Vittoria Ceretti opted for a sculptural look at the 2026 Met Gala on Monday.

Ceretti’s gown was designed by Wes Gordon, creative director of Carolina Herrera . Gordon approached the “Fashion Is Art” dress code through structure rather than ornament, drawing on one of the exhibition’s central propositions — the Classical Body — as an architectural starting point.

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“The theme pushed me toward sculpture, but more as a way of thinking than as a mood board. Classical works have this incredible sense of proportion. Everything is deliberate. That’s what I was after. The fabric moves with the body rather than sitting on top of it.…