PEOPLE confirmed the engagement on April 27 after the couple shared the news with a small circle. Jewelry specialist Laura Taylor told PEOPLE she believes the stone may be an elongated cushion-cut diamond set in yellow gold with a smooth bezel-style setting, roughly five to six carats, and similar in overall size to a ring Kravitz previously wore. Photos from April 19 and April 21 in London first sparked speculation when she was seen wearing a prominent ring on her left ring finger.
The 2026 gala, co-chaired by Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour, followed the "Fashion Is Art" theme tied to the Met's "Costume Art" exhibition. Kravitz has been a Met regular since 2008, attended with parents Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet in 2015, and has leaned on Saint Laurent for standout red-carpet moments — once answering criticism with a body-positive line: "Being uncomfortable with the human body is colonization / brainwashing."