Isha Ambani’s Met Gala 2026 Look by Gaurav Gupta Features a Bodice Set With Over 200 Diamonds

Designed by Gaurav Gupta, the gold-woven sari pairs Swadesh craft with pichwai motifs and jewellery drawn from Nita Ambani’s collection

By Vogue Staff

May 5, 2026

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For the Met Gala 2026, Isha Ambani once again spotlighted Indian design on fashion’s most celebrated stage. She wore a custom-made Gaurav Gupta sari woven with pure gold threads by master artisans at Swadesh, styled by Anaita Shroff Adajania.

It brings together historical references from ancient Indian frescoes, with the sari border featuring hand-painted pichwai-inspired motifs. Earthy in tone, the painted surface is further enriched with hand embroidery, where techniques such as zardozi, aari work and relief embroidery come together. With over 50 artisans working on the sari, more than 1,200 hours were dedicated to creating this piece.

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The bodice carries a concentrated section of the work, entirely embellished with diamonds and detailed with metallic zardozi hand embroidery. Envisioned by Nita Ambani and created by Kantilal Chhotalal in close collaboration with Shroff Adajania, it began as a way to bring the family’s diamond archive into couture. Over two hundred old mine-cut diamonds are hand-sewn across the bodice using stones from Nita Ambani’s private collection.

Two graduated diamond necklaces, together over 250 carats, sit at the neck; haathphools extend across the hands, while diamond waist belts trace the fall of the sari.

Shroff Adajania accessorised Ambani's look with a jasmine hair sculpture inspired by mogra and gajra. Over the course of more than 150 hours, Brooklyn-based artist Sourabh Gupta individually hand-shaped each jasmine bud and bloom using paper, copper and brass, finishing them with Indian pigment paint. A hand-carried Subodh Gupta mango sculpture, added the final touch.