Alia Bhatt Brings Desi Glamour to Cannes in Custom Tarun Tahiliani

Alia Bhatt walked the Cannes red carpet in a custom ivory silhouette by Tarun Tahiliani, paired with a nose ring that turned a Western red-carpet moment into an unmistakably Indian one.

It is a styling choice that has become her signature on the international circuit: global silhouettes worn with a piece of Indian jewellery that refuses to let the outfit read as anything but hers. Designers have started building around that expectation.

For Tarun Tahiliani, a Cannes placement is its own kind of currency, the same way a Sabyasachi blouse or a Manish Malhotra sari becomes the outfit every stylist references for the next season.