Bollywood starlet Alia Bhatt made her MET Gala debut in 2023 wearing a white Prabal Gurung gown embellished with 100,000 pearls. She said that she want to wear “Made in India” clothing.
Alia posted several images from the evening on her Instagram page. New York City will host the Met Gala on May 1 of 2023. It commemorates the start of the Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty exhibition at the Costume Institute.![]()
Alia captioned the images, “Met Gala – Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty. The famous Chanel brides have long captivated me. Every season, Karl Lagerfeld's talent was evident in the most avant-garde and breathtaking couture.
Supermodel Claudia Schiffer's 1992 Chanel wedding dress in particular served as an inspiration for her tonight's look, she said on Instagram.
“I wanted to do something that felt authentic (hello, pearls! ), and proudly made in India,” Alia said in her letter. 100,000 pearls were used to create the needlework, a labour of love by @prabalgurung. I'm really thrilled to wear you to my first Met Gala.
“One can never have too many pearls on a girl… and the appropriate accessories to complete the look, which in our case meant a pearl hair bow. She said, “Oh, and it's white, for my Choup-ED.
