Met Gala 2023: Alia Bhatt looks drop-dead gorgeous in a pearl-encrusted ball gown by Prabal Gurung for her debut

Alia Bhatt's look is inspired by supermodel Claudia Schiffer’s 1992 Chanel bridal look.

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Alia Bhatt has made her grand Met Gala 2023 debut, and the much-awaited look is worth the wait. The actor wore a pearl-encrusted gown by Prabal Gurung to keep up with this year's theme, Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty, a tribute to the iconic fashion designer. Anaita Shroff Adajania, who styled Alia's look, took to her Instagram page to give each and every detail about her overall attire.

She stated, "Let it reign, pearls!" Alia zeroed in on a famous corseted couture ball gown look by Karl Lagerfeld worn by Claudia Schiffer as the final

Bridal look for Fall 1992 Couture We then added around 100,000 pearls as a fitting salute to the genius of Karl Lagerfeld by @prabalgurung!"

Talking about the accessories, Anaita shared, "Jewellery designer Alice Cicolini and Malabar Gold and Diamonds worked closely with me to create the ring stack. Creating a modern, fresh interpretation, the knuckle duster is created around a large rose cut, surrounded by tapered, baguette, and round diamonds, with a tassel of pearls. While the other hand has rings in our beautiful uncut diamond heritage all the same. Karl famously always liked looking ahead to see what was next. Cutoff custom-made embellished gloves by Outhouse with mini motifs, as Karl liked to show in his embroidery and statement earrings."

While describing Alia's makeup, Anaita wrote, "We wanted to highlight Alia's face by releasing the hair back with a straight and wavy messy look. As our Indian brides always wear flowers in their hair, delicate hand strung jasmine buds, so today we created these with pearls and a few spikes to add the right amount of danger and sweetness in a bow! Pearl-encrusted, hand-embroidered shoes by ASAxSko add the finishing punch."

She concluded by writing, "So the objective with makeup was to keep the skin looking really romantic with flushed cheeks but also give it that modern twist with soft, ethereal eyes and nude lips."

On the other hand, Alia also shared a note about her excitement to wear this beautiful pearl outfit at the Met Gala. The actor's caption read, "Met Gala—Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.

I have always been fascinated by the iconic Chanel brides. Season after season, the genius of Karl Lagerfeld shone through in the most innovative and awe-inspiring couture. My look tonight was inspired by this and, in particular, by supermodel Claudia Schiffer’s 1992 Chanel bridal look.

I wanted to do something that felt authentic (hello, pearls!) and proudly made in India. The embroidery, made with 100,000 pearls, is a labour of love by Prabal Gurung. I’m so proud to wear you to my first Met.

A girl can never have too many pearls. and the right accessories to complement the look, which in our case translated to the bow of pearls on my hair.

Oh, and it’s white, for my Choup-ED."

Not just Alia, but even Priyanka Chopra Jonas attended the Met Gala 2023 with her husband and singer, Nick Jonas.

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