Watch Sonam Kapoor Get Ready For the Dior Couture Show
Released on 01/30/2025
The first fashion show
that I got invited to was in Paris
by Jean Paul Gaultier.
It was his couture show.
He was the first one to dress me
and the first one to invite me
to his fashion show.
And I also saw his last couture show in Paris.
[upbeat music]
Today's show is very special to me.
The artwork, which is the backdrop of this show,
is done by this Indian girl
called Rithika Merchant.
I'm so inspired by her
that I had commissioned a special artwork
when my son was born,
and I had sent 250 prints of that artwork
to 250 of the closest people that I knew.
So the fact that she's here and I'm here
and this is her first big international collaboration,
it's emotional for me.
But Dior and me have had an association
since I was 22, 23 years old,
for my film, Aisha,
that my sister and I produced.
Dior lent me all these amazing looks
and the Lady Dior bag,
which was the main bag of the film.
It's a relationship
that's been on for the last 15 years.
And also I love the fact that Dior and Maria Grazia
were the first people
to acknowledge how much India has a part to play
in all fashion houses
and couture houses in the world,
and they were the first to acknowledge that.
[upbeat music]
I'm wearing the current season.
It's this beautiful net black dress,
which is draped really wonderfully.
And it almost reminds me
of like an Indian outfit,
but it's not.
And it's really sexy,
and it's very sporty
and cool at the same time.
[upbeat music]
We are inspired by the outfit,
by what we want to creatively do together.
And I think that keeping in mind
what she's wearing and the way the hair is,
I think all of that coming together
is how we decide what to do. [laughing]
We're keeping it very clean, very classic,
but also being inspired by India
and basically doing like a beautiful liner,
but still keeping it very modern.
We've been working together
since I think the day
I decided I wanted to be a makeup artist.
She was first a costume assistant.
So I was doing clothes then,
and then I fell in love with makeup on that film.
[Sonam] How many years has it been?
16 years, 17 years?
Yeah, almost.
[upbeat music]
It's very difficult to work with my hair,
and Stephane has been doing my hair. [laughing]
No. He's been doing--
You are dream for a hairstylist, eh?
He's been doing my hair also since I was 22 years old.
We're doing something very simple,
very chic, super modern.
[bright music]
Can I order some fries, please?
Like for three or four people.
Thank you.
[bright music]
I love Paris.
It's such a nice place to be
if you're an artist.
You feel protected
and you feel seen over here.
When I have time,
I love to go to the museums or the exhibition.
My favorite museum is d'Orsay.
I always get inspired,
and every time I go there, I feel different,
'cause it's at different ages.
My biggest style inspiration is my mother.
She was a fashion designer
and she was a model,
and my sister, my sister's been my stylist
since I started work.
She's actually a very, very successful film producer.
[upbeat music]
Thank you.
Mustard and ketchup up with french fries.
It's the only way to have it.
Mm, mm.
My makeup and hair is done
and now it's time for me to get into my outfit.
Bye.
[upbeat music] [camera shutter clicking]
I think that I had this early obsession
with dressing my Barbie dolls [laughing]
when I was really young,
and then Sonam just became mine.
[Sonam laughing] I unofficially
started dressing her since forever,
and then officially I became her stylist
when I was 21.
So now it's been 17 years.
Thanks for telling everybody my age.
I'm telling my age now. [Sonam laughing]
I think Sonam's personal style
has always been exuberant, joyful,
and she really has an appreciation
for everything that goes into making a moment.
And I think that came from my mom and my aunt.
I think she kind of loves
the idea of creating a moment,
but not on herself.
So she has me and so she does it on me.
No matter how uncomfortable it is,
I have to just go with her vision. [laughing]
And I think that makes us a perfect match.
[both laughing]
We just love to have fun with fashion.
And we don't really think so much about trends,
we think about what we find beautiful.
And currently I've been really, really inspired
by looking into the archives
of the maharajas and the maharanis,
as I've always been.
But it's so much significance
to what they did with European jewelers,
and jewelers that they were inspired
by the craftsmanship that they liked.
And I really am inspired
by the idea of placing that on an Indian actor,
and obviously I really wanna do it on my sister.
So I'm excited to work with European jewelers
since they've been inspired by India
and we're now inspired by them,
and create like a beautiful style marriage.
So today we're wearing a dress
from the spring-summer collection,
and a faux fur coat from the resort collection.
And I love the delivery detail on the Dior bag.
I feel like there's something quintessentially Indian
about it almost.
And then we've done like a sahara, a pearl sahara.
It's basically an Indian earring
that you attach into the hair to give it support.
We've also done a black gajra.
A gajra is usually like flowers
that you adorn your hair with,
and it's very traditionally Indian,
but we kind of make it a little badass
by making it black
and just have some fun.
[upbeat music]
Thank you for being with me the whole journey.
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