Raja Kumari On Diljit Dosanjh Being Denied Patiala Necklace For Met Gala
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Raja Kumari revealed that French luxury brand Cartier allegedly refused a request to loan the original Patiala Necklace for his Met Gala appearance.
Diljit Dosanjh turned heads with an iconic and culturally rich debut at fashion's most iconic night, the Met Gala 2025. With ornate jewellery modelled after the fabled Patiala necklace, his outfit honoured Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. Now, American rapper and singer Svetha Yallapragada Rao, aka Raja Kumari, expressed her fury on why French luxury brand Cartier turned down a request to lend the original Patiala Necklace for Dosanjh's Met Gala appearance.
In an interview with Mid-Day, Raja revealed that the 'West still exoticises us', saying, 'Sure, the West still exoticises us. But we're pushing back and saying that we're more than their stereotype. For instance, why didn't Cartier give Diljit the legendary Patiala necklace for his Met Gala appearance? Instead, they gave it to a YouTuber (Emma Chamberlain) two years ago."
'That kind of erasure is infuriating. It's performative inclusion. Yet, we're pushing — that's the shift. They (a US music label) couldn't understand why I insisted on wearing a bindi. That inspired my song, Bindis and bangles," she added.
The rapper also recalled when her songs were referred to as 'India or Yogi'. 'Earlier, when I was writing songs for top talents, I used to be the only Indian in the room. They'd call me India or Yogi, and I'd play into it too, with lyrics about mangoes and curry. But we've evolved. Now there are more South Asian stories being told — not just by musicians, but also actors, writers, and directors," she said.
In an interview with The New York Times, Diljit's stylist Abhilasha Devnani revealed, 'We tried to borrow that iconic Cartier necklace for the night, but were told it sits sealed in a museum."
The choker necklace, a legendary relic of colonial-era luxury, was made by Cartier in 1928 for Maharaja Bhupinder Singh. The jewellery, which was designed with 2,930 diamonds and featured the De Beers, the seventh-largest diamond in the world, was lost in 1948 but was eventually found, albeit without the majority of its valuable stones.
Shedding light on Diljit's much-appreciated Met Gala appearance, he combined traditional pride with high fashion to draw attention to his origins worldwide by wearing an ivory sherwani embroidered with the Punjabi Gurmukhi alphabet and the map of Punjab.
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