--- title: Priyanka Chopra Stuns in Ralph Lauren Dress at 2018 Met Gala description: Priyanka Chopra made a major style statement on the red carpet of this year's Met Gala in New York City on Monday night. canonical: https://time.com/5258519/priyanka-chopra-2018-met-gala-dress/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-08T00:46:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:29.543Z og:title: Priyanka Chopra Stuns in Elegant Dress at the 2018 Met Gala og:description: The 'Quantico' star made a major style statement og:url: https://time.com/5258519/priyanka-chopra-2018-met-gala-dress/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7945fcfdbbb61799/69892fcb0a4a223c739d2a26/gettyimages-955805956-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4650 og:image:height: 2616 og:image:alt: Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala - Red Carpet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Priyanka Chopra Stuns in Elegant Dress at the 2018 Met Gala twitter:description: The 'Quantico' star made a major style statement twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7945fcfdbbb61799/69892fcb0a4a223c739d2a26/gettyimages-955805956-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Priyanka Chopra Stuns in an Elegant Dress at the 2018 Met Gala > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/MG18/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) Matt Winkelmeyer/MG18—Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 8, 2018 12:46 AM UTC _Quantico_ star [Priyanka Chopra](http://time.com/collection-post/4299686/priyanka-chopra-2016-time-100/) made a major style statement on the red carpet when she showed up in a crimson velvet gown at this year’s [annual Met Gala](http://time.com/4756953/outrageous-met-gala-fashion/) in New York City on Monday night. The actress’ Ralph Lauren strapless gown was paired with an embellished gold chain mail coif reminiscent of a medieval knight, an emphatic nod to the theme of the night, [_Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination_.](http://time.com/5015330/rihanna-met-gala-2018/) She paired the elegant look with a finger waves and a deep red lip. The dress was a definite departure from the trench coat ensemble with a cathedral train that she wore to last year’s Met Gala (although they were both designed by Lauren) which [captured the whimsy](https://www.buzzfeed.com/sahilrizwan/18-hilarious-tweets-about-priyanka-chopras-outfit-at-the) of the Internet and inspired countless memes. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5258519/priyanka-chopra-2018-met-gala-dress/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5258519/priyanka-chopra-2018-met-gala-dress/"},"headline":"Priyanka Chopra Stuns in an Elegant Dress at the 2018 Met Gala","datePublished":"2018-05-08T00:46:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:29.543Z","description":"The 'Quantico' star made a major style statement","url":"https://time.com/5258519/priyanka-chopra-2018-met-gala-dress/","keywords":["Newsfeed","fashion","Met Gala 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7945fcfdbbb61799/69892fcb0a4a223c739d2a26/gettyimages-955805956-1.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/blt7945fcfdbbb61799/69892fcb0a4a223c739d2a26/gettyimages-955805956-1.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 - Red Carpet","caption":"Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala - Red Carpet","creditText":"Matt Winkelmeyer/MG18—Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue","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/5258519/priyanka-chopra-2018-met-gala-dress/","name":"Priyanka Chopra Stuns in an Elegant Dress at the 2018 Met Gala"}}]}] ```