--- title: Deepika Padukone Wears Dress to 2018 Met Gala Red Carpet description: Bollywood superstar Deepik Padukone stole the show on the 2018 Met Gala red carpet in New York City on Monday night. canonical: https://time.com/5258364/deepika-padukone-2018-met-gala-dress/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-08T11:55:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:28.643Z og:title: Deepika Padukone Made a Dramatic Entrance at the Met Gala og:description: It was her her second time og:url: https://time.com/5258364/deepika-padukone-2018-met-gala-dress/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt907d10679aa360cd/69892fcce76ad29f32631ef1/gettyimages-955862926.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4480 og:image:height: 2520 og:image:alt: Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Deepika Padukone Made a Dramatic Entrance at the Met Gala twitter:description: It was her her second time twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt907d10679aa360cd/69892fcce76ad29f32631ef1/gettyimages-955862926.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bollywood Star Deepika Padukone Made a Dramatic Entrance With Her Voluminous 2018 Met Gala Look > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images) Taylor Hill—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 8, 2018 11:55 AM UTC Bollywood superstar and [2018 _TIME_ 100 honoree Deepika Padukone](http://time.com/5253569/deepika-padukone-time-100/) stole the show in a gorgeous Prabal Gurung dress at the [2018 annual Met Gala](http://time.com/5015330/rihanna-met-gala-2018/) in New York City on Monday night. The actress, who took to [the event’s red carpet](http://time.com/4756953/outrageous-met-gala-fashion/) in a red voluminous gown, which she accessorized with long earrings and slicked back hair style. Gurung, was more than excited to dress Padukone, who was returning to the famed steps of the museum after attending her first Met Gala last year in 2017. “Deepika has been a longtime friend and muse. She embodies all of the ideals I respect in a woman—she is beautiful on the inside and out; intelligent, assured, poised, yet with a sense of levity and joy. I am honored she is joining me on such a special evening,” he told Vogue India,” he told [_Vogue India_](https://www.vogue.in/content/deepika-padukone-at-the-met-gala-2018-with-prabal-gurung/?utm%5Fsource=twitter&utm%5Fmedium=social#deepika-padukone-in-prabal-gurung-and-jewellery-by-tasaki-for-the-met-gala-2018). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5258364/deepika-padukone-2018-met-gala-dress/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5258364/deepika-padukone-2018-met-gala-dress/"},"headline":"Bollywood Star Deepika Padukone Made a Dramatic Entrance With Her Voluminous 2018 Met Gala Look","datePublished":"2018-05-08T11:55:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:28.643Z","description":"Perfectly in theme","url":"https://time.com/5258364/deepika-padukone-2018-met-gala-dress/","keywords":["Newsfeed","fashion","Met Gala 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt907d10679aa360cd/69892fcce76ad29f32631ef1/gettyimages-955862926.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt907d10679aa360cd/69892fcce76ad29f32631ef1/gettyimages-955862926.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala","caption":"Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala","creditText":"Taylor Hill—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5258364/deepika-padukone-2018-met-gala-dress/","name":"Bollywood Star Deepika Padukone Made a Dramatic Entrance With Her Voluminous 2018 Met Gala Look"}}]}] ```