India, May 10 -- The humble pair of jeans lying in your cupboard just went through a power shift. Once a basic choice, the pants have officially joined the high-glamour club. It's being invited to red carpets, after-parties, and the world's biggest runways.

Take a look at model Bhavitha Mandava's outfit at this year's Met Gala. The 'jeans-top' look was a haute couture reinterpretation of the outfit she wore to open Chanel's Metiers d'art show in New York last December. The fabric was engineered from silk and muslin to look like denim, requiring 250 hours of handwork.

Meanwhile, singer Troye Sivan wore jeans at the Met Gala. Dressed in Prada, he wore a high-rise, distressed pair of blue jeans that leaned into an '80s New York sensibility...