{"id":2402268,"date":"2026-05-04T23:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2402268"},"modified":"2026-05-04T23:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:41:18","slug":"met-gala-2026-trend-feathers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/met-gala-2026-trend-feathers\/","title":{"rendered":"Met Gala 2026 Trend: Feathers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tFeathers emerged as one of the night\u2019s clearest texture plays at the 2026 Met Gala<\/a>, showing up in concentrated placements rather than full-on plumage.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith the gala framed around \u201cCostume Art\u201d and the \u201cFashion Is Art\u201d dress code, plumes read as technique as much as decoration \u2014 a material choice that changed silhouette and surface without leaning on a literal costume reference.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tNicole Kidman\t<\/h3>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tNicole Kidman<\/a> at the 2026 Met Gala<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael Buckner\/Penske Media<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tCo-chair and Chanel ambassador Nicole Kidman<\/a> wore a long-sleeve red paillette gown with a close fit through the torso and a straight skirt that skimmed the floor before pooling into a small train in the back. Chanel placed dense red plumes at the waist in a boa-like band, then repeated the feather texture at the cuffs.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tLena Dunham\t<\/h3>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Lena<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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\t\t\t\t\tLena Dunham at the 2026 Met Gala.<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael Buckner\/Penske Media<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tLena Dunham also opted for red feathers, arriving in a red sequined Valentino look featuring a thigh-high slit and a plume-heavy collar that sat high around the neckline and traced the perimeter of her gown. Feathers continued down one side of the silhouette and into a long, dramatic train.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tAnna Wintour\t<\/h3>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Anna<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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\t\t\t\t\tAnna Wintour<\/a> at the 2026 Met Gala.<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGilbert Flores\/Variety<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tAnna Wintour<\/a> went for a cooler toned plume in Chanel, layering a feathery turquoise jacket over a turquoise-and-black embroidered gown. Airy aqua plumes covered most of the cropped jacket, while darker feathering finished the cuffs and hem, sharpening the contrast against her shimmering, embroidered gown.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tGwendoline Christie\t<\/h3>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Gwendoline<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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\t\t\t\t\tGwendoline Christie at the 2026 Met Gala.<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael Buckner\/Penske Media<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tGwendoline Christie took feathers in a more theatrical direction, wearing a red gown with a fitted bodice and a fuller tulle skirt. Deep red plumes circled the dropped waist, then the color story blew out overhead: a towering headpiece mixed pink, white, purple, green and blue feathers that curved forward above her face, which she held a handheld mask over at times.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tSam Smith\t<\/h3>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Sam<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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\t\t\t\t\tSam Smith at the 2026 Met Gala.<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGilbert Flores\/Variety<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tSam Smith took the feather detail upward in Christian Cowan, wearing an all-black, heavily embellished cape-like look with a plush collar and tassel accents. A tall black plume extended from the headpiece, bringing height and a clean vertical line above the shoulders.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tNaomi Osaka\t<\/h3>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Naomi<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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\t\t\t\t\tNaomi Osaka<\/a> at the 2026 Met Gala.<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGilbert Flores\/Variety<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tNaomi Osaka<\/a>, in a custom two-piece set from couturier Robert Wun, treated feathers as artful punctuation. She wore a sculptural white hat with red featherlike sprigs at the crown and along the brim, then echoed that red note in delicate, branch-like details that extended from the shoulders. Matching red gloves tightened the palette, letting the white base read as a clean canvas for the red accents.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 2026 Met Gala took place on Monday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This year\u2019s exhibition, \u201cCostume Art,\u201d celebrated fashion as an art form, with a dress code of \u201cFashion Is Art.\u201d The event featured Jeff Bezos and Lauren S\u00e1nchez Bezos serving as honorary chairs. The annual benefit raises funds for the Met\u2019s Costume Institute.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source wwd.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Feathers emerged as one of the night\u2019s clearest texture plays at the 2026 Met Gala, showing up in concentrated placements rather than full-on plumage. With the gala framed around \u201cCostume Art\u201d and the \u201cFashion Is Art\u201d dress code, plumes read as technique as much as decoration \u2014 a material choice that changed silhouette and surface […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2402269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[357065,23537,308845,376332,36290],"class_list":["post-2402268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-anna-wintour","tag-celebrity-style","tag-met-gala","tag-naomi-osaka","tag-nicole-kidman"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Met-Gala-2026-Trend-Feathers.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2402268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2402270,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402268\/revisions\/2402270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2402269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2402268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2402268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2402268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}