Shah Rukh Khan sets internet abuzz with Met Gala look

NEW YORK: Legendary Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan showed up at the Met Gala fundraiser on Monday for the very first time, wearing a silk black sherwani-style jacket over black trousers with several necklaces including one with a giant “K.”

Since then the internet has been abuzz with the fashion-fans critiquing his look on positives and negatives, and Khan’s fans pledging life-long loyalty to Bollywood Baadshah irrespective of what he chooses to wear. The look chosen by Priyanka Chopra, Khan’s co-star from Don, also added to the heat of the discussion, as the duo seemed to be recreating the looks from their promotional tour of the film in 2006.

Apart from King Khan, several other celebrities also made waves for more than just their tailored looks. Singer Rihanna revealed her third pregnancy, Pharrell Williams sported a jacket with 15,000 pearls and musician Andre 3000 strapped a piano to his back as celebrities celebrated Black style and tailoring.

Mostly black-and-white looks populated the daffodil-accented deep-blue carpet covering the steps to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Guests arrived as assistants sheltered them under umbrellas in the heavy rain.

Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton and actor Colman Domingo, co-chairs of the gala, were among the first of the stars of sports, music, film and television to appear.

Domingo wore a full-length royal blue pleated cloak falling from a gold-and-white casing around his shoulders. He removed the cloak to reveal a bejeweled, checkered black-and-white jacket and grey trousers. Hamilton chose an ivory suit with a beret.

The last to arrive was Rihanna, who sported a wide-brimmed black hat and a striped, corseted bodice that hugged her stomach. Her partner, musician A$AP Rocky, had arrived earlier and confirmed that Rihanna was pregnant with the couple’s third child.