Anshula Kapoor wore her late mother’s 42-year-old gold tissue and zardozi dupatta with her Tarun Tahiliani wedding lehenga
Anshula Kapoor tied the knot with longtime beau Rohit Thakker earlier this week. Since her engagement in October last year, where she wore a purple bandhani lehenga by designer Arpita Mehta, speculations about her wedding designer have been doing the rounds. They can finally be laid to rest, now that pictures of her wedding look have flooded the internet to show her custom Tarun Tahiliani lehenga.
Kapoor shunned the customary vermillion red for her wedding ceremony and turned to a fuschia and orange lehenga. The skirt featured traditional mango-shaped motifs called ambi in the Indian design context, otherwise called paisley, with floral and foliate motifs. Kashida—a traditional thread-based embroidery technique native to Jammu & Kashmir—was layered with rich zari work to give the lehenga its ornate look.
Tarun Tahiliani’s signature magic with blouse can be seen at play here. Featuring a classic sweetheart neckline on a fitted bodice and an elbow-length sleeve with beaded detailing, the blouse is equal parts traditional and contemporary. The look featured multiple dupattas—each symbolising a different emotion for the bride. A custom bandhani gharchola dupatta in pink lined with a phulkari border paid an homage to the Gujarati family Kapoor is marrying into and her Punjabi roots, too. The focus of the look, though, was Kapoor’s late mother’s 42-year-old gold tissue and zardozi dupatta.
“Everything started with her mother’s gold wedding dupatta, an heirloom that carried immense sentimental value, and we knew it had to remain the heart of the entire ensemble,” shares stylist Mohit Rai, who styled all of Kapoor’s wedding looks. Her sentiment resonates with many modern brides, many of whom have incorporated heritage pieces into their modern wedding wardrobes. “Tarun Tahiliani’s craftsmanship and design philosophy allowed us to build a contemporary couture narrative around the dupatta while ensuring it remained the emotional heart of the ensemble.”
“The idea was for Anshula to feel completely herself, with every element coming together harmoniously to create a bridal look that was deeply personal, timeless and driven by emotion,” says Rai, who wanted to exercise restraint and lean into the idea of quiet luxury with this look in the context of an Indian bridal style. Stacked necklaces with matching earrings, maang tikka and kadas, all from Jaipur-based label Raaniwala 1881, made up the bridal jewellery. Custom kaliras from Mumbai-based jewellery designer Mrinalini Chandra and pink bridal chooda set completed the bridal look.
