Eileen Gu's Met Gala Dress Took More Than 2,500 Hours To Make

Eileen Gu was among several standout athletes at the 2026 Met Gala on Monday evening. The annual event, hosted by Anna Wintour, raises money for the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (or 'the Met') in New York City. The dress code for Monday night's event was 'Fashion is Art,’ ...

by The Spun
Eileen Gu's Met Gala Dress Took More Than 2,500 Hours To Make

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Eileen Gu was among several standout athletes at the 2026 Met Gala on Monday evening.

The annual event, hosted by Anna Wintour, raises money for the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (or 'the Met') in New York City. The dress code for Monday night's event was 'Fashion is Art,’ inviting guests to express their own relationship to fashion as an embodied art form and celebrate the countless depictions of the dressed body throughout art history," per an official statement.

Gu, 22, rocked quite the outfit. Her outfit has more than 15,000 glass bubbles and took 2,550 hours to make.

Seriously.

Gu, who competed at the 2026 Winter Olympics for China, is one of the most-decorated female skiers of all-time.

She stood out at the Met Gala on Monday evening.

Fans loved her iconic outfit

"This is so cool I thought it was ai," one wrote.

"This is the coolest dress ever," one shared.

"My favorite dress," one added.

"This one was the best outfit of all time so far🫧," another added.

"It’s so cute like a childhood dress came true❤️but how do you sit in that dress?" another wondered.

The Met Gala has a lot of controversial outfits, but fans seemed to agree that Gu's was a perfect choice on Monday night.

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