Jacqueline Fernandez arrived at a recent outing dressed in a blush sari that pulls pearls and lace squarely back into the conversation. Designed by Manish Malhotra, her pastel piece leaned into a distinctly Edwardian mood from the early 1900s, revisiting the romance of pearls and lace. From colour to craft, it channels a soft-focus sensuality that seems nostalgic and current at once.
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Constructed in lace, the sari is worked through with pearl embellishment, extending from the scalloped border across the body of the fabric. The detailing is most concentrated along the edges, where pearls of varying sizes trace the hemline and pallu, creating a denser outline against the more lightly scattered field. Fernandez shifts the drape slightly, pulling the pallu across her back and letting it fall from one arm, which keeps the border in view for longer.
The true showstopper of her ensemble is the blouse. A departure from conventional codes, it is a silk bralette layered with a matching lace cropped cape. The cape is high-necked, with pearls applied with meticulous density at the scalloped hem and the neckline that almost mimics the effect of wearing a statement neckpiece.
Lace and pearls have a lineage that stretches back to the Edwardian era, when gauzy lace-trimmed gowns defined the period’s feminine ideal and pearls sets were among the most prized adornments a woman could wear. The pairing was revived and democratised in the early 20th century when Coco Chanel famously reimagined pearls as symbols of female independence rather than mere aristocratic status. That spirit has been revisited on international runways repeatedly. Dior has leaned into pearl accents across clothing and accessories, and then Simone Rocha and Vivienne Westwood played with subversive pearl styling. With Fernandez’s sari, Manish Malhotra has given this long-standing Western obsession an Indian occasion-wear translation.
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