Stars get ready for the Met Gala as Irina Shayk wears a face mask and Heidi Klum buffs her body
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit, also known as the Met Gala, falls on the first Monday in May each year.
And the stars were seen getting ready for the fashion bash early on Monday morning.
Irina Shayk wore a face mask as she prepared to look her best at the Met in a photo shared on Instagram.
Heidi Klum was spotted walking her dog, painting her nails white and zipping herself into the oxygen chamber in New York City on the morning of the Met Gala.
Olivia Wilde shared a selfie as she explained to her Instagram followers that she needed time to ‘mentally prepare’ for the Met Gala before getting her pink manicure.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s partner, Georgina Rodriguez, shared a video of herself holding her white Chanel bag in the back of a car with a driver.
Rihanna was seen wearing a fur-lined coat and high heels, hours before the Met Gala red carpet started.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit, also known as the Met Gala, will take place on Monday. Irina Shayk donned a face mask as she prepared to look her best at the Met
The model also cuddled up to her dog while trying out different makeup looks
The theme of this year’s event, considered the Super Bowl of celebrity red carpets, is ‘The Art of Costume’ and the dress code is ‘Fashion is Art’.
The dress code calls on A-list participants to explore how designers use the human body as a blank canvas.
Leading the charge is a powerful trio of co-chairs, with Beyonce, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams joining forces with Vogue’s global editorial director Anna Wintour to helm fashion’s biggest night.
Tennis star Williams is co-chairing the gala for the first time.
Kidman previously co-chaired the star-studded event in 2003 and 2005, and Beyonce was honorary chairwoman in 2013.
The New York City museum will pair historical and contemporary clothing from the Costume Institute for the exhibition, which will be divided into three categories: the classical and naked body, aging and pregnant bodies, and the anatomical body.
The exhibition, which aims to showcase the Met’s expanded new Conde M. Nast Galleries, is made possible by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, Lauren Sanchez, who are lead sponsors and honorary co-chairs.
“The title ‘The Art of Costume’ refers to the history of the costume institute,” Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton said at a press conference.
Heidi Klum was spotted walking her dog in New York on the morning of the Met Gala.
She cut her nails and painted them white with a pattern on them
In this photo, the German television star was seen wearing an oxygen suit
Choosing the theme, Bolton said that fashion ‘has the status of art not despite its relationship with the body, but because of it’.
French luxury fashion house Yves Saint Laurent also sponsors the exhibition.
The 2026 Met Gala will also have a host committee, including committee co-chairs Anthony Vaccarello and Zoe Kravitz, as well as members Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat, Angela Bassett, Gwendoline Christie, Misty Copeland, Elizabeth Debicki, Lena Dunham, Sam Smith, Teyana Taylor and more.
The Art of Costume will run from May 10, 2026, to January 10, 2027, following the Met Gala on May 4.
The Met Gala is a major moneymaker for the museum and provides the Costume Institute’s main source of funding.
The 2026 Met Gala marks an important moment because this is the first time since Wintour technically stepped back from one of her famous roles in Vogue.
Olivia Wilde shared a selfie as she told Instagram followers she needed time to ‘mentally prepare’ for the Met Gala
Booksmart manager also made fun of her plain pale pink nails
Rihanna was spotted wearing a fur-lined coat and high heels on Monday morning.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s partner, Georgina Rodriguez, shared a video of herself holding her white Chanel bag in the back of a car with a driver.
In June 2025, Wintour announced that she was resigning as editor-in-chief of American Vogue after 37 years.
has hired Chloe Malle, Vogue’s global director and Conde Nast’s global chief content officer, as Vogue’s new head of editorial content.
Wintour has been incredibly hands-on at the Met Gala over the years, and is known for making it a flamboyant A-list event loved by celebs like Rihanna, the Kardashians, Blake Lively, Zendaya, and more.
Many stars did not attend the Met Gala last year, and some people thought this was to avoid making a mistake because of the Superfine: Tailoring Black Style theme, which centers around the political and aesthetic constructs of Black dandyism.
Lauren Sanchez Bezos attended the press conference for the 2026 Met Gala celebrating Costume Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Monday morning
