Actress Camila Mendes attended the Met Gala 2026 in designer Manish Malhotra's couture, inspired by the women in artist Amrita Sher-Gil's paintings. Malhotra described the gown's texture to "dry brushstrokes" with a deep mahogany hue drawn from the artist's palette of Indian reds, browns, and ochres." The mahogany gown was paired with jewellery in tourmalines, uncut diamonds, and 18k gold.