Met Gala 2021: Sudha Reddy, the Indian face to watch at this year’s prestigious event

Fashion’s biggest night, the Met Gala is set to return this September, after a hiatus in 2020 due to the pandemic. At this year’s event, also known as Costume Institute Benefit, there will be Indian representation once again. Among the megawatt celebrities who will walk up the stairs of the Metropolitan Museum in their finest attire will be philanthropist and business tycoon Sudha Reddy. This will be the first outing at the glamorous soiree of Sudha, the wife of billionaire Megha Krishna Reddy. As a supporter of the fine arts and widely known for his charitable nature, his appearance at the 2021 Met Gala comes as no surprise.

An ardent connoisseur of art and fashion, Sudha Reddy is regarded as one of South India’s well-known jetsetters and will make her city proud as she will be the first non-film personality from Hyderabad to attend the much-awaited global event. Indian celebrities in the past Priyanka Chopra, Deepika PadukoneIsha Ambani and Natasha Poonawalla attended the event.

Sudha Reddy has moved from ‘check philanthropy’ to ‘hands-on philanthropy’ as the Sudha Reddy Foundation has empowered lakhs of people socially and economically in Telangana. When she is not leading Megha Group of Industries and TruJet Airlines, she is working towards affordable healthcare and accessible education. Widely celebrated for her charitable nature, she was the only Indian to be invited to the Global Gift Gala and nominated for the Global Gift Empowerment of Women Award. With the commitment and vision to continually pawn off his personal wealth, he made grants to two charities. ‘Action Against Hunger and Fight Hunger Foundation’ and ‘Breast Cancer Research Foundation’ in Paris with Elizabeth Hurley.

This year 400 names are rumored to include Camila Cabello, Lewis Hamilton, Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce, Kim Kardashian, Harry Styles, Lady Gaga, Donatella Versace, Naomi Campbell.

Dubbed as “Party of the Year,” “Super Bowl of Fashion,” and “Oscars of the East Coast,” this year’s scaled-down event included celebrity co-chairs Naomi Osaka, Billie Eilish, Timothée Chalamet and Huh. Amanda Gorman, while the honorary presidents are Tom Ford, Adam Mosseri and Anna Wintour. Usually held on the first Monday in May, for the first time since its inception, the Met Gala will include two exhibitions. The first exhibition will be held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on 13 September 2021 – coinciding with the conclusion of New York Fashion Week. Held annually to support the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City, the second part of the event will take place in May 2022.

Every year, the Met Gala has a specific dress code tied to the museum’s latest fashion exhibition theme. “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,” will be the theme of the first exhibition and will open on 18 September 2021 at the Anna Wintour Costume Center. The second exhibit, “In America: An Anthology of Fashion,” will be on display in May 2022. Style chronicles 300 years, both personal and political.

In keeping with the theme of the year, South Indian designer duo Falguni will be rocking a haute couture look by Shane Peacock, who has dressed the likes of Beyonce, Madonna, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Kim Kardashian and Lady Gaga. Inspired by the American Revolution, the metallic gold body-hugging gown with its ‘au courant cuts’ will enter a shimmering 4-meter flared trail, imbibing a medley of colors borrowed from the American flag and refined 3 of Swarovski crystals. D will be varnished with embellishments. Sequins and bugle beads.

Falguni Shane Peacock, who has groomed Sudha Reddy on several milestone celebrations in the past state, “It took us several sessions and over 250 hours of labor to put together this stunning statement work of art for our dear friend Sudha We have focused on one. We have employed the services of our skilled craftsman craftsmen to do full justice to Sudha’s eclectic personality. We have created a new edgy military-inspired look that goes well with the overall theme of the Met Gala. Kind of matches.”

Jewelery designer and maestro Farah Khan has custom-designed statement earpiece ‘Dreamy Decadence’ to complete Reddy’s red-carpet look.

Elaborating on her eclectic creation, Farah Ali Khan continues, “Taking inspiration from the stars in the American flag, which symbolize America’s 50 proud independent states, I created a sensual ear cuff with stars adorned with diamonds. designed. I wanted to highlight Sudha’s expressive eyes and the contours of her face so I created this beveled piece that starts from her cheekbones and extends to her hair as a string of brilliant bezel set diamonds. It is crafted in 18 carat gold with 35 carat VVS diamonds.”

The 2021 Met Gala livestream will begin at 5:30 p.m. EST on the night of the event and will be hosted by two special guests: actor and recording artist Keke Palmer, and actor, writer and director Ilana Glazer. Together, they’ll provide unprecedented access to the Met Gala’s famous red carpet, interviewing high-profile guests arriving in gorgeous style.