Sabrina Carpenter Wears Dress Made From Photo Film Stips to Met Gala
The custom Dior gown used film strips from Billy Wilder’s 1954 movie Sabrina and featured rhinestones and a title-card headpiece.
- On Monday, Sabrina Carpenter arrived at the 2026 Met Gala wearing a custom Dior dress crafted entirely from film strips. Designed by creative director Jonathan Anderson, the halter-neck gown paid homage to cinema and filmmaking.
- The Met Gala's 'Fashion Is Art' theme invited celebrity guests to explore fashion as an embodied art form and reference depictions of the dressed body throughout art history. Carpenter used her appearance to pay tribute to cinema.
- Her gown featured multiple layers of film from Billy Wilder's 1954 movie Sabrina, starring Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, and William Holden. Carpenter's vintage skull cap displayed the film's title card, paired with Christian Louboutin heels and more than 48 carats of Chopard diamonds.
- Online discussion questioned whether the materials were archival, with one Redditor arguing the 'film' was specially produced rather than sourced from the original 1954 print. A second Redditor suggested the strips are a modern 'safety print' made on polyester film.
- Modern film stock is far more stable and less flammable than acetate film from the 1950s, making it safer and more practical for fashion. "It's all made of film, which is my dream," Carpenter told Vogue, calling the dress a personal vision.
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