Stevie Nicks walked the Met Gala carpet for the first time Monday night, and she did it in a custom Zara dress designed by John Galliano. The midnight blue silk taffeta gown came with a matching velvet jacket, a crinoline silhouette and an overlay skirt embroidered with tulle and chiffon roses in appliqué.
She finished the look with a bohemian top hat adorned with feathers, made in collaboration with milliner Stephen Jones. It was a debut that landed with the kind of theatrical confidence that has long defined Nicks, who has spent decades as one of the major style inspirations for generations of women and a few men.
Nicks had never walked the carpet at the Met Gala before Met Gala 2026, making Monday night her first appearance at the event. The timing also placed her in the middle of a busy stretch around her music career, including a national tour marking the 25th anniversary of her 2001 album Trouble in Shangri-La.
The dress carried an added layer of fashion-world intrigue because Galliano earlier in 2026 announced that he would be designing a collection for Zara. But the looks he created for Nicks and Marta Ortega Perez were independent from that forthcoming Zara collection, separating the gala moment from the retailer’s broader plans.
That distinction matters because the Met Gala has a way of turning one-off outfits into signals about where fashion is headed, and Nicks arrived in a look that was unmistakably hers rather than a preview of what comes next. On Friday, she thanked Sheryl Crow for her friendship and posted a video of “Sorcerer,” a reminder that she remains publicly tied to the music and relationships that have kept her in view even as Fleetwood Mac questions keep circulating.
In March, Lindsay Buckingham hinted at a potential Fleetwood Mac reunion in a podcast appearance and said a documentary on the band and its long-running collaboration is still in the pipeline. For now, though, the headline is simpler: Stevie Nicks did finally make her Met Gala debut, and she used it to show that her image still carries enough force to turn a first walk up the carpet into a statement.