On the first Monday in May, the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art were transformed into a hand-painted stone pathway, serving as the entrance to fashion’s most-watched night. It’s fashion’s Super Bowl, if you will, and a fundraiser for the Costume Institute. Designers dressed guests, who were hand-picked by Vogue magazine’s longtime editor Anna Wintour, for the night’s theme, “Fashion is Art,” tied to the Costume Institute’s spring 2026 exhibition, Costume Art.