Damson Idris Debuts Rainbow Maxi Necklace at 2026 Met Gala
damson idris wore a one-of-a-kind Rainbow Maxi Necklace he designed himself at the 2026 Met Gala, giving his own fine jewelry line a public reveal on one of fashion’s most watched red carpets. The piece arrived with an 18-karat gold trace chain and 18 different precious and semi-precious stones.
Rainbow Maxi Necklace details
The necklace was the clearest statement in his look: it was not borrowed styling, but an in-house design from Idris, who runs DIDRIS and is known for designing his own jewelry. For a performer building a jewelry business alongside his screen work, the Met Gala offered the sort of visibility that can move a brand from niche recognition to broad exposure without a separate launch campaign.
Idris also wore a custom black leather coat with red poplin tuxedo cuff detailing, an antiqued red leather top, black leather trousers, and matching lace-up derby shoes. That head-to-toe Prada alignment fits his role as a Prada house ambassador, but the necklace kept the attention on his own label rather than the runway house that dressed the rest of the look.
From DIDRIS to the Met Gala
Last year, Idris introduced the first piece from DIDRIS at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual fundraiser for the Costume Institute, a set of brooches resembling a pocket watch. That debut carried an 11-carat emerald, 18 channel-cut tourmalines, and 238 tsavorites and diamonds, showing that his jewelry work has already moved beyond a one-off accessory into a repeatable design language.
Earlier this year, Idris said his mother and her experience in the jewelry industry pushed him toward design, and he called breaking into high-end jewelry a “real trial.” He also said, “The first [designer] shoes I ever bought were Prada, so it was a seamless connection,” and added, “But everything else often felt like a money grab, and I see that with a lot of my peers too. No shade, they get into alcohol and they get into this, they get into that. But where is the story? The story is everything.”
January 2027 roles
The necklace gives DIDRIS another public proving ground before Idris returns to screen work, with Children of Blood and Bone slated for release in January 2027. He is also attached to play Miles Davis in Bill Pohlad’s Miles & Julietet, which keeps his profile split between acting and the jewelry business he has been steadily building.
For readers tracking where Idris’s brand goes next, the practical takeaway is simple: the Met Gala look was not just styling, it was a product demonstration. If DIDRIS is going to grow, this is the kind of placement that does the work—major visibility, direct authorship, and a piece with enough design detail to stand on its own.
