Ananya Panday stepped out in a Tarun Tahiliani pre-draped concept sari with the fluidity of a traditional drape and the structure of corsetry. Styled by Priyanka Kapadia Badani, the ensemble features a sweetheart corset bodice with visible boning, tonal embroidered and sequins in floral clusters.
The sari gathered into soft pleats at the waist before falling into a narrow floor-length silhouette. The sheer lace pallu is worked with scrolling floral embroidery, scattered sparkle and a scalloped edge; the same embroidered motifs continued across the sari.
Draping has always been central to Tahiliani’s work. “We would make the sketches and then everything would be made into a toile. We would dress the fit models and ask, ‘Can you sit? Can you move?’ If you can’t walk in the clothes, we have failed as designers,” he tells Vogue India about his early days in design. The concept sari became central to Tahiliani’s design ethos of ‘India Modern’. Through pre-structured silhouettes, these designs reinterpret the traditional drape, appearing as sari gowns and even jumpsuit hybrids.
Stylist Priyanka Kapadia kept the accessorising focused on a choker by Umrao Jewels. Aanchal A Morwani pulled the hair into a half-up style, while makeup by Riddhima Khubchandani stayed in Panday’s go-to territory of luminous skin, draped blush and a glossy nude lip.
From Vogue’s fashion desk
“Work in a pop of colour in the accessories; either incorporating that in the heel or as a small clutch or handbag,” says Divya Balakrishnan, Vogue India fashion associate.
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