Eileen Gu wears 15K glass bubbles to Met Gala 2026
She regarded adore-bubble.
Olympic freestyle skier Eileen Gu put an effervescent spin on the 2026 Met Gala theme of “Costume Artwork.”
The 22-year-old mannequin — who nabbed two silvers and a gold on the 2026 Winter Olympics in February — wore a surprising quick bubble gown by Iris van Herpen, a Dutch designer recognized for distinctive “tech-couture” appears to be like that mix excessive style with modern know-how, on the crimson carpet Monday.
“I’ve 15,000 glass bubbles on me,” Gu informed ESPNW of the distinct gown. “It took 2,550 hours to make. There’s know-how below the gown that permits actuality to form of come along with artwork. It’s a play on surrealism, it’s a play on motion, it’s a play on nature, on enjoyable, on whimsy.”
She additionally wore see-through heels and, apart from a small pair of earrings partially hid by her stylish, messy updo, her solely equipment have been dozens of bubbles floating up into the air round her.
When requested why sports activities are artwork by ESPNW, the veteran athlete merely replied, “It’s about self-expression. It’s about breaking boundaries and about being the truest model of your self.
Gu first attended the Met Gala in 2021, sporting a romantic quick black-and-white Carolina Herrera bubble gown with black heels and a daring crimson lip. The next yr, she took an edgier flip in a strapless leather-based Louis Vuitton mini gown with a plunging neckline, metallic belt and excessive black leather-based boots.
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Regardless of being in her early 20s, Gu is essentially the most adorned free skier of all time, securing six medals in six occasions on the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics.
Off the paths, nevertheless, Gu has repeatedly been below hearth for representing her mom’s native China on the Olympics, regardless of rising up in Northern California and majoring in worldwide relations at Stanford College.
Earlier this yr, she stated she was “bodily assaulted,” robbed and acquired dying threats on campus.
The multi-faceted mannequin is signed IMG and has appeared in Sports activities Illustrated Swimsuit 2025 problem, represented Louis Vuitton, Victoria’s Secret and Fendi, and graced the covers of the Chinese language editions of Cosmopolitan and Vogue.
