Cher attends the 2026 Met Gala in Burberry.Photo: Getty Images
Would it even be the 2026 Met Gala without an iconic diva sighting? Tonight, legendary singer Cher arrived at the event in grand style, marking her first time attending the Met in over than a decade.
Her bold look was well worth the 10-year wait: Cher returned to the Met steps wearing a custom look by Burberry’s Daniel Lee. Created in close collaboration with her (equally legendary) stylist Patti Wilson, they created a black silk-tulle twisted dress, complete with a leather corset and a cropped leather jacket with crystal embellishments. (It is Cher, after all.)
Thinking that the design looks a little familiar? That’s because Cher referenced herself. Her Burberry design this evening referenced an iconic Met dress that she wore back in 1974, designed by her close friend and frequent collaborator Bob Mackie. (It’s now one of her most famous dresses.)
Cher’s 1974 Met Gala dress.
A longtime champion of the naked dress, it only made sense that Cher would own the look tonight—given the new spring exhibition from the Met, “Costume Art,” explores the intersection of fashion and the human body.
This, of course, was not Cher’s first time attending the Met Gala: She is a veteran at delivering memorable (and always totally glamorous) red carpet looks at the annual event. The iconic diva first attended the Met back in 1986 with Mackie, while in 2015, she attended “China: Through the Looking Glass” with the designer Marc Jacobs as her date.
A sketch of Burberry’s Met Gala look for Cher.
In 2019, meanwhile, Cher even served as the surprise performer for the “Camp”-themed year. While we wish we could have witnessed her sing “Believe” in the Met’s Temple of Dendur, seeing her shut down the step and repeat tonight came as a very close second.
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