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Sabrina Carpenter in Dior Filmstrip Gown at 2026 Met Gala

Published 5 May 2026

Sabrina Carpenter turned heads on the red carpet at the 2026 Met Gala, arriving at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday in a custom Dior gown crafted from actual filmstrips of the 1954 film Sabrina. The slit tulle dress, designed by Dior creative director Jonathan Anderson, wrapped her body in rhinestone-encrusted strips featuring stills of Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, and William Holden. A matching headpiece centered a pendant with the film's title card on her forehead, complementing her Old Hollywood-style hair in soft barrel curls arranged to evoke a faux bob.

"It's all made of film, which is my dream," Carpenter told a Vogue correspondent on the Met steps. "It's from the movie Sabrina, which is one of my favorite films of all time." She paired the gown with Chopard Haute Joaillerie pieces, including earrings set with 9.59 carats of diamonds, rings with 2.46 carats and additional diamonds from the Ice Cube collection, and necklaces totaling over 100 carats of diamonds draped from her dress. Black platform heels from Christian Louboutin and bejeweled hand chains completed the look, styled by her longtime collaborator Jared Ellner. Her black French...

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