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Met Gala 2025: India바카라s Boldest Red Carpet Yet Marries Tradition With Tailoring

The dress code for the 2025 Met Gala바카라바카라Tailored For You바카라바카라marked a rare menswear-centric brief, coinciding with the Costume Institute바카라s exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, inspired by Monica L. Miller바카라s work on Black dandyism. This year바카라s gala placed the politics of fit, fabric, and formality in sharp focus. Indian presence was marked by a series of firsts: the first Indian designers to walk the carpet, the first leading male actor from India to attend, and a broader showing that brought South Asian couture into direct dialogue with Western tailoring traditions. From Sabyasachi to Thom Browne, the ensembles reflected a broad바카라and sometimes competing바카라range of interpretations on what it means to be 바카라tailored바카라 on the world바카라s most watched red carpet.

Shah Rukh Khan_Met Gala celeb fashion outfit
Shah Rukh Khan | Photo: Michael Loccisano/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images

Making his Met Gala debut, Shah Rukh Khan wore a custom black sherwani-inspired suit by Sabyasachi, featuring beaded and gold embroidery and a monogrammed 바카라K바카라 necklace. Styled with minimal flash but precise detail, the look marked a carefully curated first appearance. Khan acknowledged his nerves on the red carpet, calling himself 바카라shy바카라 in an interview with The New York Times. Still, the ensemble spoke to deliberate placement바카라both personal and sartorial바카라within the global fashion conversation.

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas_Met Gala celeb fashion outfit
Priyanka Chopra Jonas | Photo: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

In her fifth Met Gala appearance, Priyanka Chopra Jonas opted for a sharp, polka-dotted Balmain suit dress by Olivier Rousteing, paired with Bvlgari jewellery and retro waves. The silhouette referenced classic Hollywood tailoring while adhering to the menswear brief. Her look balanced structure with ease, offering a seasoned take on this year바카라s theme without leaning into spectacle.

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Kiara Advani_Met Gala celeb fashion outfit
Kiara Advani | Photo: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Kiara Advani debuted at the Met Gala in a sculptural gold-and-black Gaurav Gupta gown titled Bravehearts. The ensemble featured an antique gold breastplate, ghungroos, and crystal detailing, symbolising motherhood through two heart-shaped forms linked by a chain umbilical cord. Designed to reflect the body in transformation, the look aligned personal narrative with conceptual couture.

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Diljit Dosanjh_Met Gala celeb fashion outfit
Diljit Dosanjh | Photo: Michael Loccisano/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images

Punjabi singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh arrived in an ivory-and-gold sherwani by Prabal Gurung, inspired by Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. The outfit바카라featuring Gurmukhi script, lotus and peacock motifs, and a cape embroidered with a map of Punjab바카라was styled by Abhilasha Devnani. Though unable to borrow the Maharaja바카라s famed Cartier necklace, Dosanjh바카라s look incorporated custom Golecha jewellery, echoing 1920s grandeur through contemporary craft.

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Isha Ambani_Met Gala celeb fashion outfit
Isha Ambani | Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Isha Ambani바카라s custom Anamika Khanna ensemble, styled by Anaita Shroff Adajania, combined a tailored jacket, embroidered corset, and a long braid. Inspired by African textiles and Black dandy aesthetics, the look featured over 20,000 hours of embroidery, using semi-precious stones and pearls바카라some sourced from the Ambani family바카라s collection. The outfit reflected both personal heritage and global craftsmanship.

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Mona Patel_Met Gala celeb fashion outfit
Mona Patel | Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Entrepreneur Mona Patel wore a Thom Browne look featuring sculptural tailoring and animatronic elements, including a robotic dog. The ensemble drew from Browne바카라s theatrical vocabulary, blending couture construction with technological spectacle.

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Natasha Poonawalla_Met Gala celeb fashion outfit
Natasha Poonawalla | Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Dressed in a custom Manish Malhotra ensemble featuring Parsee gara embroidery, Natasha Poonawalla reinterpreted the Met바카라s menswear brief with a structured silhouette and archival handwork바카라balancing craft tradition and contemporary edge.

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Manish Malhotra_Met Gala celeb fashion outfit
Manish Malhotra | Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

For his Met Gala debut, Manish Malhotra turned to a black-and-white palette rooted in precision and ornament. A crisp white shirt with oversized cuffs met tailored black trousers, layered under a long cape embroidered in gold thread. The details carried the weight바카라silver brooches shaped like tigers and elephants, studded with emeralds, acted as subtle markers of Indian iconography. The look walked a deliberate line between costume and craft, referencing heritage without leaning into nostalgia.

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Sabyasachi Mukherjee_Met Gala celeb fashion outfit
Sabyasachi Mukherjee | Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Image

Wearing a hand-embroidered cotton duster from his Resort 2024 collection over a white shirt and cream trousers, Sabyasachi paired the look with jewellery from his own label바카라tourmalines, emeralds, and pearls adding a layer of quiet opulence. Tinted sunglasses and brown loafers completed the ensemble. Restrained yet rooted, the look was unmistakably Sabyasachi: craft-forward, culturally grounded, and calibrated to the moment without tipping into excess.

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