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Karla Welch<\/a> was only supposed to style two people for the 2026 Met Gala<\/a>. She ended up with six: Sarah Paulson<\/a>, Tessa Thompson<\/a>, Olivia Wilde, Greta Gerwig, Karlie Kloss, and Misty Copeland<\/a>.<\/p>\n Welch is the fashion equivalent to a Swiss Army knife. Known as a prolific celebrity stylist, she has<\/p>\n done a bit of everything, be that styling Kamala Harris<\/a> while she campaigned alongside Joe Biden and during the better part of her vice presidency; founding the Period Company, a period underwear brand; and starting an app, Wishi, a personal-styling service that connects users with experts for wardrobe advice and shopping recommendations. Welch is also behind some of today\u2019s best-dressed women: Paulson, Thompson, Tracee Ellis Ross<\/a>, and Renate Reinsve.<\/p>\n Just over one week before this year\u2019s Met Gala, Welch posted a TikTok\u2014she\u2019s an enthusiastic social media user\u2014in which she said she\u2019d just been informed that one of her A-list clients was attending the festivities. How does one pull off the presumably gargantuan task of putting together a Met-worthy look in a week?<\/p>\n I called Welch up last Wednesday to find out\u2014and to demystify other aspects of Met Gala dressing.<\/p>\n This interview has been lightly edited and condensed.<\/em><\/p>\n Jos\u00e9 Criales-Unzueta: Karla, let\u2019s start with a vibe check. How are you feeling? You posted about a client confirming last-minute.<\/strong><\/p>\n Karla Welch:<\/strong> I\u2019m a lot of Met Balls in, so it\u2019s kind of the same every year. You kind of feel like you have it under control, but you also know you\u2019re not actually getting it done until the weekend before. We roll at the last minute because that\u2019s how it is. The Met is a really specific task. You just get as ready as you can. But I always like to say this ain\u2019t my first rodeo.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s myth bust a little bit here, because there is a lot of lore around dressing for the Met. It\u2019s all very fair and a lot of it is based on information passed on from tweet to tweet. What do you think people understand the least about this process?<\/strong><\/p>\n I mean, all of it [laughs<\/em>]. In one of your headlines<\/a> you asked if we still needed stylists. I thought, No one who knows a stylist is going to write that headline.<\/p>\n