Met Gala Monday, the first Monday in May, marks fashion’s biggest night as celebs descend on the Metropolitan Museum of Art to support the Costume Institute at its annual charity gala.The dress code for the event was “Fashion is Art.” The Costume Institute’s spring 2026 exhibit is titled “Costume Art,” which “will consider depictions of the dressed body from across the Met’s curatorial departments, pairing garments with art objects spanning some 5,000 years,” according to Vogue.Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour were co-chairs of the event. This is Wintour’s first gala since stepping down as Vogue’s editor-in-chief.There was also a huge host committee, including Zoë Kravitz, Angela Bassett, Doja Cat, Gwendoline Christie, Misty Copeland, Lena Dunham, Amy Sherald, Teyana Taylor, Chase Sui Wonders and more.Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos were the lead sponsors and honorary chairs of the gala.“It’s about everybody, and it’s about every body,” Wintour said ahead of the event, USA Today reported. “Nude bodies and classical bodies, corpulent bodies, and disabled bodies and the way both fashion and art can shape our imaginations.”HuffPost covered the event live. Take a look at the most talked about looks and viral moments of the night.Curtis Sliwa Seen Counting The City Cops ‘Protecting Billionaires’ Outside The MetFormer New York City mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa (R) was spotted walking along the Central Park road behind the Met, telling HuffPost he was “counting the number of cops” who were “protecting the billionaires” at the gala.“Those people are totally indulgent, selfish —,” began Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels and a Republican who lost to Zohran Mamdani in last year’s NYC mayoral election, about the guests inside. “What are we doing for the homeless here? Why don’t they go into the subways?”Sliwa, who was walking outside the museum’s police-flanked perimeter with his wife Nancy, claimed to spot some 200 officers at what he dubbed the “Masters of the Universe Ball." He suggested that the Met rely on its own security and that the event be held on New York’s Governors Island.When asked whether he would have attended the gala had he been elected mayor, Sliwa emphatically said he would have skipped the event, much like Mamdani.See All UpdatesClose
Curtis Sliwa Seen Counting The City Cops ‘Protecting Billionaires’ Outside The Met
Met Gala Monday, the first Monday in May, marks fashion’s biggest night as celebs descend on the Metropolitan Museum of Art to support the Costume Institute at its annual charity gala.The dress code for the event was “Fashion is Art.” The Costume Institute’s spring 2026 exhibit is titled “Costume Art,” which “will consider depictions of the dressed body from across the Met’s curatorial departments, pairing garments with art objects spanning some 5,000 years,” according to Vogue.Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour were co-chairs of the event. This is Wintour’s first gala since stepping down as Vogue’s editor-in-chief.There was also a huge host committee, including Zoë Kravitz, Angela Bassett, Doja Cat, Gwendoline Christie, Misty Copeland, Lena Dunham, Amy Sherald, Teyana Taylor, Chase Sui Wonders and more.Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos were the lead sponsors and honorary chairs of the gala.“It’s about everybody, and it’s about every body,” Wintour said ahead of the event, USA Today reported. “Nude bodies and classical bodies, corpulent bodies, and disabled bodies and the way both fashion and art can shape our imaginations.”HuffPost covered the event live. Take a look at the most talked about looks and viral moments of the night.Curtis Sliwa Seen Counting The City Cops ‘Protecting Billionaires’ Outside The MetFormer New York City mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa (R) was spotted walking along the Central Park road behind the Met, telling HuffPost he was “counting the number of cops” who were “protecting the billionaires” at the gala.“Those people are totally indulgent, selfish —,” began Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels and a Republican who lost to Zohran Mamdani in last year’s NYC mayoral election, about the guests inside. “What are we doing for the homeless here? Why don’t they go into the subways?”Sliwa, who was walking outside the museum’s police-flanked perimeter with his wife Nancy, claimed to spot some 200 officers at what he dubbed the “Masters of the Universe Ball." He suggested that the Met rely on its own security and that the event be held on New York’s Governors Island.When asked whether he would have attended the gala had he been elected mayor, Sliwa emphatically said he would have skipped the event, much like Mamdani.See All UpdatesClose
