Met Gala Costume Art raises $42M, critics parse Madonna’s look

Jeff Bezos’s idea of ‘female empowerment’ – as seen at the Met Gala earlier this week – just divides and weakens us. It’s solidarity that brings strength, writes @natashawalter.bsky.social

People on IG are using AI to see what they would look like if they went to the MET Gala and my second hand embarrassment is peaking

If I could chair an event like the Met Gala, I would make the theme “Everything Old Is New Again” and require attendees to design upcycled costumes using reclaimed materials. If you show up in some boring ass designer mermaid tail gown, you’re not walking the carpet.

“The entire process felt divine...” Rita Melssen breaks down Madonna’s 2026 Met Gala look.

How The Met Gala Became Cringe “If you go from being a chandelier that lights up and change somewhere in the hallway to a hamburger, then I think you’ve lost the plot.”

Grading the Week: Ex-Broncos QB Russell Wilson’s Met Gala outfit channels Michael Jackson and Cap’n Crunch

An excellent video from fashion historian @abbycox.bsky.social about the dress Lauren bezos wore to the #MetGala Brilliant in this case is not a compliment, or glazing a billionaire social climber. She tried to buy instant status as an arts patron and failed #Schadenfreude #NoEthicalBillionaires

I did not watch met gala. This is the only video I've clicked on it other than ones about the counter one because fuck bezos. Even though fashion is my primary art. Fiber is. I'm a fiber artist. But that closest overlaps with fashion for me. That's where my studies most often are.

The World’s Most Evil Couple Exposed the Rot at the Heart of the Met Gala - Slate apple.news/AMXNwhJuERXm...

Met Gala 2026 proved that the "Costume Art" theme wasn't just for the dresses. Anna Weyant’s Marc Jacobs burgundy satin heels with elongated duckbill toes and oversized bows were the most literal interpretation of wearable art on the carpet: www.yournextshoes.com/met-gala-202...

Exploring The Met’s New “Costume Art” Exhibit The Met Gala is the museum's biggest annual fundraiser, this year raising $42 million to help fund exhibits, pay curators, and preserve paintings, sculptures and one of the largest fashion archives in the world. Bloomberg The Weekend was the first to…

this is such a brilliant video, mostly about the Madame X portrait and the erasure of a woman (and don't let the title dissuade you. It's all explained why) www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCRG...

l.smartnews.com/p-7GUVFuBG/n... Oh no! Not a single Trump member attended. Guess their invitations were lost in the mail. While the wife of Eric Trump has never attended the Met Gala, Lara Trump now believes it has “devolved into a bit of a freak show.” 😂

Lara Trump called the Met Gala a regal affair that has devolved into a freak show. We trade genuine elegance for a hollow spectacle because we are desperate for attention in a world that has forgotten how to be truly classy.

Decoding the Met Gala’s Most Cryptic Dress • Life imitates art with Lauren Sánchez Bezos in Schiaparelli channeling ‘Madame X.’