The Priciest, Most Unbelievable Jewelry at the 2026 Met Gala — Including a Jaw-Dropping $15 Million Necklace

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Where some celebrities went for the "less is more" motif, these stars went for the "more is more" angle and left us speechless.

Celebrities such as Beyoncé, Rihanna and Sabrina Carpenter not only decided to wear bold ensembles, they then topped their gala attire with some eye-popping gems worth gazillions of dollars. Still more attendees, such as Sudha Reddy and Isha Ambani, dug into their personal archives and brought out rare gems we might never see otherwise.

From $15 million necklaces from personal jewelry boxes, to intricate headpieces, to one-of-a-kind body necklaces, see the most dramatic (and eye-poppingly expensive) pieces of jewelry at the 2026 Met Gala.

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Beyoncé

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Queen Bey wasn't shy about letting everyone know who reigns supreme as her head-to-toe bejeweled Olivier Rousteing look came with crown to match. And that's to say nothing of the hundreds of carats of Chopard diamonds and emeralds she wore on her neck, wrists and ears.

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Isha Ambani

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Isha Ambani had our jaws on the floor as she pulled up to the Met Gala in this custom Gaurav Gupta. The most fascinating spec about the look is that it was embroidered using one-of-a-kind stones from her mother Nita Ambani's private collection, including 200 old mine cut diamonds and a cascade of emeralds across the back "that used to be the Nizam's." (We'll let her show it off best, below.) And if that weren't enough? She added one more Lorraine Schwartz choker featuring a 50-carat emerald previously seen on Angelina Jolie's ring finger at the 2009 Oscars.

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Anne Hathaway

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We're sure Bulgari global ambassador Anne Hathaway was spoiled for choice when it came to the jewelry she was going to wear for the Met Gala. However, this simple, yet, dramatic gold necklace with 35 carats of pavé diamonds perfectly coordinated with her Michael Kors Collection gown.

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Dwayne Johnson

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According to GQ, Dwayne Johnson selected the most expensive watch ever worn to the Met Gala— a Jacob & Co. "Billionaire III" timepiece worth $3.3 million. Not content to let his wrist have all the fun, he also picked a Manish Malhotra High Jewelry diamond and emerald brooch.

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Lisa

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It was all hands on deck for BLACKPINK's Lisa, whose custom Robert Wu dripped in 66,960 embroidered Swarovski crystals. But that was far from the only sparkle; just check out her Bulgari High Jewelry sapphire-and-diamond pieces, including a necklace with a 50-carat oval cut cabochon sapphire.

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Rihanna

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We couldn't have said it better than A$AP Rocky, who described his love as "shining bright like a diamond" as they made their way through the red carpet. For her 11th appearance at the Met Gala, Rihanna wore a dramatic Maison Margiela gown, whose center appeared to be dripping in jewels, complementing the rings and and other sparklers she put on for the night (by Fred Leighton, Briony Raymond, DYNE and Desert Diamonds by Glenn Spiro, as well as custom metal pin curls created by Jennifer Behr).

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Nia Long

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Nia Long knows how to make a statement — just check out the unbelievable Colombian emeralds adorning the Leviev collar and earrings she wore.

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Sabrina Carpenter

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Sabrina Carpenter went meta for the "Fashion Is Art" dress code, wearing a dress made of rhinestone-studded film strips depicting scenes from the 1954 film Sabrina. Not only was the look ultra-creative, it was ultra-blinged out: She attached two Chopard diamond necklaces, about 50 carats each, to the dress, then added 10-carat diamond earrings and a jeweled headpiece for extra sparkle.

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Emily Blunt

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Emily Blunt proved the Devil was in the details, wearing a one-of-a-kind $500,000 Mikimoto pearl body necklace on top of her black Ashi Studios ensemble. The necklace includes thousands of Akoya pearls and at the center is 21.85-carat pear-shaped morganite, surrounded by 45.97 carats of diamonds.

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Russell Wilson

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Russell Wilson and his wife Ciara both were gilded from top to toe, and he had a particularly impressive jewelry stack, from his $1.5 million Jacob & Co. watch to his $2.4 million Ashoka diamond tennis necklace by the brand, plus more diamonds by Grown Brilliance, Vobara and Miraki.

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Keke Palmer

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For her return to the Met Gala this year, Keke Palmer accessorized her red-hot, strapless, off-the-shoulder dress with a Wempe necklace. It was a deceptively simple style which featured more than 1,200 diamonds. It was set in 257 grams of 18-karat rose gold, and took more than 300 hours to create by hand, for a cool price tag of $1 million.

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Connor Storrie

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Before Connor Storrie rendered us speechless with his chiseled-to-perfection biceps, the star looked very dapper in his custom Saint Laurent suit, accented by just the right amount of jewels — including an Omega watch as well as silver and ruby Tiffany & Co. brooches.

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Amanda Seyfried

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Amanda Seyfried channeled her inner princess in a powder pink Prada number and matching regal updo. To elevate the look even more, she accessorized with Tiffany & Co. diamond-and-aquamarine earrings and a bold statement necklace featuring blue zircon, emerald and diamonds.

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Suki Waterhouse

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Suki Waterhouse brought out her inner goddess in a blush pink Michael Kors Collection gown accented by Boucheron's diamond leaf tiara, matching cuff and rings.

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Jisoo

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Jisoo accented her garden scene-inspired Dior with an equally elegant necklace from Cartier: a choker from 1905 stitched onto pink velvet, worn with vintage diamond ear clips from the brand.

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Sudha Reddy

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Indian billionaire, businesswoman and philanthropist Sudha Reddy did not hold back when it came to showing off her enviable jewelry collection. She accessorized her Manish Malhotra ensemble with a jaw-dropping $15 million necklace from her personal archives. Her stylist Mariel Haenn told PEOPLE the piece features a Victorian-finished chain of large triangular and pear-shaped rose-cut diamonds set in floral clusters. At the center of the piece, sits the "Queen of Merelani" — a 550-carat deep violet-blue tanzanite pendant that comes from Tanzania's Merelani Hills.

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Venus Williams

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Venus Williams accessorized her Swarovski look the only way a tennis legend would. Her entire look was inspired by painting of her, commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery and created by Robert Pruitt. The necklace, specifically, "is a re-creation of the Wimbledon-plate-inspired necklace seen in the painting, incorporating symbols of her family and career along with nods to the historic fight for equal pay in tennis and to the sport’s early Black champions," reported Vogue.

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Rosé

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Tiffany & Co. house ambassador Rosé matched the bird motif on her Saint Lauren gown with a winged-effect Tiffany & Co. necklace that featured an exceptional 4-carat center stone.

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