Kim Kardashian has always been the queen of maternity looks at the Met Gala.
Hours before fashion’s biggest night on May 4, 2026, the reality star surprised fans with a maternity photo as she looked back on all of her iconic Met Gala looks while preparing for her 13th consecutive appearance this year.
“Loading year 13…” she captioned the post, confirming that she will be walking the Met Gala red carpet this year after skipping last year.
The first photo was of Kardashian’s very first Met Gala look in 2013, when she was pregnant with her and husband Kanye West’s first child, North West. For her Met Gala debut, Kim wore a custom Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci dress created in floral printed jersey.
The second photo showed the mother of four trying on her 2014 Met Gala dress – a strapless blue Lanvin dress with a black belt and thigh-high slit.
The SKIMS founder stepped up her game the following year in a sheer crystal-embroidered Roberto Cavalli gown with feather detailing and a long train, all of which was 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 outdo herself in the years that followed.
In 2016, she stunned with a futuristic Balmain look, which she described as a “sexy, blingy robot.”
After her robbery in Paris in October 2016, Kardashian was hesitant to wear a lot of jewelry for the 2017 Met Gala, keeping things simple in an off-the-shoulder Vivienne Westwood Couture corset dress.
However, she raised the temperature again in 2018 — just 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 to date, featuring a custom Thierry Mugler dress with the vision of her as “this California girl coming out of the ocean, wet, dripping.” A few days later, she welcomed her fourth child, Psalm West, via surrogate.
At the first Met Gala since the pandemic in 2021, Kardashian turned heads in an all-black Balenciaga dress, featuring a full face mask and gloves to cover her entire body. It 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, earning her plenty of backlash.
In 2023, she dazzled with a custom Schiaparelli haute couture creation by Daniel Roseberry featuring a draped skirt and top adorned with more than 50,000 freshwater pearls and 16,000 crystal beads.
The 2024 Met Gala saw Kardashian bring back her cinched-waist look with a silver corset and lace train adorned with leaves and floral accents. 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 fans on the edge of their seats with what she has planned this year.
