Rihanna Closes Out Met Gala in Dress With Over 115,000 Jewels

Last year, when Rocky co-chaired the "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" gala, the couple used famed steps as the perfect place to reveal her baby bump, sharing news that they were expecting their third child.

Motherhood has even shaped her sense of style, as she quipped during Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week in January that it was "impossible" to pick a favorite runway look.

“I wanted the coats, I wanted the dresses,” she said in an interview posted on TikTok, “I wanted the skirts with a little bump right here [at the stomach] ‘cause I got a little pouch after having kids, so I’d love that.”

The Fenty Beauty founder also attended the Met Gala while pregnant in 2023, wearing a bridal-like maternity gown to honor Karl Lagerfeld as she was about seven months along with Riot. 

At other past Met Galas, Rihanna has donned pieces by everyone from Stella McCartney to John Galliano, who fashioned her iconic Pope-inspired look for the Fashion and the Catholic Imagination theme in 2018 when she also served as a co-chair of the event. 

And while the Savage X Fenty founder has been busy—even getting back in the studio!—it's not surprising she made time for the Met, as fashion and eye-catching red carpet moments are among the many things the "Love on the Brain" singer is known for. 

"I can never get enough of Rihanna's style," Global Chief Content Officer of Condé Nast Anna Wintour said in a 2019 Vogue video. "I think there's a real love for fashion that Rihanna has that—how lucky are we to be able to enjoy it."

And Rihanna isn't the only sartorial powerhouse turning up and out on the museum steps. From co-chairs Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams to more eyebrow-raising arrivals, read on to see all of the best looks from the 2026 Met Gala.