All is fair in love and war, but Simone Ashley is the victor of the 2026 Met Gala red carpet.
Celebrating the “Costume Art” exhibit’s focus on the dressed body, the Bridgerton star ascended the iconic steps at New York City’s Metropolitan of Art wearing only threaded silver chains on May 4.
Simone completed the nearly-naked look with bejeweled bracelets and chandelier earrings, dazzling like a diamond of the season. (Click here to see all the Met Gala fashion.)
And this isn’t the 31-year-old’s first time at fashion’s biggest night. She made her debut in 2022, stepping out in a bronzed bodice and black skirt with a dramatic train from Moschino as a nod to that year’s “Gilded Glamour” theme.
Simone returned two years later with a blue sequin gown by Prabal Gurung and a Rapunzel-like, knee-length hairdo in keeping with 2024 Met Gala’s “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” exhibit.
“The original idea was to create floor-length, super long hair inspired by Cher,” her hairstylist Shon Hyungsun Ju told Vogue at the time, “but I adapted it as I was more inspired by Botticelli hair—more like a goddess with soft waves.”
