This year’s Met Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City took place on Monday evening.
With a theme of Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion and a dress code The Garden of Time meant that we were expecting guests to serve.
And one woman who is trending on socials for nailing the theme with her ‘fit is Indian fashion mogul Mona Patel.
Stepping out in a unique creation by Iris Van Herpen your fyp is probs filled with images of the beauty stepping on the red carpet in a nude mesh dress with intricate panel detailing and kinetic sleeves featuring moving butterflies.
Putting fashion followers in a chokehold, comments blew up praising Mona’s look.
One admirer penned: “The internet is definitely breaking 🦋💕” others added: “My fav look so far cause you delivered!!!” and “Wowowooww 🤩🤩🤩 understood the assignment.”
So, who is Mona and how come we’ve never heard of her before?
From Gujarat, Mona is a big name in business and fashion circles running a million-dollar empire with many businesses. She also has a nonprofit, Couture For Cause, is at the heart of what she does, mixing fashion with helping others for important reasons.
Speaking to Vogue India about her Met Gala 2024 look she revealed: “I wanted my debut look to be something that celebrates my heritage and also combines my love couture, and when I heard of the theme, Iris Van Herpen seemed like the obvious choice.”