Liger star Ananya Panday is festive fashion inspo, cuts a steamy silhouette in yellow strappy blouse, floral gharara

Bollywood hottie and Liger star Ananya Panday’s latest steamy pictures are here to make us move over regular ethnic wear and encourage us to elevate our Indian style wardrobe this festive season with a sultry spin. Giving a fusion twist to traditional wear this August, Ananya’s steamy ethnic style in a poppy mango strappy crop blouse, floral print gharara and cape is all the fashion inspiration we need to make heads turn amid festive celebrations.

The Internet is currently flooded with a slew of her pictures from recent promotional stints for Liger, which show the diva putting her sartorial foot forward. The pictures feature Ananya donning a hand-embroidered mustard colour blouse that came with delicate straps and a sweetheart neckline to raise the oomph factor.

Flaunting killer washboard abs, Ananya teamed it with a pair of gharara pants that sported floral prints all over in white, pink and green hues. It was layered with a matching poppy mango cape that too sported floral prints all over in white, pink and green hues and came with mirror and cowrie shell detailing.

Leaving her soft wavy tresses open down her shoulders in mid-parted hairstyle, Ananya completed her attire with a pair of Needle Dust’s Firdaus juttis and accessorised her look with a pair of floral shaped earrings from Ritika Sachdeva. Wearing a dab of pink lip gloss, she amplified the glam quotient with a dewy makeup look that included rosy blushed and highlighted cheeks, mascara-laden eyelashes and filled-in eyebrows.

Striking sultry poses for the camera, Ananya set the Internet on fire. She was styled by celebrity fashion stylist Meagan Concessio.

The ensemble is credited to Indian fashion designer, Arpita Mehta’s eponymous label that boasts of minimalist yet fashion-forward ensembles, feature a seamless blend of ethnic and contemporary designs and enhance the feminine silhouette. The poppy mango gharara set originally costs ₹85,000 on the designer website.

A traditional Lucknowi outfit designed to enhance the beauty of the bride, ghararas come with the fashion perks of being worn by any lady, irrespective of their body shape – whether they are petite or curvy as the ensemble can be styled as per your liking and even modern customizations of sarees and suits. A gharara ropes in the charm of the bygone era, making us fall in head-over-heels in love with the ethnic wear and encouraging us to move over regular ethnic wear while elevating our Indian style wardrobe this wedding season with a sultry spin.

Currently in trend for their edgy traditionalism and a modern contemporary feel, gharara was traditionally worn by women in the Indian subcontinent and is now a viral fashion fad in Pakistan and the Hindi Belt of modern-day India. They are a pair of trousers that are narrow and straight at the waist to the knees and heavily flared or wide-legged from below the knees and up to the toes with a thick lace hiding the joint where the cloth is gathered or ruched up to form the flare of the pants.

As for crop tops, they continue to be a wardrobe staple this year as well. Designed to flatter different body types, crop tops are all the rage in womenswear fashion. Allowing women of all ages to flaunt their mid-riff and amp up the sensual appeal, nothing screams ‘summer’ quite like crop tops.