On her wedding day, Radhika Merchant made a startlingly sombre fashion debut. Stylist Rhea Kapoor posted her photos to social media.
A lehenga in red and white with two dupattas completes the ensemble. Throughout the numerous pre-wedding festivities, the family's favourite jewel has become an emerald necklace, which she accessorised the ensemble with.
Rhea wrote, 'A Fairytale Come to Life - Radhika Merchant wears Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla for her wedding ceremony to Anant Ambani. Radhika’s ensemble is Abu Sandeep’s intricate interpretation of ‘Panetar’ - the Gujarati tradition of brides wearing red and white.'
She continued, 'The ivory Zardozi cut-work ensemble consists of a trailing ghagra layered with a second detachable trail, a 5 meter head veil and a tissue shoulder dupatta. The ghagra glitters with three borders of red. Its workmanship is the finest amalgamation of Naqshi, Saadi and Zardozi symmetrically hand-embroidered in intricate floral booties that are lavishly decorated with stones, sequins, tamba tikkis and a touch of red Resham. The head veil has impossibly delicate jaali and cut-work while the detachable trail is a Zardozi marvel of 80 inches. The outfit is complete with a fully embroidered red shoulder dupatta that uplifts the silhouette with its maximal drama.'
Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita Ambani, is poised to wed Radhika. The wedding is taking place at Mumbai's BKC at the Jio World Centre. Sara Ali Khan, John Cena, AR Rahman, Anil Kapoor, Khushi Kapoor, Shanaya Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, and Priyanka Chopra with her husband Nick Jonas were among the celebrities sighted at the wedding site on Jio World Drive in Mumbai. They were all posing for photographers. American influencer Kim Kardashian arrived in India with her sister Khloe Kardashian just one day before the wedding. Kim is visiting India for the first time. Boris Johnson and Tony Blair, two former British prime ministers, also touched down in India Friday night.