Carey Mulligan Reached for a 1998 Prada Print on the 2026 Met Gala

It was whereas Saoirse Ronan was having fun with the complete fairy-godmother remedy, courtesy of stylist Danielle Goldberg, that Carey Mulligan determined she, too, was prepared for a flip underneath the wand.

“I know Saoirse, and I was just like, ‘That’s exactly who she is!’” the actor says whereas milling round a fitness center in a pal’s size-13 sneakers, having left her personal in London (the sum whole of her Met Gala prep, bar “trying to drink water on the plane”). “Danielle has such an incredible eye,” she provides, “and is interested only in working with the person as they are, bringing out their personality, and ultimately making them comfortable.” For Mulligan, that has meant blood-orange-and-tangerine Colleen Allen skirt units for the Beef premiere, and cocoon-sleeved The Row tailoring for amassing a CBE. She has all the time appeared good, in fact, however now she’s homed in on a singular, quirked-up stylish that feels all her personal.

For Met Monday, the pair picked out a Prada column costume of silk radzimir, printed with an summary, solarized rectangle motif first seen in the home’s spring 1998 assortment. “Danielle was poring over the archives, and when she showed me that print, I was just like, ‘That’s so cool and fun,’” says Mulligan. “Prada is so good at making clothes that feel slightly ‘off’—and this is that.”

Under Miuccia Prada—and now alongside Raf Simons—that intuition for the off-kilter, for de- and re-contextualizing the acquainted, has lengthy invited the type of chin-stroking discourse befitting a “Fashion is Art” costume code. Still, Mulligan is fast to notice, none of this comes on the expense of ease. “I’m not trying to be a sculpture,” she says. “I’m prepared to cinch my waist and wear heels, but I want to feel like myself. The moment it tips beyond that—that’s where I run into trouble.”