All the Best Looks From the 2026 Met Gala After-Parties
The Met Gala after-parties—of which at least 11 took place across New York this year, from Vogue’s own pre-Met party at Madame Tussauds to Teyana Taylor’s burlesque show—have come to function as an extension of the red carpet that precedes them, with guests using the official, Vogue-mandated dress code as a guide for their second look of the evening too (or in the case of Kendall Jenner, their third).
And since most established houses are already very well represented on the Met steps, it’s typically independent labels and vintage that take center stage here—such as Hailey Bieber, Kim Kardashian, and Hunter Schafer in a trifecta of rib-crunching Dilara Findikoglu corsets; Paloma Elsesser in a 1997 Maison Margiela dress-form bodice; and Rihanna in a baby-bump-debuting Ann Demeulemeester set following last year’s gala.
The other key distinction between the main event and its offshoots is that hemlines tend to inch that bit higher and fabrics become ever more diaphanous. Celebrities shed the high-concept looks that often render them unable to sit down for dinner and slip into something a little more freeing: the naked dress. Then again, given the body-focused 2026 Met Gala was itself an ode to exactly that, the question is how far the after-party looks can go before falling foul of Instagram’s guidelines.
Scroll through the gallery below to see every major look from the 2026 Met Gala after-parties.
Photo: Getty ImagesHailey Bieber wears Dilara Findikoglu to Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Photo: Getty ImagesKendall Jenner wears custom Gap Studio to Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Janelle Monáe at the Boom after-party
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Photo: Getty ImagesMargot Robbie wears Chanel to Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Photo: Getty ImagesCharli xcx wears Saint Laurent to Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Colman Domingo at the GQ after-party at Cafe Zaffri at The Twenty Two New York
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Photo: Getty ImagesOlivia Rodrigo wears Vivienne Westwood fall 1994 (sourced by Nordic Poetry) to Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Photo: Getty ImagesImaan Hammam at Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s
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Photo: Getty ImagesGabbriette at Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s
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Photo: Getty ImagesTate McRae wears custom Ludovic de Saint Sernin to Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Photo: Getty ImagesRosé wears Saint Laurent to Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Photo: Getty ImagesDoja Cat wears Saint Laurent to Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Photo: Getty ImagesCara Delevingne and Minke at Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s
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Lena Dunham at the GQ after-party at Cafe Zaffri at The Twenty Two New York
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Photo: Getty ImagesDevyn Garcia at Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s
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Photo: Getty ImagesConnor Storrie wears Saint Laurent to Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s
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Photo: Getty ImagesHunter Schafer wears Steve O Smith to an after-party
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Photo: Getty ImagesRosie Huntington-Whiteley wears Burberry to Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Photo: Getty ImagesVittoria Ceretti, wearing Mugler, and Laura Harrier arrive at Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Photo: Getty ImagesTroye Sivan wears Prada to Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Photo: Getty ImagesVenus Williams and Andrea Preti at the Amber Room’s after-party
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Photo: Getty ImagesBill Skarsgård at Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s
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Coco Rocha at the Boom after-party
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Photo: Getty ImagesKarlie Kloss at Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s
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Photo: Getty ImagesA$AP Rocky wears Chanel to Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Photo: Getty ImagesMarcello Hernández and Ana Amelia Batlle Cabral at Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Photo: Getty ImagesAdwoa Aboah wears Viktor Gichev at Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Shaboozey at the GQ after-party at Cafe Zaffri at The Twenty Two New York
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Photo: Getty ImagesDree Hemingway at Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s
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Naomi Osaka at the GQ after-party at Cafe Zaffri at The Twenty Two New York
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Photo: Getty ImagesKaty Perry wears Stella McCartney to Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Sombr at the GQ after-party at Cafe Zaffri at The Twenty Two New York
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Photo: Getty ImagesMaude Apatow wears Valentino to Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Photo: Getty ImagesPaloma Elsesser at Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s
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Hudson Williams at the GQ after-party at The Twenty Two
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Photo: Getty ImagesLux Pascal wears Bottega Veneta to Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Photo: Getty ImagesAmelia Gray Hamlin wears Saint Laurent to Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Photo: Getty ImagesAngela Bassett at Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s
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Photo: Getty ImagesTessa Thompson wears Saint Laurent to Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Photo: Getty ImagesAwar Odhiang at Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s
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Photo: Getty ImagesCamila Mendes at Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s
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Photo: Getty ImagesWes Gordon and Paul Arnhold
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Photo: Getty ImagesCharlotte Lawrence at Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s
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Photo: Getty ImagesEsther-Rose McGregor and Blu Jadey
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Photo: Getty ImagesRami Malek wears Saint Laurent to Saint Laurent’s after-party at People’s.
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Venus Williams and Andrea Preti at the Amber Room’s after-party
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Aariana Rose Philip at the Amber Room’s after-party
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Jennie Kim at the GQ after-party at Cafe Zaffri at The Twenty Two New York
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Chase Infiniti at the GQ after-party at Cafe Zaffri at The Twenty Two New York
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Connor Storrie wears Saint Laurent to the GQ after-party at Cafe Zaffri at The Twenty Two New York
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Damson Idris at the GQ after-party at Cafe Zaffri at The Twenty Two New York
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Sarah Pidgeon at the GQ after-party at The Twenty Two
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Jeremy Pope at the GQ after-party at Cafe Zaffri at The Twenty Two New York
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