Nita Ambani’s Navratri look featured a nine-hue brocade lehenga with a leheriya drape

Hosting Navratri festivities at her Mumbai home, Nita Ambani turned to Jade by Monica and Karishma for a lehenga that carried the theme of Navrang into fabric. Styled by Anaita Shroff Adajania, the ensemble pieced together nine colours into one celebratory whole.

The lehenga unfolded as a patchwork of Banarasi brocades, each panel alive with zari, resham and sequin work. Emerald, scarlet, violet, fuchsia, ivory and gold were stitched into place with gota patti and zardozi borders, their shimmer echoing the temple textiles that inspired them. The choli, cut with elbow-length sleeves, mirrored the embroidery of the lehenga, holding ornament and proportion in balance.

Over it, a fuchsia leheriya dupatta cut through the weight of brocade with diagonal stripes. Its tasselled border and antique-finish embroidery linked the piece to India’s dyeing traditions, tying the couture polish back to craft at source. Draped over one shoulder, it tempered with the multiplicity of colours.

Jewellery dialled up the maximalism: a tiered emerald and uncut diamond necklace, oversized earrings, stacked bangles and a maang tikka framing her face. Makeup kept to definition rather than drama—kohl-lined eyes, peach lips and a red bindi—while hair was gathered into a neat bun wound with mogra.