The theme for last night’s Met Gala 2026 was “Fashion Is Art” but the planning committee should have added the phrase, “not necessarily good.” That would have been more descriptive of last night’s fashions. We will try to give you the flavor of the night. We will have cameos by Senator Elizabeth “Liawatha” Warren and a random Amazon protestor.

The Met Gala wasn’t always about bad fashion. The Tax the Rich dress worn by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was not heinous. This Gala is the fundraiser for the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City through Vogue Magazine. Although Anna Wintour stepped down as Editor of Vogue, she will continue to head the Gala as she has for three decades. Hmmm. Pity.

The red carpet this year is green, according to Parade Magazine:

The 2026 design team included director Baz Luhrmann and the award-winning set designer Derek McLane. They were inspired by the Renaissance art period and decided the entryway should resemble Northern Italian gardens.

The mossy carpet is meant to illustrate a romantic atmosphere. According to Vogue, the A-list attendees are intended to be “immersed in a scene fit for a work of art, placing them—and the wearable art on their bodies—within the visual tradition of the surrounding pieces.”

Apart from not being red, the carpet has another surprise: it doesn’t appear to be a carpet. It was hand-painted to imitate a stone garden trail. The goal was to make it seem like it had “been there for a long time,” said Àvila.

That concept actually worked well. The co-chairs for this year’s event are: Nicole Kidman, Beyonce, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour. The dress code is a lot of clap trap about the dressed body, but they should have given the attendees more guidance about not being ugly or trashy. Well, this IS Kim Kardashian. This is a step up from a sex tape:

Kim Kardashian at the met gala 2026
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— Met Gala 2026 (@the_metgala) May 5, 2026

Lauren Sanchez Bezos was at the Met Gala. Her husband was not. Amazon protestors tried to gate crash.

Kim Kardashian at the met gala 2026
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— Met Gala 2026 (@the_metgala) May 5, 2026

There were also “pee bottles”. From People:

Last week, to criticize billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ role as honorary chair alongside wife Lauren Sánchez Bezos, activists with the group Everyone Hates Elon left approximately 300 bottles of fake urine in the famed museum, The New York Times reports.

It’s part of a larger anti-Bezos campaign that Everyone Hates Elon launched around New York City, where their exhortations to “boycott the Bezos Met Gala” have shown up on signage and even on larger-than-life projections on the sides of buildings, according to the Times.

Social media users have also shared images of a “pee bottle” dispenser set up outside the Met — a sarcastic swipe, like the protest last week, at accounts from some Amazon employees that they’ve had to use water bottles to go to the bathroom on the job.

EEEEwww! Now for something less icky, here is an Australian morning show recap of what they saw at the Met Gala:

Nicole Kidman looks amazing. You could too with enough money and the right Plastic Surgeon. I am not jealous. Notice how many people it takes to get Venus Williams and Sam Smith up those stairs. I am sure Beyonce needed help up the stairs.

OPULENCE IN 4K — SHE OWNS EVERYTHING #BEYGALA pic.twitter.com/PpK7cHeAQw

— BEŸ-Z (@beyzhive) May 5, 2026

From the New York Times:

Attending her first Met Gala in a decade, Beyoncé walked the carpet in a feathered, gem-encrusted Olivier Rousteing ensemble with a glittering crown.

With her daughter Blue Ivy and her husband, Jay-Z, not far behind, the pop superstar, who is a co-chair of this year’s gala, made her entrance as the carpet was nearly over, past its stated end time of 8 p.m., to thunderous cheers.

The singer posed for pictures with her family. “It feels great to be here with my daughter and my husband,” Beyoncé told reporters.

A handful of feathers could be seen on the steps in her wake.

Rousteing, who designed the skeleton dress worn by the singer, recently left his post as the designer for Balmain. For years, he was the only Black designer in that position. The musician said the designer was someone who had “been so loyal.”

Her daughter Blue Ivy was one of the few children allowed to join their parents at the Met Gala, and she walked the carpet in an off-white, A-line gown with a matching bomber jacket hanging off her shoulders.

“It’s incredible to be able to share it with her,” Beyoncé told Vogue, “and I think she looks so incredible.”

I could make snarky comments about Blue Ivy and rehab in her future, but I won’t.

I promised you some Lizzie Warren:

If Elizabeth Warren stops insider trading, Jeff Bezos will pay his fair share in taxes. https://t.co/bmCqrB7oL6

— legen (@legen_eth) May 5, 2026

Simple Cents said it best on X:

Simple Cents

If he is avoiding pay taxes legally…the only people they can get mad at it themselves…you know, the ones passing the laws?

That’s this year’s Met Gala wrap up. Back to your regularly scheduled political shenanigans.

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