Lisa! Botticelli! Nicole Kidman! Everybody Had Extra-Long Hair at the 2026 Met Gala

Reported by Vogue.

The 2026 Met Gala had a clear beauty thesis: the longer, the better. While the fashion world obsessed over gowns and gloves, the real throughline on the carpet was hair — cascading, dramatic, and unapologetically extra-long. According to Vogue, the look landed squarely in Botticelli territory, and honestly? The comparison holds.

Co-chair Nicole Kidman set the tone early, arriving alongside her daughter Sunday Rose in nearly matching lengths — a mother-daughter moment made possible by shared hairstylist Adir Abergel. From there, the long-hair contingent only expanded. Charli xcx kept her dark waves in a romantic half-up, half-down style (the evening's second-most-recurring motif), handled by stylist Matt Benns. Amanda Seyfried went sleek with her version — courtesy of Renato Campora — while Zoë Kravitz took the same silhouette somewhere more textured and braided, with Nikki Nelms suspected behind the look.

Hair as Accessory, Accessory as Statement

Some guests didn't stop at length. Katy Perry and Lisa both used their long tresses as a foundation for something bigger — Perry layered hers under a metallic mask, Lisa beneath a sculptural veil. The effect reframed hair not as backdrop but as an active design element, which felt very much in line with the Gala's theatrical energy. Alex Consani and Rachel Zegler rounded out the long-hair roster, keeping the trend in heavy rotation well past the carpet's golden hour.

Whether these lengths were extensions or natural growth is almost beside the point. The styling intention was consistent: more. More drama, more movement, more presence. In a room built on visual spectacle, hair became its own costume — and the women wearing it treated it accordingly.

When the whole room agrees that length is power, that's not a trend — that's a directive.

Read the original at Vogue.