Dwayne Johnson Wears Skirt at 2026 Met Gala Debut

Dwayne Johnson made his debut at the 2026 Met Gala on Monday evening, turning heads on the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City by wearing a custom Thom Browne ensemble featuring a black mohair tailcoat, bow tie and pleated skirt.

The 54-year-old actor and former wrestler arrived hand-in-hand with his wife, Lauren Hashian, who coordinated in a matching look from the American designer. Johnson explained the outfit's inspiration to reporters, tying it to his Polynesian heritage through his Samoan mother. "I feel great," he said. When Thom Browne's team shared initial sketches featuring the skirt, Johnson recalled telling them, "Look, in our culture, Polynesian culture, we rock lavalavas, we rock skirts. The most masculine men, not that I'm one of them, but the most masculine men wear lavalavas and skirts."

A lavalava is a traditional rectangular cloth worn as a wraparound skirt in Polynesian and Oceanic cultures, often by men in settings from school uniforms to business attire. The tailcoat incorporated more than 350 meters of hand-pleated silk ribbons in a skeletal composition, according to the designer. Johnson's stylist noted that the choice subverted...