Natasha Poonawalla attends Met Gala 2022 in Sabyasachi sari 

By PTI

NEW YORK: Entrepreneur-philanthropist Natasha Poonawalla made an look on the Met Gala 2022 sporting a gold handcrafted printed tulle sari and path by celeb designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee.

Poonawalla, government director of the Serum Institute of India (SII), was the only real Indian presence on the gala, organised by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Monday night.

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The theme of the Met Gala was ‘In America: An Anthology of Fashion’, the second a part of the Costume Institute’s exhibition, which opened on September 18.

The first a part of the exhibition was mirrored in final yr’s theme, ‘In America: A Lexicon of Fashion’, which was in celebration of all issues American Fashion.

The official Instagram web page of Sabyasachi shared a collection of images of Poonawalla sporting his creation teamed up with a Sciaparelli hand-forged metallic bustier.

The design was a part of the Indian label’s affiliation with Maison Schiaparelli, an Italian model identified for its surrealist work.

Sabyasachi stated his want to see the sari at worldwide vogue occasions has come true this yr.

“For me the sari is a really distinctive and versatile garment that owns its id even because it transcends boundaries and geographies.

Back after I was a younger vogue scholar, I usually questioned after I would see the sari at massive international occasions just like the Met Gala,” the designer stated in a press release shared on Instagram.

According to the label, Poonawalla’s imaginative and prescient was to interpret the gown code ‘gilded glamour’ with “an Indian gaze that revels in its multi-culturalism and authenticity”.

Poonawalla, 40, wore a gold handcrafted printed tulle sari and path embroidered with silk floss thread and embellished with bevel beads, semi-precious stones, crystals, sequins and appliqued printed velvet.

The jewelry was a curation of {custom} items from Sabyasachi Fine Jewellery and restricted version collectibles from Sabyasachi’s Curiosity Art & Antiquity Project — crafted utilizing conventional strategies with treasured and semi-precious stones, the label additional added.

Poonawalla beforehand attended the Met in 2019 for its ‘Camp’ theme when she wore a custom-made Dundas gown.