Dia Mirza wears Ritu Kumar for her engagement

Find out what went into creating Dia Mirza’s mehndi outfit.
Bollywood actress former Miss India Dia Mirza looked ethereal in an ethnic outfit by fashion designer Ritu Kumar, for her mehndi function. The event, part of her pre-wedding ceremonies, was held in the capital Thursday. Dia, who is marrying filmmaker Sahil Sangha Saturday, seemed happy and excited in a marigold yellow chanderi multi-panelled kurta.
Kumar designed Mirza’s mehndi outfit. The multi-panelled kurta has a vintage cut used in the courts of Agra around the 15th century. Said Kumar, “The neck is deep and worked in embroidered gota Patti on net, like the technique used at the time. The gold metallic taar used is of silver worked in gold thread and dori, to give it a stylised plant inlay look. Each panel is highlighted with a flowering buta. The odhni is fuschia worked with small butis of the same beaten gold gota patti, a fuschia brocade deep sinjaf finishes the edges of the outfit.”