Date May 1, 2017 has marked Isha Ambani’s first appearance
at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala, whose exhibition
Rei Kawakubo / Comme des Garçons: The Art of the In-Between celebrates
legendary Japanese designer, Rei Kawakubo, the second time the honor has been bestowed
on a living designer since 1983.
Paying tribute to Kawakubo's remarkable creativity and
radical impact on fashion, Isha Ambani wore a stunning Christian Dior Couture
dress from Maria Grazia Chiuri’s first Haute Couture collection for the house.
In keeping with the enchanted forest theme of the collection, Isha’s gown
adopted floral elements and featured mistletoe embellishment and delicate
beading, climbing up intricate layers of dusty pink and green tulle. She
paired the gown with a tarot-card inspired clutch from the SS17 collection,
called “The Oscar’s of the East Coast”, Isha arrived at the Gala with close
friends Natalia Vodianova and Diane von Furstenberg. Also in their party
of friends were Alexa Chung, Emma Roberts, Allison Williams and Dree
Hemingway.
The 24-year old Yale and Stanford-educated Indian
businesswoman, sits on the board of Jio and Reliance Retail and works very
closely with her mother, Mrs. Nita Ambani at the Reliance Foundation. The
Foundation works across health, education, sport for development and rural and
urban development across India and also focuses on bringing Indian art and
culture to a global stage.
Isha is presently completing her MBA at the Graduate School
of Business at Stanford University.
Hosted by American Vogue's Anna Wintour with musicians Katy
Perry and Pharrell Williams, Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady, with Rei Kawakubo
and former United States ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy serving as
honorary co-chairs, the Met Gala was attended by a who’s who of the world of
entertainment, sport, fashion, culture and society.
