Met Gala celebrating the opening of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s spring 2026 exhibition, Costume Art in Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 1996 “Pin Up Boys” collection.
Fashion is Art. In the photo from the Costume Institute’s 2026 exhibit: Marble statue of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head), Roman, 1st–2nd century CE with my look from Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 1996 which inspired the Suit by Glenn Martens for Y/Project from fall/winter 2022–23 #MetGala
The 2026 Met Gala revolves around the Costume Institute’s new exhibition at the @metmuseum , titled “Costume Art.” exploring “the centrality of the dressed body” across the Met’s vast collection.
This year’s exhibition theme highlights the cruciality of the dressed body in the context of art, shining a spotlight on both the connection between clothing and the body and the ways in which fashion has become an indelible part of artistic representations of the body and humanity in history.
The way we understand the clothed body through the suit is super important. Jean Paul Gaultier’s intriguing, abstract, and often dramatic bodycon staples are exceptional. Gaultier was the first designer to introduce men’s couture.
Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 1996 “Pin Up Boys” collection.
