Online Desk : Alia Bhatt just made her second appearance at the Met Gala wearing an intricately handcrafted sari and a blouse studded with real gems.

If there`s one way to make your look memorable on a red carpet like the Met Gala, a dramatic train and rare gems are a sure success. Bhatt took on the challenge with an elegant but unconventional approach to red carpet jewelry—millions of dollars worth of baubles affixed to her blouse and bodice.
Alia Bhatt wears Sabyasachi sari featuring a 23-foot-long train to the Met Gala
Alia Bhatt wears Sabyasachi sari featuring a 23-foot-long train to the Met Gala

While the Heart of Stone actor chose a Prabal Gurung gown to make her grand debut last year, this time, Bhatt looked towards her Indian roots for inspiration. With gems twinkling from atop her loosely knotted hair to her train, Bhatt made her way up the Met staircase wearing a custom-designed mint-green sari by Indian couturier Sabyasachi. Keeping with this year’s theme inspired by—and named after—the short story penned by J.G Ballard The Garden of Time, the actor’s ethereal look featured a 23-foot-long train detailed with florals delicately hand-embroidered using silk floss, glass beading and semi-precious gemstones, according to Vogue reports.

Bhatt enlisted the help of longtime stylist and red carpet collaborator Anaita Shroff Adajania to interpret the theme announced with this year’s Met exhibition titled “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.” “The sari`s design, with its translucent, glass-like appearance is not just a nod to the ethereal quality of the garden in Ballard`s story but also a tribute to the exquisite, enduring craft of sari-making,” explained the actor ahead of her red carpet appearance. Packed with whimsy using ruffles, tassels, and a smattering of sequins and gemstones all over the flowing silhouette, Bhatt’s concept took visual cues from the story, specifically, the fantastical life led by Count Axel and his wife. The sari and the amalgamation of jewelery into the bodice fulfill the glamour quotient but also play into the theme of a mythical creature, a forest nymph wandering into the wilderness.