BOLLYWOOD ISHTYLE: Saawariya Inspirations

Sanjay Leela Bansali films have always, always appealed to me, from the beautifully designed outfits, the ornate sets, the lovely songs and the dreamy, sensational style of his films. And of course, Saawariya fits into the bill, with it's weirdly emotional plot and beautiful, beautiful outfits which I absolutely fell in love with.

There were three main designers for the film Saawariya, who created beautiful, signature outfits which created a dreamy world and era of their own. The designers, Rajesh Pratap Singh, Reza Shariffi and Anuradha Vakilare pretty well known in Bollywood as the designers of a lot of beautiful costumes, and the images below are by each of them for the film. It is easy to recognise these outfitw worn by the actresses in the film; Rani Mukherji's sari (in the last picture) and for Sonam Kapoor's skirts (for the first two pictures).

I love seeing how outfits are put together, and how concept is put to paper, and even in the designs below, the look is elegant and shows a great glimpse of the lovely outfit in the film. I'll be sure to post about these outfits later on, as I find them lovely (me and my swishy dresses, eh?) and I think they're a great place to look at for inspiration!

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KAPRAY SHAPRAY: Peshawar Style Outfits on Sonam Kapoor and Rani Mukherjee

I recently saw some pictures of Sonam Kapoor at someone's wedding, and rather admired the outfit she was wearing. Created by well-known Indian fashion Anuradha Vakil, Sonam wears a coppery orange kameez with light blue dupatta and peshwar-style pyjamas, and this is a wonderful combination. I love the complete modesty of this outfit, and the fact that this is something which really goes with today's trends without looking at if it is too much. With three-quarter length sleeves and a long kameez on top on wide-legged trousers, Sonam looks gorgeously elegant in this outfit, and how often do you see a celebrity wearing khusay instead of heels?! I love the work on this whole suit, its intricate and well done, and the motif pattern on the kameez really works here.

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I noticed this outfit mainly because of a similar one to this from the past, in which the lovely brown-eyed beauty Rani Mukherjee wore for her Saawariya premiere back in 2007: a dazzling bright blue and hot pink suit by the same designer:

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I really love how the well both of these outfits are carried off by the actresses, and how for each there is a different style; I'm not a fan of orange clothes at all and yet it looks amazing here on Sonam. Similarly, I find blue and hot pink a bit of a typical colour combination normally (especially on the usual high street!), but the motif design looks beautifully traditional and looks very well done on Rani's outfit.
Which of the two do you prefer?