After a decade, Queen B returned to the Met Gala on Monday, bringing the carpet to a halt for her grand entrance.
Beyoncé, who is serving as co-chair of this year’s event alongside Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour, last attended the iconic fashion outing in 2016 while wearing Givenchy Haute Couture for the “Manus x Machina” theme.
“It feels surreal because my daughter is here,” Beyoncé said. Vogue magazine On the red carpet when asked how it felt to be back. The singer emphasized how beautiful her daughter is.
“It’s incredible to be able to share it with her,” she continued, seeming to get emotional at the moment. The pair posed together on the red carpet, with the 14-year-old looking just as adorable as her mother in a pair of on-trend colours.
this time, Cowboy Carter The singer was dripping in jewelry. The Grammy Award-winning singer wore a diamond-encrusted dress that looked like a skeleton and a matching headpiece. The collection was designed by Olivier Rousteing, former president of Balmain. “[He’s] “He’s been a very loyal person to me, and I’ve done so many amazing, iconic looks with him, so it’s really about representing him,” the singer said. Vogue magazine On the carpet.
At the top of the stairs, Beyoncé and Blue Ivy took some time to pose for a family photo alongside rapper Jay-Z.
The theme for 2026 is “The Art of Fashion,” tied to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Spring Fashion Institute exhibition of the same name, which “examines the centrality of the worn body across time and culture, juxtaposing garments and artworks from throughout the museum’s extensive collection to create pairings that highlight the indivisible relationship between clothing and the body,” according to the Metropolitan Museum.
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos are also on hand this year as honorary chairs, and the panel is co-chaired by hosts Anthony Vaccarello and Zoe Kravitz, and includes members including Adut Akech, Angela Bassett, Sinead Burke, Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat, Gwendoline Christie, Alex Konsani, Misty Copeland, Elizabeth Debicki, Lena Dunham, Paloma Elsesser, and Rebecca Hall, Blackpink’s Lisa, Chloe Maley, Amy Mullins, Tshabalala Self, Amy Sherald, Sam Smith, Chase Sue Wonders, Teyana Taylor, Lauren Wasser, Anna Weyant, Aja Wilson-Weysault.
The 2026 Met Gala was held Monday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. See what all the stars wore here, and get to know everything Hollywood ReporterMet Gala coverage here.
