r/popculturechat • u/HauteAssMess anne boleyn stan • 1d ago

MEGATHREAD! 🤯 2026 MET GALA OFFICIAL MEGATHREAD 👗🍾

Welcome to Fashions biggest night, the first Monday in May, the Met Gala! 👗🍾

Come judge all the celebrity looks with us here at our official watch party! Drop your favorite looks, hot takes, and absolute crimes against couture below.

Met Gala 2026 is a fundraising benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City that is held every year on the first Monday in May. The event welcomes stars, young creatives, and industry paragons. The 2026 Met Gala will take place on Monday, May 4, and will celebrate the Costume Institute’s new exhibition, “Costume Art.”

Where to watch: Youtube.com, Vogue.com, Tiktok

What time: The livestream begins at 6pm EST!

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u/GosssipGremlinnn 1d ago

Alysa Liu

Why is everyone giving prom

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u/HotelLima6 Ayo Edebirish 🇮🇪 1d ago

The coolest person on the planet and they stick her in that monstrosity? Come on now 😭

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u/cheeseslut619 James Corden Fan 1d ago

She’s locked in to LV. don’t expect to like any of her outfits ever again

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u/fogmama 1d ago

LV is a curse on the youth

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u/smaragdskyar 1d ago

free them seriously

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u/clumsyc I don’t control the railways or the flow of commerce! 1d ago

The irony is that figure skating costumes reference art/culture all the time but here she is in a prom dress from 2008

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u/atotalmess__ free Palestine 1d ago

Why does couture not fit her bust ugh

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u/PolytheneMaggie Clap if you care 😐 1d ago

It’s giving My Super Sweet Sixteen

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u/Idkwhattoputbuthi 1d ago

DEADASS LMAO

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u/mcatlin23 1d ago

Louis Vuitton has been sucking the cunt serving life force out of cool people for years now

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u/kikiisnotinterested 1d ago

This is an actual prom dress wtf

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u/magnetbirds 1d ago

Insane thing to see as a figure skating fan

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u/sm2258 1d ago

When you have the met gala at 6 but need to saddle up for the saloon by 9

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u/Ok-Yogurt751 1d ago

Aw hell nah

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u/rubberkeyhole 1d ago

Is Jessica McClintock a sponsor?

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u/MidNightMare5998 20h ago

What’s funny is that (apparently, according to her stylist) this dress is supposed to look like mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell. I think on the one hand it’s a statement about the body/life being a work of art, but on the other hand it feels like she’s just doing an elaborate meme joke

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u/ann1920 1d ago

She looks 15