Met Gala 2026

Heidi Klum does it again at the Met Gala — This time embodying a living marble sculpture


Klum is known for her dedication to costumes. She had the most immersive outfit at this year's Met Gala


Heidi Klum was a living marble sculpture at this year's Met Gala© Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Maria LoretoSenior Writer
MAY 5, 2026 4:28 PM EDT

Heidi Klum is committed to the bit. The supermodel made for the most impressive sight at the Met Gala yesterday, delivering one of her best costumes yet, a feat that becomes more and more complicated year after year. 

Heidi Klum at The 2026 Met Gala Celebrating "Costume Art" held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York, New  York. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Penske Media via Getty Images)© Michael Buckner
Heidi Klum at The 2026 Met Gala Celebrating "Costume Art"

Klum is known for her incredible red carpet moments. This year, she attended the Met Gala as a living sculpture, with the 1847 Raffaelle Monti's Veiled Vestal sculpture as reference. 

Klum made for the night's most surreal moment, fully inhabiting a marble sculpture as she posed for the cameras. With one hand posed by her chest and another by her waist, Klum maintained an impassive face for the cameras, accessorizing the look with grey contacts, and a fully painted face and teeth. 

She took the evening's theme to heart, fully embodying the "Art is Fashion" instruction. 

Heidi Klum was a living marble sculpture at this year's Met Gala© Getty Images for The Met Museum/
Heidi Klum was a living marble sculpture at this year's Met Gala

Klum shared videos and photos of her look on her social media, sharing her devotion for art and fashion in the caption. "I love fashion, I love art, and I especially love when the two collide," she wrote. 

"For this year’s Met Gala, Mike Marino transformed fabric into sculpture, manipulating latex and spandex with extraordinary precision to mirror the stillness, delicacy, and illusion of carved marble. Inspired by the timeless beauty of Veiled Vestal by Raffaelle Monti, this look blurs the line between fashion and fine art. A piece of fashion art, reimagined in motion. Every fold, every contour, every detail is intentional, capturing both strength and softness in a way that feels almost impossible. A one-of-a-kind design that doesn’t just dress the body, but elevates it into art itself."

The look comfortably fits into Klum's incredible repertoire of costumes, including looks as E.T., a peacock, Medusa, a worm, Fiona from "Shrek," and much more. 

Heidi Klum at The 2026 Met Gala Celebrating "Costume Art" held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Penske Media via Getty Images) © Michael Buckner
Klum wore grey contact lenses and painted her body for the look

Klum's commitment to her costumes

Klum hosts one of New York's most famous Halloween parties, wowing guests with her committed outfits that result in unrecognizable transformations. 

“I never take the easy way out,” she said in an interview with PEOPLE. “People say, ‘Why the heck are you doing this?’ I do it for the art of it, of transformation, of surprising people also. It’s like a life performance art thing in a way because you see so much AI and things are being photographed, repatched, this, that and the other.”

“I always try to come up with something that is giving people an ‘ooh’ and ‘ahh’ and a wow because I want to inspire people to also do something creative,” she shares.

Heidi Klum Halloween© GettyImages
Heidi Klum is the queen of Halloween

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