Kriti Sanon and Rashmika Mandanna at the Ambani Swadesh Eros Night: Mirror-Work Dupatta, Wine Saree, and the Festive Glam That Held the Room
The night was for Devi Shakti and one year of Swadesh Eros. The Ambanis hosted it in Mumbai on 10 October. Nita in a magenta-pink silk saree. Mukesh in black. Radhika Merchant in an antique-gold corset blouse. The Bollywood contingent came in their own versions of the same brief.
Kriti Sanon wore a mustard-gold short kurti over deep-purple tailored trousers. The piece that stopped the frame was the multi-coloured Patola-print dupatta: dense embroidery, circular mirror-work borders, cowrie-shell fringe along the hem. She added a choker, bangles and a gold handbag. Hair loose enough to move with the drape. The look is festive without being a full lehenga, and the mirrors catch every flash.
What the Dupatta Actually Does
The tunic sits short enough that the purple trousers read as a clean line. The dupatta is the volume. It falls across the shoulder and the front, the mirrors throwing light back at the camera. The fringe moves when she walks. The choker sits high and keeps the eye on the neck and the start of the chest. It is heritage craft turned into a single moving piece.
Rashmika Mandanna arrived in a deep wine silk saree with polka-dot detail and a heavy gold zari border. The blouse is embellished gold. Traditional danglers and a stack of bangles. In some frames the saree reads closer to chocolate-brown with sequin work; the constant is the gold against the dark ground and the way the pallu sits. Aditi Rao Hydari was in a black-and-gold lehenga. Sara Ali Khan in a midnight-blue lehenga with threadwork. Shanaya Kapoor in yellow. Jacqueline Fernandez in a white floral drape.
Why These Two Held the Still
The event was crowded with Ambani women and the rest of the guest list. The photographs that kept circulating were the ones where the textile did the work: Kriti’s mirrors and fringe, Rashmika’s gold border and blouse. Both looks are fitted enough that the silhouette is clear. Both use gold so the light has something to hit. Both are traditional enough for the night and cut close enough that the body underneath is still the point.
The Question
The mirrors on Kriti’s dupatta. The gold blouse on Rashmika’s saree.
Which one are you saving first?
Kriti Sanon wore a mustard-gold short kurti over deep-purple tailored trousers. The piece that stopped the frame was the multi-coloured Patola-print dupatta: dense embroidery, circular mirror-work borders, cowrie-shell fringe along the hem. She added a choker, bangles and a gold handbag. Hair loose enough to move with the drape. The look is festive without being a full lehenga, and the mirrors catch every flash.
What the Dupatta Actually Does
The tunic sits short enough that the purple trousers read as a clean line. The dupatta is the volume. It falls across the shoulder and the front, the mirrors throwing light back at the camera. The fringe moves when she walks. The choker sits high and keeps the eye on the neck and the start of the chest. It is heritage craft turned into a single moving piece.
Rashmika Mandanna arrived in a deep wine silk saree with polka-dot detail and a heavy gold zari border. The blouse is embellished gold. Traditional danglers and a stack of bangles. In some frames the saree reads closer to chocolate-brown with sequin work; the constant is the gold against the dark ground and the way the pallu sits. Aditi Rao Hydari was in a black-and-gold lehenga. Sara Ali Khan in a midnight-blue lehenga with threadwork. Shanaya Kapoor in yellow. Jacqueline Fernandez in a white floral drape.
Why These Two Held the Still
The event was crowded with Ambani women and the rest of the guest list. The photographs that kept circulating were the ones where the textile did the work: Kriti’s mirrors and fringe, Rashmika’s gold border and blouse. Both looks are fitted enough that the silhouette is clear. Both use gold so the light has something to hit. Both are traditional enough for the night and cut close enough that the body underneath is still the point.
The Question
The mirrors on Kriti’s dupatta. The gold blouse on Rashmika’s saree.
Which one are you saving first?
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