Manish Malhotra walks Met Gala 2025 carpet in dramatic ensemble, Followers say he ‘SERVED’ – Pics |
Indian designer Manish Malhotra made a trend assertion on the Met Gala 2025, commanding consideration as he walked the blue carpet in a dramatic and detailed ensemble that had followers and trend critics alike agreeing that “he SERVED.”
Draped in an elaborate embroidered cape coat over a silk shirt and intricately detailed tie, Malhotra embodied the grandeur of Indian craftsmanship whereas seamlessly aligning with the gala’s theme, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Fashion.”
The ensemble was a visible symphony of intricate threadwork and elaborations, a tribute to each the richness of South Asian couture and Black Fashion. A standout accent was the golden elephant-face brooch on his overcoat, a delicate nod to Indian heritage.
Social media was abuzz as images and movies of Malhotra’s look, with followers hailing the designer for not simply dressing others like Natasha Poonawala in show-stopping appears to be like, however delivering one himself. “He didn’t come to play,” one person commented, whereas one other wrote, “Ate and left no crumbs”. Nonetheless one other added, “He’s the second!”
Including to the night time’s significance for Indian audiences, Bollywood icons Shah Rukh Khan, Kiara Advani, and Diljit Dosanjh additionally made their Met Gala debuts.
This yr the gown code is about tailoring and suiting as interpreted by way of the historical past and that means of Black dandyism throughout the Atlantic diaspora. The theme is impressed by the annual spring exhibition, which this yr relies largely on Miller’s ebook, “Slaves to Style: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identification.”
The exhibit, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Fashion,” attracts on different sources past Miller’s ebook. It is organized into 12 sections. Every symbolizes a attribute of dandy type as outlined by Zora Neale Hurston in her 1934 essay, “Traits of Negro Expression.”
