Nicole Kidman Walks 2026 Met Gala With Sunday Rose Kidman Urban
Nicole Kidman arrived at the 2026 Met Gala as a co-chair and walked the carpet with sunday rose kidman urban, putting a mother-daughter fashion story at the center of one of the industry’s biggest nights. Kidman wore a red sequined Chanel ensemble; Sunday Rose wore a strapless pink dress with floral appliqués and matching earrings.
Chanel on the 2026 carpet
The 2026 Met Gala dress code was “Fashion Is Art,” and the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition was titled “Costume Art.” Kidman answered that brief with a red sequined long-sleeve number with feather details, while Sunday Rose arrived in a strapless pink look that kept the focus on silhouette and finish rather than excess.
Sunday Rose is 17, and her appearance gave the carpet a second layer of industry interest: she made her runway debut at Miu Miu’s spring/summer 2025 show during Paris Fashion Week. That puts her at the point where a one-night red-carpet appearance is no longer just a family moment; it reads as another step in a fashion profile that is already moving beyond association with her mother.
Sunday Rose at 17
“My mum is someone who has always been so creative and my biggest inspiration in life,” Sunday Rose said in a recent cover story profile with ELLE Australia. She added, “She’s a key part of everything I do.” Those lines fit the night’s setup: Kidman as co-chair, Sunday Rose beside her, and Chanel supplying the visual language for both looks.
2003 was Kidman’s Met Gala debut, so this year’s appearance also extends a run that has moved through multiple fashion eras without losing relevance. In March, Kidman told Variety about the way couture now sits inside awards-season spectacle: “Well, it ignited European couture for the carpet.” She also said, “It was never like that before. The clothes were nice, but the idea of combining the couture houses with something as prestigious as the Oscars? That’s just a given now.”
Kidman’s fashion runway
1997 remains the clearest example in her archive: the chartreuse John Galliano for Christian Dior gown she wore at the Oscars is still the reference point she used when talking about the evolution of red-carpet dressing. This 2026 Met Gala appearance lands in the same lane, only with a generational shift built in, as Sunday Rose’s own profile continues to take shape.
Kidman recently starred in the Prime Video adaptation of Scarpetta, and she is set to reprise her role alongside Sandra Bullock in Practical Magic 2. For now, the practical takeaway is simple: one of fashion’s highest-visibility carpets now features both Kidman’s long-running red-carpet authority and Sunday Rose’s early career momentum in the same Chanel frame.
