Effervescent Eileen Gu bursts onto Met Gala 2026 red carpet in dress made of 15K glass bubbles
Olympic freestyle skier Eileen Gu attended the 2026 Met Gala wearing a dress made of 15,000 glass bubbles designed by Iris van Herpen. The dress took 2,550 hours to make and featured technology that blended reality with art.
Eileen Gu, a 22-year-old Olympic freestyle skier, attended the 2026 Met Gala wearing a short bubble dress by Iris van Herpen. The dress was made of 15,000 glass bubbles and took 2,550 hours to create. Gu wore see-through heels and had dozens of bubbles floating around her. She is the most decorated free skier of all time, with six medals in six events at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics. Gu has also modeled for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, Louis Vuitton, Victoria's Secret, and Fendi. She has been under fire for representing China at the Olympics despite growing up in Northern California.
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