Highlights
- Bad Bunny stunned in custom Zara with aging prosthetics at the 2026 Met Gala
- A$AP Rocky closed the night in a dreamy pink Chanel robe alongside Rihanna
- Rami Malek paid homage to Salvador Dalí in Saint Laurent and Cartier
The women of the 2026 Met Gala may have grabbed the headlines — Rihanna in Maison Margiela, Beyoncé in a bejeweled skeleton gown — but the men? They came with art history homework done, receipts in hand, and couture to match.
The theme this year, “Fashion is Art,” was inspired by the Costume Institute’s exhibition “Costume Art,” and the guys on the red carpet treated it like a final exam they’d been studying for all semester.
Bad Bunny was nearly unrecognizable after aging himself several decades via prosthetics, silver hair, a beard, and a walking cane. The all-black custom Zara suit was a direct nod to Charles James’ 1947 work Bustle, part of the Costume Institute’s permanent collection. The Puerto Rican superstar, never one to play it safe, told Vogue on the carpet, “I always try to do something different,” joking the look took “53 years” to pull together.
Embed from Getty ImagesA$AP Rocky slipped into a pale pink robe courtesy of Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel, topped off with a crisp cotton shirt, a black bow tie, and an asymmetric plume of black feathers on the right lapel — closing out the red carpet nine minutes after it officially wrapped, fashionably late as ever.
Colman Domingo, one of last year’s co-chairs, always knocks it out of the park with his menswear choices, arriving in a sharp Valentino checkered ensemble that proved he has no intention of resting on his laurels.
Embed from Getty ImagesOscar winner Rami Malek went full surrealist: dressed in Saint Laurent, he wore a Cartier timepiece that directly referenced Salvador Dalí’s surrealist work The Persistence of Memory, created in 1931. Quiet, precise, and devastatingly cool.
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Romeo Beckham championed British tailoring on the steps, opting for a Burberry suit cut with wide, contrasting leather lapels and a matching black undershirt. The apple, it turns out, doesn’t fall far from the very stylish tree.
Embed from Getty ImagesHeated Rivalry stars Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams made a splash on their Met Gala debut, while Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Sombr, and Jafar Jackson represented the rapidly expanding cohort of global talents under 30. The future of menswear is, apparently, very well-dressed.
Stars like Jon Batiste, Russell Westbrook, and Danny Ramirez opted for something more out of the box rather than defaulting to the safe tuxedo play — and fashion lovers are grateful for it.
