers and a utility skirt belt in white wool, paired with wingtip boots. The ensemble’s appliqués were created by hand from woven tweeds, silk faille and organza, lace and muslin fabrics in shades of white. According to Browne, the white portions of Wolfhard’s look were treated with abstract textural painting, effectively treating the fabric as an art canvas which aligns with the night’s theme.
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