cal

The jacket was created by Vivienne in collaboration with corset maker Mr Pearl, including a twin corset named "Martyr to Love" that's currently in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute’s spring exhibit, “Costume Art."

The custom-dress features 318,0000 stitches of embroidery, the highest amount of embroidery the fashion house has ever crafted. Golden faceted Swarovski crystals are meant to recreate stars in a dark night sky. In total, the look required 4,340 hours of handwork.

Amy Sherald in a custom look by Thom Browne inspired by her own 2013 portrait "Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance)."

Anok Yai wearing custom Balenciaga by Pierpaolo Piccioli referencing Mater Dolorosa at the 2026 Met Gala honoring theme "Fashion is Art."

Law Roach in Ami Paris at the 2026 Met Gala celebrating the theme "Fashion is Art". Roach commissioned the Ghana-based, Gabonese artist Naïla Opiangah to paint over the look.

Yseult wearing a custom look from designer Harris Reed at the 2026 Met Gala celebrating the theme "Fashion is Art". Including makeup art from Naïma Bremer.

Venus Williams wearing a custom look by Swarovski that references "Venus Williams, Double Portrait" by Robert Pruitt to the 2026 Met Gala honoring the theme "Fashion is Art".

Jon Batiste at the 2026 Met Gala celebrating the theme “Fashion is Art” wearing a custom look by designer Eli Russell Linnetz referencing Barkley L. Hendricks 1974 painting “What's Going On”

Janelle Monáe wearing a custom look from designer Christian Siriano at the 2026 Met Gala honoring the theme "Fashion is Art".

Angela Bassett at the 2026 Met Gala honoring the theme "Fashion is Art" wearing custom Prabal Gurung. Look inspired by Laura Wheeler Waring's portrait 'Girl in the Pink Dress'.

Jon Batiste leaves The Carlyle Hotel before the 2026 Met Gala celebrating the theme "Fashion is Art” referencing Barkley Hendricks 1969 painting “Icon for My Man Superman (Superman Never Saved Any Black People — Bobby Seale)”

The Contemplation Court at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History. A cylindrical fountain rains into a pool in the center of the room, coming from a skylight above.

D'angelo in Giorgio Armani & Emporio Armani.

DROPHAUS designed by Pharrell Williams in collaboration with the architectural firm Not A Hotel. Featuring a lime green Tapis Siège by Pierre Paulin and OJAS sound system by Devon Turnbull.

berek3t

Black Flower Antenna, Felicia Davis 2020