Within the floral vertical, there is an assortment of sub-categories. You can own the peppy painterly blooms with a Victoriana flair, perhaps embrace quintessentially English influences or wear those melancholic, moody florals. If you’d rather unfurl indigenous influences of the era gone by, check out Ananya Panday’s floral Torani sari that she wore to attend the musical Rajadhiraaj at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai.
Called Dil Nawaz Mahasti sari, it is plucked from Karan Torani’s ‘Juloos’ collection that is “inspired from the fashions of the bygone kafilas and the visual of playing cards that remain uniform on the streets and parks of this very diverse country,” reveals the New Delhi-based designer. Adding, “The sage green creation is cut from a fluid silk crepe and features motifs seen in a deck of cards—Hukum [spade], Chidi [club] and Dil [heart].” These patterns are beautifully interspersed with jharonkas along with Torani’s signature Chintz.
Her sari is paired with a sensual Dil Nawaz Masha choli. “With each motif hand-painted on a canvas of sage green, the sari is a bohemian dream with a Kitsch placement. The entire collection was painted by Torani’s art foundation then digitally transferred onto textiles.
This print was a labour of over two months. The result symbolises the riot of colours that is India.” “This is a classic floral sari yet holds the power to subtly make a modern statement,” shares Torani about the look .