My Favorite Asian Looks at the 2026 Met Gala
By Kelli Luu | 06 May, 2026

Asian celebrities brought artistic and bold looks to this year’s Met Gala, showing off their rising influence on global fashion.

Fashion fans love to get rowdy for the annual Met Gala and this year, Asian celebrities really showed up and showed out. 2026’s Met Gala theme was “Costume Art” and my favorite looks  were slayed by Asian stars. 

All four members of BLACKPINK attended this year. Jisoo was attending her very first Met Gala and stunned in a pink Dior gown that was covered in embroidery and floral accents, complete with a matching headpiece and a Cartier necklace from 1905. 

Lisa delivered one of the most talked-about looks of the night in a white gown designed by Robert Wun which was reported to have taken around 2,860 hours to create. She stole the show with her on-theme headpiece which featured two 3D-printed arms holding up her cape as a veil.

Jennie leaned towards a more timeless choice, a little off-theme in my opinion, but you can never go wrong with Chanel, especially this custom blue mermaid dress that took 540 hours to finish. 

For Rosé’s third Met Gala, she went with a classic custom YSL gown that fit seamlessly into the night’s theme. A sparkly bird sat at her hip to refer to the motif of The Birds, a painting by Georges Braque. 

Eileen Gu is another familiar figure who attended in one of my favorite looks of the night. She revealed a dress made of 15,000 handmade glass bubbles and a portable power system that released real bubbles as she walked the carpet, turning her entire look into wearable art. 

Indian billionaire, Isha Ambani wore a blouse that carried a blanket of gemstones from her own personal collection, totalling over 1,800 carats for this Gala. The dress was brought to life by more than 50 artisans, fully presenting to the world what luxury craftsmanship is. 

Audrey Nuna from Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters nailed the Met’s theme with a Robert Wun gown. The black and white splatter pattern gave the look a raw, painter’s edge as if Nuna just stepped off of a canvas. 

This is Chinese singer Cai Xukun’s second Met Gala appearance and he stayed right on theme as well with a tailored, Thom Browne suit, which we were told was a tease for his new single, “Deadman”. 

Finally, this last look was executed by KPop Demon Hunter’s EJAE. She turned heads in a silver gown made entirely of Swarovski crystals. EJAE told Vogue that she wanted to represent elements of Korean culture on fashion’s biggest stage and I can genuinely say she succeeded, while staying on-theme.