Met Gala Throwback: Top 7 Best Red Carpet Looks By Bollywood Celebrities Ahead Of Met Gala 2025

Last Updated:April 22, 2025, 18:16 IST

Ahead of the Met Gala 2025, here are the best Met Gala red carpet looks by Indian celebrities and personalities over the years.

Each year on the first Monday of May, the Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts its annual haute couture fundraising event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The Met Gala, popularly known as The Met, gathers celebrities and entrepreneurs around the world for one night to celebrate the art of fashion and artistic craftsmanship. Termed as ‘fashion’s biggest night,’ The Met Gala gives an opportunity to its attendees to express themselves through fashion, keeping the distinctive theme for the year in mind.

Hollywood celebrities like Rihanna, Gigi Hadid, Zendaya, Harry Styles, Kylie Jenner, and Kim Kardashian among other celebrities grace the red carpet of the Met Gala each year, surprising fans with unexpected, over-the-top couture pieces. In recent years, many Bollywood celebrities have become a part of this prestigious evening, taking Indian designers and craftsmanship to centre stage.

As the Met Gala 2025 slowly approaches, let us revisit some of the top Met Gala red carpet looks by Bollywood celebrities over the years.

Alia Bhatt in Sabyasachi

In 2024, Alia grabbed the attention of fashion lovers as she walked down the carpet donned in a head-to-toe Sabyasachi look. The ethereal pastel-toned saree with an exaggerated train, stones, beads, and the studded flower garden at the bottom of the saree justified aptly with the year’s theme, Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.

Deepika Padukone in Zac Posen

Deepika Padukone’s extravagant Barbie look was considered one of the best looks at the Met Gala 2019. Keeping the theme Camp: Notes on Fashion in mind, Deepika wore an embellished gown designed by Zac Posen. Her overall makeup, hairdo, and choice of jewellery rightly screamed camp that evening.

Natasha Poonawalla in Schiaparelli and Sabyasachi

For her 2022 Met Gala look, Natasha Poonawalla chose to immerse herself in Schiaparelli couture. Schiaparelli, known for its abstract artistic approach in designs justified with the year’s theme, In America: An Anthology of Fashion – Gilded Glamour. Natasha paired a lavish Sabyasachi saree with a sculptural corset by Schiaparelli. Her bejewelled look aptly justified the gilded glamour theme.

Priyanka Chopra in Ralph Lauren

International star Priyanka Chopra’s best Met Gala look has to be her 2018 Ralph Lauren gown. Keeping the theme Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination in mind, the actress wore a wine-colored velvet Ralph Lauren gown with a cape-like train and completed the look with a jewel-studded hood-like hairpiece.

Sabyasachi Mukherjee in Sabyasachi

In 2024, designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee attended the Met Gala wearing his own designs and covered himself with the Sabyasachi High Jewellery collection. Sabyasachi became the first Indian designer to attend the event. In the memorable evening, the designer kept the overall look simple as he wore a cotton duster and let his stack of high-end jewellry shine.

Mona Patel in Iris Van Herpen

In collaboration with stylist Law Roach, Indian CEO Mona Patel walked down the 2024 Met Gala red carpet wearing an enchanting Iris Van Herpen gown. Her gown, featuring kinetic butterflies fluttering their wings every second, captured many eyes.

Isha Ambani in Rahul Mishra

For her 2024 Met Gala outfit, Isha Ambani chose to wear a stunning Rahul Mishra gown. The embellished gown with a garden-like train justified the year’s theme The Garden of Time quite well. The gown, River of Life, was not only a beautiful ensemble, but it was also a symbol of sustainable fashion.

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