For decades, Stevie Nicks has been a major style inspiration for generations of women and a few men. But until Met Gala 2026, the former Fleetwood Mac songbird has never walked the carpet at this event. On Monday night, she walked the carpet wearing a custom Zara dress designed by John Galliano.
Her midnight blue silk taffeta gown with a matching velvet jacket and a crinoline silhouette didn’t feel totally disparate from any stage ensemble the Black Magic Woman might wear.
The overlay skirt was embroidered with appliqué tulle and chiffon roses. And her bohemian top hat, complete with feather adornments, was made in collaboration with milliner Stephen Jones, who has designed others for her (and features the “412 Stevie,” which he says refers to his muse).
Galliano himself wore a tuxedo from Saville Row tailor Anderson & Sheppard. Earlier this year, Galliano announced that he would be designing a collection for Zara, but the looks he designed for Nicks and fellow guest Marta Ortega Perez, the chairwoman of Zara’s parent company Inditex, are not part of his forthcoming collection.
This year, Nicks has been celebrating the 25th anniversary of her classic 2001 album Trouble in Shangri-La with a national tour. On Friday, she thanked Sheryl Crow for her friendship and posted a video of “Sorcerer,” the song they collaborated on for the album. In a March podcast appearance, her former bandmate Lindsay Buckingham hinted at a potential reunion and mentioned that a documentary on Fleetwood Mac and their long-running collaboration is still in the pipeline.
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