The Worst-Dressed Celebs At The 2026 LACMA Gala

While some celebrities came dressed to impress to the 2026 Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Art + Film Gala on November 7, 2026, others only impressed upon us the importance of finding better stylists. This benefit honors art, fashion, and film, but that doesn't mean every attendee looked stylish. Many celebrities made our worst-dressed list for their confusing, distracting, and downright unusual outfits.

Take Nicole Kidman, for example. Kidman has worn some amazing revenge dresses since her divorce from Keith Urban in January 2026, but her outfit here more closely resembled a damsel in distress than a confident queen. We've seen some truly awful red carpet outfits in 2026 so far, but from odd hemlines and fabric choices to strange styling, many of the ones at this year's LACMA Gala take the cake. Kudos to anyone who takes a big fashion swing, but they're not all winners.

Being included on this list doesn't mean these famous faces never have fashionable moments. It's just that their outfits-of-choice at the 2026 LACMA Gala were seriously lacking in one way or another. And who knows? Maybe one day they will even look back and agree that their outfit belonged on the worst-dressed list. In the meantime, you can get inspiration for what not to wear with these photos.

Naked dresses usually leave something to the imagination, but that wasn't really the case with Iris Law's see-through gown at the 2026 LACMA Art + Film Gala. Her dress consisted of tiny silver metallic squares sewn together with gaps between, and it might as well have been an invisible dress for how much of her body you could see underneath. A few pieces of fabric served as modesty panels, but otherwise, she was completely naked on the red carpet. It was bold, maybe, but not very creative.

Did Nadia Lee Cohen forget the main part of her outfit at the 2026 LACMA Art + Film Gala? She donned sheer black tights and oversized black feather stole that draped all the way to the floor, but the half-finished look was less sexy and more accidentally-left-the-house-without-getting-dressed. Although we loved the tall black pumps and sparkly clutch purse, they did nothing to make the ensemble more intentional. At least she had her oversized black sunglasses on to hide from any scrutiny of this look.

Benito Skinner wore black coveralls over his white shirt and black bowtie at the 2026 LACMA Art + Film Gala, and we have so many questions. Like, was he changing the oil in his car before walking the red carpet? Or did he forget to bring a spare jacket and pants? Skinner almost looked like a Ken doll who was being dressed by a toddler, because why else would he wear coveralls instead of a suit at a formal event? He's just missing scribbles on his face to complete the messy toy look.

Halloween is over, but Soo Joo Park still managed to scare us with her 2026 LACMA Art + Film Gala outfit. Her sheer black gown showed off her plain black bikini underwear, but that wasn't the weird part. Small black feathers were seemingly attached to every inch of the dress with invisible wire to create a mystical, floating look that followed her. The head-scratching outfit was a cross between Pigpen's dirty aura in "Peanuts" and Moira Rose's "The Crows Have Eyes III" outfit on "Schitt's Creek"  — and we can't imagine that's what she was going for.

"Mom, Alix is playing with the tinsel again!" We imagine that refrain was heard often in Alix Earle's home during the holiday season. After all, she seemingly still loves this sparkly Christmas decoration, as she wore a dress made entirely of tinsel-like strands at the 2026 LACMA Art + Film Gala. The barely-there outfit revealed side views of her breasts and her legs up to her hips, as well as her bare derriere. There was no sheer paneling, just skin on full display underneath the silver fringe. This outfit made a statement — of what, though, is unclear. 

Oh no, Cinderella forgot to change out of her tattered dress before the ball! Nicole Kidman's 2026 LACMA Art + Film Gala dress featured a tan burlap top that is more fitting for washing floors, paired with a full, cream tulle skirt, like her fairy godmother only had enough magic to transform half her dress. It's even stranger with a high-low hem and black strappy heels that don't match. If only we could scrub the image of this outfit from our minds the way Cinderella scrubbed those tiles.