After six consecutive “no” RSVPs, Miley Cyrus returned to the Met Gala last year—in an ab-baring leather crop top and black ball skirt by Alaïa at that. Now that she’s broken her no-show streak, anticipation was high for what Cyrus would wear to the 2026 Met Gala .

Sadly, at 8:30 p.m., with the red carpet fashion wrapped and guests inside kicking off their stilettos and removing their inconvenient headpieces, Cyrus is officially a no-show at this year's fundraiser ball. Her sitting out of the 2026 Met Gala is a bummer, for sure. However, she's one of many A-listers who RSVP'd "no" to this year's event, including Zendaya and Meryl Streep .

Still, it would have been interesting to see her interpretation of the "Fashion Is Art" dress code, especially since Cyrus is known to be a fashion shapeshifter—she did, after all, play a teenage girl with a wig-wearing pop star alter ego for five years on Disney Channel. Last year’s Alaïa look also proved that there's simply no aesthetic she can't pull off.…