Pink was the color of the night at yesterday's Met Gala, with Lady Gaga, Kacey Musgraves, Janelle Monáe, and more putting their own campy spins on the rosy hue. Actress Deepika Padukone was one of the attendees rocking the blush shade, wearing a structural princess gown by Zac Posen with a surprising technological twist: It was covered in hundreds of 3D-printed embellishments. Padukone wears Zac Posen at the 2019 Met Gala. Jamie McCarthy Getty Images Padukone poses on the steps of the 2019 Met Gala. Dia Dipasupil Getty Images Padukone wears Lorraine Schwartz jewelry with her pink dress. Dimitrios Kambouris Getty Images Posen teamed up with GE Additive and Protolabs to create a number of 3D-made looks and accessories for attendees including Jourdan Dunn, Nina Dobrev, and Katie Holmes for last night's soirée. The designer first started working with GE a year ago and the pieces were manufactured in Pittsburgh, WWD reports. Padukone's metallic pink lurex jacquard gown contained a complex, layered skirt spotted with 408 sea urchin-inspired baubles that were and hand-sewn to the fabric. The adornments were created using stereolithography, a 3D printing technique where a structure is constructed layer by layer using a liquid substance that's solidified by a laser. After the accessories were created, they were metal plated and painted. The process of creating these decorations took over 160 hours. Protolabs shares a behind-the-scenes shot of the making of Padukone’s Met Gala dress on its Instagram Story. Instagram The final product was a dreamy, futuristic Barbie-meets-Disney princess confection with a never-ending train—and Padukone totally nailed the look. Her husband, Ranveer Singh, even commented on her doll-like appearance, responding to one of her Instagram posts with, "Come on Barbie , let’s go party 😉👄💋👅." This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. To complement her overstated dress, Padukone finished off with Lorraine Schwartz jewelry, striking purple eye makeup, and a voluminous ponytail for extra height. This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. For the afterparty, she toned it down (only by a little) in a neon yellow gown under a black and white patterned coat, according to Priyanka Chopra's Instagram. We can't wait to see what she wears on the red carpet next. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io<doc-sep>Camp, the Met Gala's theme, is indeed open to experimentation—and Padukone admitted that her husband Ranveer Singh would have made a great candidate for the pink carpet this year. “He has this crazy sense of dressing. He would be a perfect fit for tonight as he would do hundred per cent justice to the theme. But I'm representing him tonight,” she smiled, while checking out his Instagram feed and his latest post, another outrageously fun OOTD shot. With her dramatic hairdo and bold makeup ready, Padukone spent her last few minutes before leaving her hotel room checking out Lady Gaga's theatrical entrance (“She just pulls it off. Four looks!” she observes). As for her own hyper-Barbie look, “We wanted to keep it super elegant and beautiful, but really hit the nail on the theme camp," hairstylist Gabriel Georgiou tells Vogue India. "Deepika is super daring, and she was ready to go all out for the Met. We created this big hairstyle with a hair piece and padding to create the height and volume, which definitely feels heavy on her head! But we want her to feel comfortable, so obviously that is important and we tweak it to work for her.” Slipping into her ostentatious gown, Padukone couldn't help but reminisce about her own childhood. “I feel like Barbie,” she laughed, as she perfected her purple lip colour in a light-up portable mirror. “A new trick I've learnt is to use numbing cream on my feet so that they don't hurt from the heels that we have to wear for 5-6 hours at least.” And just like that, in 24 hours, Padukone was ready to hit the red carpet. How does one beat the nerves before walking out to a sea of photographers? Padukone found release in an impromptu dance performance to her own track, 'Deewani Mastani' from Bajirao Mastani. Watch the complete video of Deepika Padukone dressing up for her third Met Gala now. Also read: The best celebrity hair and makeup looks from Met Gala 2019 Sneak peek: Unseen pictures and videos from inside the Met Gala 2019 Isha Ambani makes a statement at the Met Gala 2019 in Prabal Gurung<doc-sep>Deepika Padukone made a glamorous appearance at the MET Gala today and the actress left her fans hooting as she nailed her look. It was being said that the actress would opt for a Prabal Gurung outfit just like last year, however, she surprised everyone by walking the red carpet in a Zac Posen glossy pink gown. The actress aced her Camp-Barbie look with diamond studded headgear and a big bouffant. But, Queen Dee was not the only actress who wore Zac Posen’s couture. Deepika’s XXX-Return of Xander Cage actress Nina Dobrev also chose an outfit by the same designer. Apart from her the designer also dressed Julia Garner, Billie Lourd and Katie Holmes and all of them turned several heads at the red carpet. Check out all their looks below.<doc-sep>Deepika Padukone made waves upon arrival to the red carpet at the 2019 Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute Benefit in New York. The reigning queen of Bollywood wore a custom Zac Posen dress for the “Camp: Notes on Fashion” theme at Monday’s event. The medium pink gown trailed behind Padukone as she strutted on the event’s matching pink carpet. Posen enlisted the help of engineers to craft more than 400 3D-printed embroidery pieces for Padukone’s gown, CNBC reports. Fans of the star on Twitter said her look resembled a Barbie doll or princess. The 2019 Met Gala is Padukone’s third year attending the event, according to Vogue India. The actor has gone with simple gowns for the last two years of the event. Last year, she wore an elegant red Prabal Gurung gown with matching red heels. Gurung spoke to Vogue India about the inspiration for last year’s event theme of “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & the Catholic Imagination.” “The cardinal virtues of prudence, courage, temperance and justice are values Deepika upholds so beautifully and gracefully,” Gurung told the publication. The designer also said that his team collaborated with Padukone on the look. Deepika Padukone attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City. Dia Dipasupil—WireImage At the 2017 Met Gala, the actor donned a white dress by Tommy Hilfiger and jewelry by Fred Leighton. Actress Deepika Padukone attends "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City. John Shearer—Getty Images The actor is one of the highest-paid stars in India. Forbes India included her as No. 4 on their list of highest paid celebrities in India last year. Making an entrée into Hollywood, she co-starred with Vin Diesel in 2017’s xXx: Return of Xander Cage, and is currently filming the series’ next installment, xXx 4. Get The Brief. Sign up to receive the top stories you need to know right now. Please enter a valid email address. * The request timed out and you did not successfully sign up. Please attempt to sign up again. Sign Up Now An unexpected error has occurred with your sign up. Please try again later. Check the box if you do not wish to receive promotional offers via email from TIME. You can unsubscribe at any time. By signing up you are agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Thank you! For your security, we've sent a confirmation email to the address you entered. 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For her third year at the Met Gala, actress Deepika Padukone called upon the talents of Zac Posen. The designer conjured up a custom candy-pink gown, decorated with three-dimensional sea urchin-inspired accents. “It's not a dress, it’s like art,” Padukone noted of the many-layered confection on Sunday at Posen’s studio, just 24 hours before the Met Gala—and the first time she saw the dress in real life. Padukone is the highest-paid actress in India and a recent Vogue cover star. And when she’s not making headlines with her film projects, she’s in the news as one-half of Bollywood’s biggest couple with Ranveer Singh. (The couple tied the knot late last year in Lake Como.) Though her husband is fond of a camp look himself—“I think he would do one hundred percent justice to the theme,” she says—Padukone took on the Met Gala red carpet solo, complementing her gown with matching tones in the beauty department. Makeup pro Sandhya Shekar painted her lids with sparkling purple and pink eyeshadow, while hairstylist Gabriel Georgiou whipped her waist-grazing brunette lengths into a bouffant of camp-sized proportions, complete with a bejeweled headband. Padukone calls this the most adventurous look she’s ever tried, but adds, “I've alway been open to experimenting. What is life without a few risks?” Above, watch the actress prep for the 2019 Met Gala. Director Talia Collis DP Rachel Batashvili Sound Lily Van Leeuwen Editor Leah Boatright See All of the Celebrity Looks From the Met Gala 2019 Red Carpet: 1 / 100 Chevron Chevron Photo: Getty Images Lady Gaga in Brandon Maxwell Met Gala 2019: See Every Celebrity Arrival, Read the Latest Stories, and Get Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Here