Karan Johar posts three New York jacket looks

Karan Johar posted a set of three New York street-style looks on Sunday, May 17, extending a fashion run that began with his Met Gala debut earlier this month. Free Press Journal, which published the images and a look-by-look breakdown on Sunday, said the outfits were styled by Eka Lakhani and built around three statement jackets. The looks included a Junya Watanabe trench coat, a KidSuper leather jacket and an embroidered garment by Kartik Research, according to the outlet. The post placed Johar back in New York less than two weeks after his first appearance at the Met Gala on May 5. ### Which three jackets did Karan Johar wear in New York? Free Press Journal said Johar’s first look centered on a Junya Watanabe trench coat with painted scenic artwork. The outlet said he paired it with a black T-shirt, loose-fit denim, a black beret, a bag, white sneakers and oversized black glasses. (freepressjournal.in) The publication said the second outfit used a brown KidSuper leather jacket with embellishment and a back design. It reported that Johar again wore a black T-shirt and denim jeans, adding white sneakers, sunglasses, a hat and a Dior chain. Free Press Journal’s summary line said the third look featured an embroidered Kartik Research creation, though the searchable page excerpt available in this reporting did not provide the same level of line-by-line detail for that outfit as it did for the first two. (freepressjournal.in) The outlet nevertheless grouped the Kartik Research piece with the Junya Watanabe and KidSuper jackets as the three headline garments in the New York set. ### Who styled the looks, and what was said about them? Eka Lakhani was credited by Free Press Journal as the stylist behind the New York looks. The outlet said Lakhani described the images as “All edge, all elegance… pure city grit!” in a line accompanying the fashion diary. The phrase appeared in Free Press Journal’s account of the post rather than in a separately verified public caption retrieved for this story. (freepressjournal.in) The publication presented it as Lakhani’s summary of Johar’s New York wardrobe after the Met Gala appearance. ### How does this connect to Johar’s Met Gala appearance? (freepressjournal.in) Johar made his Met Gala debut in New York on May 5 in a Manish Malhotra ensemble inspired by Raja Ravi Varma, according to PTI coverage carried by ABP Live and other Indian outlets. PTI reported that the outfit, titled “Framed in Eternity,” included a power-shouldered vintage jacket and a hand-painted cape about six feet long. It said more than 80 artisans spent 85 days creating the piece. (freepressjournal.in) Johar said in that statement that he wanted the look to feel personal rather than explanatory. “Raja Ravi Varma felt right because his work does something I’ve always tried to do in cinema,” he said, according to PTI. ### Why did the New York photos draw attention now? May 17 is the date Free Press Journal published its roundup of the three looks and circulated the images on its platforms. (news.abplive.com) The outlet framed the post as a continuation of Johar’s fashion visibility in New York after the Met Gala, shifting from red-carpet couture to streetwear built around designer outerwear. The New York setting also remained constant. (news.abplive.com) Free Press Journal said the sequence moved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the Met Gala was held, to city street-style images posted days later. ### What can readers verify directly from the reporting? Free Press Journal published the street-style article at 1:10 p.m. (freepressjournal.in) IST on Sunday, May 17, under lifestyle coverage, and identified Aanchal Chaudhary as the writer. The article named Junya Watanabe, KidSuper and Kartik Research as the labels featured across the three looks and credited Eka Lakhani with the styling. (freepressjournal.in) May 5 remains the anchor date for Johar’s Met Gala debut in New York, where PTI said he wore Manish Malhotra’s Raja Ravi Varma-inspired ensemble. The next verifiable step in this story is the continued circulation of Johar’s New York images on his and publisher-linked social platforms, where the three-jacket set was surfaced on May 17. (news.abplive.com) (freepressjournal.in)