BCR NEWS (SWATI BHAT/MUMBAI): “The first week [of lockdown] I was living in my gym clothes and pyjamas, and I didn’t feel like myself at all”, began Sonam Kapoor Ahuja during a live conversation with Vogue editor Priya Tanna on Instagram. The two had connected to discuss fashion, films and life during self-quarantine. Then, Bollywood’s bona fide fashion girl quickly jumped into breaking down her newly-found routine at home that has helped her “feel really good”. In case you are wondering, it includes: yoga, cooking, baking desserts and dressing up everyday. Here are all the highlights from their conversation you need to know.
“I’m wearing a lot of cotton dresses”, Kapoor Ahuja affirmed sitting poised in a black tiered maxi dress accessorized with shoulder-dusting gold earrings. She has just placed an order of two-three dresses each with Péro and Bodice she confirms. “I have to support them in whatever way I can.”
On her radar, young fashion labels like Jodi, Olio Stories, Bobo Calcutta sit alongside established brands including Anavila, Payal Pratap, Bodice, Eka, Dhruv Kapoor. Her go-to high-street brand? H&M. Later on, she reveals that her go-to couture designers include Anamika Khanna, Sabyasachi, Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla and Ralph & Russo.