Alia Bhatt’s Sari Took 1,905 Hours To Make

Vogue

Alia Bhatt stops to talk with hosts Gwendoline Christie and Ashley Graham at Met Gala 2024, detailing the creation of her stunning hand-embroidered sari.

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00:00Alia Bhatt, how are you feeling tonight? I'm feeling great. I'm feeling very excited

00:05months of preparation

00:07Lots of conversation it all you know builds up to this one moment. It's so real

00:14But it's also so special

00:15I can't wait to actually walk the carpet because it's quite stunning and you're here representing India and a sari a

00:21Beautiful sari at that who designed this this is designed by Sabia Sachi Mukherjee

00:26It is my second time at the Met but my first time wearing a sari

00:31And when I when I thought of the dress code garden of time

00:35I felt like it needed something timeless and there's nothing more timeless than a sari and how long did it take to make your sari?

00:41It's the work on its truly

00:44So this is all hand embroidery. Of course it is. It's taken. Let me get this number, right?

00:48Because it's extremely important when you talk about craftsmanship

00:51One thousand nine hundred and five man-hours and a hundred and sixty-three

00:56Craftsmen embroidery workers everybody to make this garment. I'm unsurprised because the work is really

01:03Sublime what goes into the dress? You can see so many years of experience and talent

01:08And did you enjoy meeting the people in the atelier who made it?

01:12I actually haven't had the chance to meet them

01:14But I've seen so many videos

01:16Excited to bring all of that out to the world for everybody to see

01:20Because it's taken a lot of love and labor and a lot of effort and anything that's gotten love in time last forever

01:27I am garden

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