Kim Kardashian was always the queen of Met Gala pregnancy looks.
Hours before fashion’s biggest night on May 4, 2026, the reality TV star surprised fans with a pregnancy photo as she recalled all of her iconic Met Gala looks as she prepared for her 13th consecutive appearance this year.
“Loading year 13…” she captioned the post, confirming that she will be gracing the Met Gala red carpet this year after skipping last year.
The first photo was from Kardashian’s first Met Gala appearance in 2013, when she was pregnant with her and then-husband Kanye West’s first child, North West. For her Met Gala debut, Kim wore a custom Givenchy dress by Riccardo Tisci created with a floral-print sweater.
The second image showed the mother of four trying on her 2014 Met Gala dress: a strapless blue Lanvin dress with a black waistband and thigh-high slit.
The SKIMS founder stepped up her game the following year in a sheer Roberto Cavalli dress embroidered with crystals, feather details and a long train, with the entire look inspired by Cher.
At the time she was pregnant with her second child, Saint West, who was born on December 5, 2015.
Kardashian continued to outshine herself in the years that followed.
In 2016, she stunned with a futuristic Balmain look, which she described as a “sexy, shiny robot.”
After her Paris robbery in October 2016, Kardashian was hesitant to wear a lot of jewelry to the 2017 Met Gala, keeping things simple in an off-the-shoulder Vivienne Westwood Couture corset dress.
However, she turned up the heat again in 2018, months after welcoming her third child, Chicago West, in a custom gold chainmail Versace dress with embroidered crosses.
2019 was one of Kardashian’s most memorable looks yet, wearing a custom Thierry Mugler dress with the vision of her as “this California girl coming out of the ocean, wet and dripping.” A few days later, she welcomed her fourth child, Psalm West, through a surrogate.
At the first Met Gala since the pandemic in 2021, Kardashian turned heads in an all-black Balenciaga dress, which included a full face mask and full-body gloves. That was also the year she filed for divorce from Ye.
The following year, Kardashian attended the Met Gala with her then-boyfriend Pete Davidson, wearing an iconic Marilyn Monroe dress that generated a lot of negative reactions.
In 2023, she stunned in a custom Schiaparelli couture design by Daniel Roseberry featuring a draped skirt and top embellished with more than 50,000 freshwater pearls and 16,0000 crystal pearls.
At the 2024 Met Gala, Kardashian brought back her cinched-waist look with a silver corset and lace train with leaves and floral details. The dress was a custom Margiela by John Galliano.
After skipping the 2025 Met Gala, Kardashian, who entered a new chapter in her life after starting a relationship with Lewis Hamilton, now has her fans on the edge of their seats with what she has planned this year.
