Adut Akech’s 2026 Met Gala Look Is a Sweet Homage to Her New Baby
Model Adut Akech is no stranger to the Met steps, but tonight marks her first time on the Met Gala red carpet with a plus one: the model is officially full-term with her second baby. “As long as I get…
“Golden” No More: For Her 2026 Met Gala Debut, K-Pop Demon Hunter’s Ejae Is In Her Silver Era
Everything was golden at the 2026 Met Gala, the perfect debut for singer and actress Ejae. For the evening, however, the woman behind the Academy Award-winning song “Golden” from the hit animated film K-Pop Demon Hunters opted for a metallic…
See Every Met Gala 2026 Red Carpet Look: Nicole Kidman, La La Anthony (Live Updates)
The 2026 Met Gala is officially here, and we are waiting with bated breath as the world’s biggest stars—including co-chairs Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, and Venus Williams—gather at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This year’s exhibit, “Costume Art,” places fashion on…
Forty Years Before I Came Out as Trans, My Mother Gave Me the Gift of Empathy
The summer I turned five, my mother sewed me an outfit. Her own mother had been a former art teacher who, in marriage, funneled her creativity into elaborate domestic projects, sewing dresses and skirts and blouses for my mother and…
Venus Williams Leads the Conversation on Fashion as Art at the Met Gala 2026 Press Preview
Venus Williams remembers, at 14 years old, her mother sewing her first tennis skirt. “I fell in love,” Williams said at this morning’s press conference for the 2026 Met Gala and exhibition, “Costume Art.” “I fell in love with watching…
Who Are the Custom Mannequins in “Costume Art” Based On? We’re So Glad You Asked
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual spring exhibition staged by the Costume Institute, the mannequins ceased being simple mannequins some time ago. For 2025’s “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” artist Tanda Francis modeled the mannequins’ features after André Grenard Matswa,…