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WNBA star Paige Bueckers revealed in an exclusive interview with E! News the hidden detail of her graffiti Coach suit that made her Met Gala 2026 look special for her.
Met Gala 2026: WNBA's Paige Bueckers Explains Masterpiece Painted Suit
Paige Bueckers is scoring some style points off the court.
As the WNBA star prepared to attend the 2026 Met Gala, she detailed the love she had for her custom three-piece Coach suit, which featured multicolored graffiti blotches and intricate beading across it.
“All the little details—the beads, the coloring, everything—came together perfectly for me,” Paige shared in E!'s By Design as part of Live From E! Stream: Met Gala. “To be you, express yourself in the way that you want to enjoy the process of making a beautiful masterpiece.”
Plus, the Dallas Wings guard emphasized that her look for the first Monday in May—co-chaired this year by Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour—had a special hidden detail.
“They are going to add an embroidery of the five [to the sleeve],” the 24-year-old said. “That's specific to me and my basketball number.”
Meanwhile, she noted, “For me, basketball is an art so I feel like it's just all of my worlds collabing and colliding. For this piece specifically, I really enjoyed how they put it together.”
As for how the look came to be? Paige’s stylist Jason Golden explained how he built upon the “classic suiting.”
“We wanted to do something, but then turn it up a notch and really kind of splash around with details,” he told E!. “The color choice that became very important was all of the intricate ways of placing the beading.”
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“So, there's that blue, the reds, the greens,” he added. It really became the focus of this beautiful landscape.”
After all, Jason believes that Paige was the perfect subject to style for the event.
“In order to get to art, you actually have to have a point of view,” he explained. “With Paige, her point of view is so iconic and so strong and so relevant right now. It was pretty easy to see this work of art come to life.”
Read on to look at all the celebrities who showed up and showed out at the 2026 Met Gala.
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Beyoncé
in custom Olivier Rousteing and Chopard jewelry.
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Rihanna
in Maison Margiela, Briony Raymond and Dyne jewelry.
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Kim Kardashian
in custom Allen Jones and Whitaker Malem and Christian Louboutin shoes.
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Bad Bunny
in custom Zara.
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Heidi Klum
in custom Mike Marino.
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Cardi B
in Marc Jacobs.
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Hailey Bieber
in custom Saint Laurent and Belperron jewelry.
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Blake Lively
in Atelier Versace and Lorraine Schwartz jewelry.
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Sabrina Carpenter
in Dior, Christian Louboutin shoes and Chopard jewelry.
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Anne Hathaway
in Michael Kors.
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Kylie Jenner
in custom Schiaparelli.
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Katy Perry
in Stella McCartney.
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Gigi Hadid
in custom Miu Miu and Jessica McCormack jewelry.
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Lisa
in Robert Wun.
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Teyana Taylor
in Tom Ford.
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Blue Ivy Carter
in Balenciaga.
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Kendall Jenner
in Gap Studio by Zac Posen and Buccellati jewelry.
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Doja Cat
in Saint Laurent.
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Margot Robbie
in Chanel.
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Sunday Rose Kidman Urban & Nicole Kidman
in Dior (Kidman Urban) and Chanel (Kidman).
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A$AP Rocky
in Chanel.
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Emily Blunt
in Ashi Studio and Mikimoto jewelry.
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Cher
in Burberry.
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Zoë Kravitz
in Saint Laurent.
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Suki Waterhouse
in Michael Kors.
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Tyla
in Valentino and Jacob & Co. jewelry.
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Jeremy Pope
in Vivienne Westwood.
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Ayo Edebiri
in Chanel.
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Irina Shayk
in Alexander Wang.
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Colman Domingo
in Valentino and OMEGA watch.
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