How Co-Chairs Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman Broke Met Gala Rules

Blue Ivy Carter, 14, Makes Breathtaking Met Gala 2026 Debut Alongside Mom Beyoncé

Next year, if you’re seeking a little special treatment at the Met Gala, all you have to do is be a co-chair.

While there aren’t too many hard-and-fast rules these days, especially since Kylie Jenner flushed the no-selfie mandate with a group bathroom pic in 2017 and the annual benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute installed its own Instagram booth, there was theoretically an age restriction as far as how old you had to be to attend.

But, first co-chair Nicole Kidman, wearing red sequined Chanel, hit the steps May 4 with her 17-year-old daughter Sunday Rose, technically an infraction of the you-must-be-18-to-enter rule. At least Nicole and Keith Urban‘s eldest daughter will be 18 in two months, on July 8.

And then, co-chair Beyoncé and Jay-Z showed up with their 14-year-old daughter Blue Ivy Carter in tow. So, really, the so-called rules were more like… suggestions. (See the looks worn by stars of all ages on the Met Gala carpet.)

Blue made her Met Gala debut in Balenciaga, while her ever show-stopping mama was clad in Olivier Rousteing.

The Oscar winner said on Las Culturistas in March that she was “so, so happy” to join her daughter, who “loves fashion.”

As for the 58-year-old, “I just get to be there for Beyoncé.”

Explaining the meaning behind her vibrant pink dress, with textured flowers, Sunday Rose told Vogue on the steps that she “wanted to symbolize something blooming” since it was her first Met Gala.