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Sharmila and Ratna attended the Prithvi Theater Festival opening on Friday evening where the former was seen in a printed silk and the latter in a Raw Mango one. Which sari is more you? I was drawn instantly to Ratna’s sari.
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Sharmila Tagore and Ratna Pathak Shah
Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani
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Ms. Tagore attended the Vogue Beauty Awards wearing a cream sari featuring feather embroidery with jewellery from her own collection. She looked lovely.
On an aside, I love that she wears her own jewellery over and over, especially in this day and age, where celebrities have the ability to source just about anthing.
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Sharmila Tagore
Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani
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Wearing a floral print chiffon sari, Sharmila attended the Hello! Hall of Fame Awards on Sunday evening. She looked lovely!
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Sharmila Tagore
Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani
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How weird is it that just last week I pointed out how I would love to do a print on print look and a pink one and oddly the universe suddenly gives me a sighting of the exact same things! Think, Sharmila and Rekha are reading my posts. (A girl can dream.. :P)
Coming back to the ladies, how lovely did they look in their saris?
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Sharmila Tagore At Soha Ali Khan Book Launch
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Rekha at Adira Birthday Party
Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani
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This week let’s throwback to ‘An Evening In Paris’, the Shammi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore starrer. To be honest, I don’t quite remember the movie, but the leading lady sure left a lasting impression.
I love the Sharmila of Ray’s movies (that’s another post entirely) but this one was quite something else. Maybe it was the poise and elegance with which she imbibed the fashion of late Sixties, a fashion era that am quite partial to. She delivered the style of the time and then some- bouffants, dramatic cat-eyes, tightly draped saris with short pallus and blouses knotted at the back that she wore through the movie.
I am a child of the Eighties and didn’t discover this movie until much later and by then it already had the vintage appeal I have since come to love. (If you follow me on Instagram, you know.)
Though the styling wasn’t particularly path-breaking or novel for the time, the reason why it holds up so well even today is essentially because of Ms. Tagore. Some of the most stylish cinematic moments/movies have worked because of both the fashion employed and the chemistry brought in by leading ladies’ style in to the mix. And Sharmila sure made those chiffon saris look super chic in Paris!
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Sharmila Tagore In ‘An Evening In Paris‘
A stand-out moment from the film was when Sharmila burst on to the screen in a swimsuit. A scene that caused mild controversy and some censoring on TV, but one that cemented the movie’s high-on-style status. Can we all agree she nailed the look? I mean it’s not easy competing with that blue unique to South of France and still come out on top!
Anyone who can rock a one-piece swimsuit with pigtails is a-okay in my book. But kids, don’t try this at home.
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Sharmila Tagore In ‘An Evening In Paris‘
I wish I was able to source better images but this was all we could get our hands on. If you have any memories of this movie or any other that you particularly remember for the fashion of its time, I’d love to hear it!
