Vittoria Ceretti at the 2026 Met Gala

An interpretation of this year’s theme, Fashion as Art, the starting point was Greek sculpture: not its idealism, but its clarity. The tension between something fixed and something that still suggests movement.

“With Vittoria, there's a natural clarity in how she moves, so the process became very collaborative—we were adjusting the drape directly on her, in real time. The classical body stopped being something idealized and became something lived-in.”

- Wes Gordon, Carolina Herrera Creative Director