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Venus Williamshas made her grand entrance at the 2026 Met Gala. Thetennis legendis following in sisterSerena Williams’s footsteps tonight, as she is acting as co-chair for the evening—a position Serena held in 2009—alongside Beyoncé and Nicole Kidman.
The evening’s honorary chairs (and sponsors) are Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos, while the host committee includes Zoë Kravitz and Sabrina Carpenter.
Ahead of the ceremony, Williams made her way up the carpeted steps of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in a stunning black strapless gown with sparkles all over. But the real highlight of her look was the massive, elaborate necklace that acted as a breast plate, from Swarovski.
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Adding to the romance of the look, Williams had her hair styled in a rosette updo.
And adding to the romance of the moment, she walked the beige carpet with her husband,Andrea Preti, and the two could not stop kissing.
Her ensemble honored the dress code of the night, “Fashion Is Art,” inspired by the museum’s “Costume Art” exhibition, which explores the relationship between fashion, art, and the human body through history and through different artistic mediums, The show juxtaposes garments and works of art “to illuminate new connections,” the museum says.
Williams is a Met Gala veteran, having attended fashion’s biggest night several times over the years, including last year, for the "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" theme. Then, she put a high-fashion spin on the traditional tennis uniform in a forest-greentennis dress by Lacoste, which featured a pleated skirt that transformed into a long train in the back. She added further drama to the look with a matching green coat, decorated with shimmery black tasseled fringe.
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