She has made the saree an airport staple and has emphasised the kurta’s simplistic elegance everytime she decides to step out in the city. Yes, we’re talking about Kangana Ranaut. While the diva rocks her latex pants and YSL heels, she looks best in her daily ethnic wear. How does she make the most basic of ethnic outfits look so glam? Here’s how...

Kangana doesn’t just wear an Indian weave to make statement, she wears it so often that she lives and breathes it. She understands that there is a sense of pride in it. So every once in a while, when dresses to make a ‘statement,’ not only does she don a saree, she wears it with pride! You will see her pairing the nine-yards with most beautiful Indian neckpiece, jhumkas and juttis on such occasions. We love this for two reasons, it amplifies the saree’s grace, and we rarely see a saree styled in the traditional way.

In her quest for accessorizing as Indian as she can, Kangana often throws in a flower or a gajra to her hairdos rather nonchalantly. While flower hair accessories have always been reserved for the special occasion like a wedding or festival, Kangana takes on those unwritten fashion rules head-on! This style diva might just bring back gajras in fashion and we won’t be surprised when that happens.

We’ve rarely come across an actress owning the nine-yards when she drapes it, Kangana is one of them. She can easily metamorphe into a traditional Indian woman and then a glamorous actresses from the yesteryears. How? Just switch the accessories. In the picture above, Kanagana has effortlessly styled her Maheshwari silk saree with Dior shades and shoes. The pearls around her neck, lend her that glorious charm.

It comes as no revelation that Kangana Ranaut has brought back the Indian drape to being the classic piece it is. We spotted the diva in yet another saree recently and it just had to be a Sabyasachi Mukherjee one! She donned a green Varanasi organza saree that she paired with a printed ‘kanthi’ blouse and a miniature gilet, replete with tilla embroidery. The look was rounded off with a statement neckpiece from the same label. With her curly locks taken into a low ponytail, she looked nothing short of royalty. It’s clear that Ranaut swears by traditional weaves to wow.

Kangana has made the saree an airport look staple. She has styled the saree with loafers, peep-toe heels and of course, the sunnies are always there! However, we have come to notice that she regularly opts for the basic sheer cotton saree to make a statement with whilst travelling. Here, the actress teamed her sheer white cotton saree with a classy sleeveless blouse and strappy heels.

While most divas are wearing velvet with their western and contemporary looks, Kangana made the texture relevant with her ethnic look. Here, the actress has teamed a blue velvet kurta with matching pants and has completed the look with matching blue juttis! Texture matters when it comes to ethnic wear and this, Kangana makes clear with this look of hers.

While the actress swears by the simplicity and elegance of the basic white kurta, she has her moments when she decides to add her own spin of fun to the look with something colourful like this bandhani dupatta. Here, she has teamed her white kurta and patiala with a bright orange dupatta, distracting perfectly from all the white she has going on.

Kangana isn’t afraid to play around with print. In fact, she mixes and matches them too! Here, her grey printed palazzos have been paired with the pink printed kurta and completed with a printed dupatta. White kitten heels and round sunnies have rounded her look off.

There’s nothing more comfortable, classy and chic than the white kurta. Kangana loves her whites when it comes to ethnic wear and she styles them with much flair. Here, she has styled her white embroidered kurta with matching embroidered wide-legged pants and has added that subtle touch of colour with a gorgeous clay embroidered shawl-like dupatta. Juttis have rounded her look off.
Keep these Kangana-approved style tips in mind the next time you opt for Indian wear.