Last year, the Met Gala, a fundraiser for the Costume Institute, brought in a record $31m Last updated: May 03, 2026 | 23:30 Designs in the "Pregnant Body" section are displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute exhibition, "Costume Art," on Saturday, May 2, 2026, in New York. AP One of the first sights we see in “Costume Art,” the new fashion exhibit to be launched at Monday’s Met Gala, is a glittering column gown by Dolce & Gabbana, its shimmering gold sequins surrounding an image of Aphrodite. The Greek goddess stands on a pedestal, holding a golden apple bestowed on her for her beauty — a classic ideal of beauty as old as, well, ancient Greece. Get updated faster and for  FREE : Download the  Gulf News  app now - simply  click here . But the idea of “Costume Art,” which examines the dressed body through centuries of art history, is not to celebrate the classical form.…