--- ---  # Bollywood Star Deepika Padukone Made a Dramatic Entrance With Her Voluminous 2018 Met Gala Look  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 8, 2018 11:55 AM UTC  Prabal Gurung and Deepika Padukone attend the Met Gala on May 7, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images) Prabal Gurung and Deepika Padukone attend the Met Gala on May 7, 2018 in New York City. (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). Deepika Padukone Wears Dress to 2018 Met Gala Red Carpet ```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"}}]}] ```