Unique: Gracie Abrams Contained in the 2026 Met Gala as Vogue’s Movie star Photographer

On Met Gala Monday, first comes the carpet—which this yr’s starry attendees ascended of their “Fashion Is Art” most interesting—after which comes a tour of the spring Costume Institute present contained in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. But earlier than the celebs took in “Costume Art” on Monday or mingled over cocktails, and a lot earlier than the Sabrina Carpenter and Stevie Nicks present on the Temple of Dendur, they needed to hand over their cellphones.

So, what precisely goes on contained in the Met Gala? Who’s having a heart-to-heart with whom over champagne and chocolate raspberry crèmeux? Who can’t sit down of their architectural robe, and who hasn’t sat down as a result of they’re having method an excessive amount of enjoyable within the (designated!) smoking space?

This yr, Gracie Abrams was Vogue’s intrepid celeb reporter, taking a (Met-approved) digital camera contained in the goings-on. “Our whole table was pretty undeniably lovely,” says Abrams, who attended with group Chanel and wore a gilded, mosaic-like customized robe that referenced Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Among her tablemates had been Jennie Kim, Bhavitha Mandava, Awar Odhiang, and Lily-Rose Depp.

“Everyone was grateful to be included,” Abrams provides of her reportage. “Everyone looked so beautiful in their respective interpretations of the theme, and every single person who allowed me to snap a picture was a gorgeous muse. It always followed an overdue catch-up.”

Scrolling by the pop star’s photos, you’ll see Heated Rivalry boys Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams, a molten-eared Paloma Elsesser, Vittoria Ceretti’s glittery again, and a playfully pouty Zoë Kravitz. There are additionally group snaps of Gracie, Maya Hawke, and Lena Dunham, in addition to Jennie and Chanel’s Matthieu Blazy. Hailey Bieber and Charli xcx look dance floor-ready, whereas Sabrina Carpenter will get the occasion began onstage. Elsewhere, Chanel ladies pose over their burrata appetizers and martinis circulate. (And circulate, and circulate.)

Below, see contained in the 2026 Met Gala courtesy of Gracie Abrams.