The artist behind Emma Chamberlain’s Met Gala gown on why it took 40 hours to paint

‘There was a lot of materiality in the work, and that’s what Emma wanted: to literally feel like she’s a painting,’ artist Anna Deller-Yee says. 

[Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images/The Met Museum/Vogue]

When influencer, podcaster, and entrepreneur Emma Chamberlain stepped out on the carpet at the 2026 Met Gala, it was in a swirl of acrylic ink and thick, glossy paint. She looked like a painting come to life—as if, with each next step, a prismatic smear of color might follow in her wake. 

Chamberlain was wearing a custom-made Mugler gown by creative director Miguel Castro Freitas. But what lay on top of the dress’s expert construction is what........

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