New Delhi, May 6 -- India's star presence at the Met Gala-officially the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Benefit, or a fancy dress competition for the super-rich to raise money for the Costume Institute-is growing with every edition.

While designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee returned to the red carpet (or a floral blue carpet, to be specific, made in India by Neytt, a Kerala-based brand) for the second time, actors Kiara Advani, Shah Rukh Khan and Diljit Dosanjh, and designer Manish Malhotra made their first-ever appearances. Last year, Alia Bhatt and Priyanka Chopra Jonas were the only Indian actors to walk the Met Gala red carpet. Chopra Jonas was back this year in a polka-dotted Balmain suit dress and a black hat the size of ...