Khushi Kapoor nailed the Indian wedding guest mood mood board across her sister Anshula Kapoor’s wedding celebrations. She wore a pastel sharara from designer Tarun Tahiliani for the pre-wedding prayer ceremony, a luminous gold tissue sari by Itrh for the mehendi, and a monochromatic sage green lehenga by Anamika Khanna for the wedding, showcasing a diverse ceremonial wardrobe across every silhouette. For the reception celebrations, Kapoor returned to Anamika Khanna, choosing a custom patchwork lehenga.
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The custom multicoloured lehenga featured a voluminous patchwork skirt made from the designer’s deadstock textiles, bringing together archival fabrics and surplus remnants into a cohesive silhouette. Intricate beadwork tassels cinched the waist with a gold scalloped hem along the border. A red blouse with a sweetheart-neckline featuring floral designs and embroidered with threadwork and sequins complemented the ornate skirt. A purple dupatta featuring a zigzag gold pattern and finished with a scalloped border tied the look together.
For accessories, stylists Mohit Rai and Shubhi Kumar opted for a statement choker featuring multicoloured gemstones with cascading green drops, accompanied by a matching bangle from Jaipur-based jewellery house Raniwala 1881. Multicoloured gemstone stud earrings and a maang tikka from Chandigarh-based jeweller Jagdish Jewellers added to the maximalist aesthetic, with Mumbai-based designer Meera Mahadevia’s brocade clutch embellished with semi-precious gemstones. For the beauty look, makeup artist Tanvi Chemburkar chose luminous skin, defined lashes, blushed cheeks and nude-pink lips while hairstylist Dianne Commissariat completed the look with a sleek centre-parted bun.
Kapoor’s patchwork lehenga is a nod to India’s age-old tradition of patchwork textiles, where regional craft practices transform leftover and discarded fabrics into objects of both beauty and utility, giving new life to materials that might otherwise have gone to waste. The practice of repurposing textiles through stitching, appliqué and embroidery has long embodied the principles of sustainability, centuries before the term entered contemporary fashion. Crafts such as kantha from West Bengal, godhadi from Maharashtra, ralli from Gujarat and khambadiya from Rajasthan celebrate this philosophy by giving new life to old textiles. Once used to create quilts, cushion covers, tapestries, wall hangings and other household textiles by stitching together discarded saris and fabric, designers are bringing it to the fore via custom designs.
From Vogue‘s fashion desk:
“Wedding goers and brides-to-be can turn to this look and draw upon its modern traditionalist aesthetic. Old heritage fabrics lying unused in your wardrobe can be turned into a creation like wholesome outfit like this. You could reimagine it as a blazer, co-ord set, even a dress—think Isha Ambani’s bandage dress with patchwork fabrics—and have a statement-making outfit,” says Ashwini Arun Kumar, Vogue India fashion features editor.
