This Aishwarya Rai Look is a Thappad to Those Who Called Her Aunty
You don’t call Aishwarya Rai, aunty. Ever.
Aunty, kaun main?
Listen, you don’t go about dismissing older women by calling them ‘aunty’. Cause it’s ageist as hell, and also, ‘cause glamour never came with an expiry date’.
Madam Aishwarya Rai Bachchan made sure to prove that point by dressing like a slaying black glamazon at last night’s Vogue Women of the Year Awards, giving a tight thappad across the faces of all those who dismissively called her ‘aunty’ in the past.
Wait! my commentary on the style experiments of the night has just begun.
The biggest one of which was of course by Jim Sarbh, who successfully subverted pink by wearing a baby pink suit, paving the way for all metrosexual dudes of the country.
Pinkoooooo!
Yes, a pink suit, with a pink bow tie, finished with a pink shirt. So much pink, so much pink, dear reader, that the cheeks are blushing on seeing it!
Warning, This Sari has an Identity Disorder
But yeh kya, why is Gauri Khan’s Monisha Jaising sari suffering from an identity disorder? I mean, is it a sari or a sari gown, or is it meant to be blingy, or subtle? After we get to know, be sure, dear reader, that we will pass on the info to you.
Entangled Web of Dhaagas
Alright, Kriti Sanon’s hair was the right kind of wavy-messy, the kind that lesser mortals like yours truly can only aspire for. But serious question, when did edginess become an entangled web of complicated black dhaagas? No offence to the designers, Shivan and Narresh. (Please do consider me for the freebies, sirs!)
Chashmon Ki Rani
Kiran Rao, who is the style icon for many of us bespectacled women, showed us what to wear in case the lenses start waging a rebellion against the eyes on an all-important do. Those gold spectacles are love. Also, isn’t the Sanjay Garg gown the handloom lover’s Oscar de la Renta?
Man, Sonam Looks Scarily Rich in this One
See, this is a truly intimidating look. Sonam Kapoor here looks scarily rich in that emerald Fouad Sarkis gown. With that dress and the red lips, she looks like the kind of rich you’d be scared to approach. The kind that will mock you in your face if you ever dreamt of matching up to it!
Blingeshwari Sharma
Anushka Sharma became blingeshwari Sharma in a Shane and Falguni peacock iridiscent gown. But the biggest bling on her was not her dress, but the blingy title she got as Vogue Gamechanger of the Year. #alwaysplugginginwomenempowerment!
Edgy Apte
Radhika Apte was apte-ly dressed in an edgy gown, that was as edgy as the woman herself. Slay, queen!
As Bright As That Mind
Last but not the least is of course, Mrs Funnybones, aka Twinkle Khanna whose Gauri and Nainika gown is as bright as her mind! Incidentally, at the event, she also happened to win the title of Vogue Opinion Maker of the Year. We are wondering what’s brighter now!
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