Ananya Panday’s coral Arpita Mehta sharara glints with mirror work

Ananya Panday stepped out in a coral sharara set by Arpita Mehta for a pre-wedding celebration in Dubai, styled by Ami Patel. The look was built around dense hand embroidery and a three-part ensemble comprising a cropped jacket, a sweetheart-neck blouse and wide sharara pants.

The jacket set the proportions of the look, worn open over the blouse and detailed with heavy shisha embroidery along the front panels, sleeves and hem. Gold zari outlined the mirror work, creating a clear visual framework for the garment. The blouse repeated the same shisha motif at a tighter scale.

The sharara pants extended the design language downward in a more dispersed pattern, with embroidered motifs placed across the length of the fabric and gathered more closely near the waist.

Panday paired the set with statement chandbalis, keeping all jewellery concentrated around the face. The absence of a necklace left the jacket opening and blouse embroidery fully visible, while creating some breathing room to balance the density of the surface work.

The makeup by Riviera Lynn keeps the focus on softly kohl-lined eyes, worked close to the lash line and gently smoked to add depth that holds up against the density of the shisha embroidery and mirror work. Skin is even and luminous, with warmth through the cheeks that picks up on the coral tones of the sharara. With hair in loose, soft waves by Sankalp Vilas Surve, the beauty look acts as a steady counterpoint to the ornate craft of the ensemble.

From Vogue’s fashion desk:

“Ananya Panday’s Arpita Mehta look works best when the embellished jacket is the hero. Keep everything else pared back with fitted shorts and a simple white puffy blouse or crop top. Go for undone hair, natural makeup, a chunky wrist stack and boho sandals for some laid-back street style,” says Vogue India fashion associate Divya Balakrishnan.