Sobhita Dhulipala Shines With Her Fiancé in a Peach South Indian Saree Chaitanya Naga
For their engagement, Sobhita Dhulipala and Naga Chaitanya dazzle in pastel traditional attire.
Naga Chaitanya and Sophia Dhulipala finally made their romance public after years of rumors, and they did it in style with an engagement announcement. In front of close friends and family, the pair had a private ceremony to announce their engagement. To commemorate the start of this wonderful adventure together, they both dressed in pastel colors. The bride-to-be looked gorgeous in a peach silk saree in the South Indian style that Indian designer Manish Malta custom-made and accessorized with traditional gold jewelry. Her outfit gained a festive touch from the gold jewelry, which matched the golden borders of her saree and top wonderfully. It was obvious that Sophia loved wearing traditional clothing, and seeing her dressed so beautifully could not have come at more auspicious time. South Indian Naga Chaitanya, the son of
To make sure that this intimate moment truly represented her roots and respected their rich traditions, Sophia covered herself in an exquisite montage of textiles that she had carefully chosen from the Andhra Pradesh weaving villages. She selected Uppsala silk from the Andhra Pradesh region, in a golden blush color influenced by the ageless Pad mam (lotus) and Kanakaambaram, a traditional temple flower that Telugu ladies frequently wear in their hair. The saree’s silhouette is a contemporary interpretation of the traditional half-saree style worn by young women in South India, with inspiration drawn from the paintings of the renowned Telugu artist Baku.
The traditional three-piece Andhra Pradeshi men’s outfit, the pattu pancha, laalchi, and kanduva, is reinterpreted in a contemporary way on Naga Chaitanya. The rich dori work in ancient gold zari accentuates the ensemble, which is made of exquisite ivory brocade and subdued gold tussar silk. Stepping out of the dreary monsoon grays and into their new life together with grace and beauty, the couple looked astonishing in their traditional clothing.