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- Hi, I'm Swasti.
- Hi, I'm Sanjana.
- My name is Nina.
- And today we're getting Bollywood-inspired makeovers.
- Bollywood really defined a lot of the way
that I live my life.
Women in Bollywood, they epitomize
what beautiful means to me.
- I've watched so many Bollywood movies growing up
and I feel like they've just kind of helped me
embrace my culture more, because we don't
necessarily get that when we're out here.
- Growing up, I didn't watch a ton of Bollywood movies,
but as I get older, it's something that I really admire,
just as a whole industry.
- So, my favorite actress, in terms of what she wears
that's sexy on the red carpet, in films, is Bipasha Basu.
Hands down, she is a goddess.
And she rocks so many bikini top saris
and she's like hey, here I am embracing myself
and I'm hot and you all know it.
She is the baddest bitch in the room.
- My Bollywood icons are the women in the 80s, 90s,
Madhuri Dixit, the Sridevis, the women
with the really classic, beautiful,
really dramatic styles.
- I look at people like Deepika Padukone
and Shilpa Shetty and all of these people,
and they really have unique takes on South Asian fashion.
I pretty much only was wearing saris to functions.
I was wearing a lot of what my mom would buy for me,
so I'm going for a more fashion-forward look,
to try something that's more out of my comfort zone.
- My mom wears Indian clothes
when she goes to the temple all the time,
but since I don't accompany her,
I just think about it as special occasion stuff.
I dress for comfort, not really for style.
- Because my dad is so modest, my mom literally
learned how to wrap a sari without showing any skin.
And I would like to try a nice two-piece outfit,
that would be fun, 'cause I've
never really had that experience.
The one time I did it, I didn't tell my dad,
he just kind of looked at me like,
(record needles scratches)
and he said literally,
(speaking foreign language)
which means, "You have no shame?"
I'm nervous that people will notice
that I'm insecure and then be like,
oh yeah, it is kinda weird and strange.
- I tend to fly under the radar,
so going out into the world and getting
reactions of what I might look like
is a bit of a terrifying thought for me.
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- [Woman] All right, all right.
- Oh.
- Oh my God!
Wow.
Oh, (clicks tongue) this is pretty cute.
- Oh my gosh.
We'll never be this dressed up at work again,
but this is amazing.
- Wait, that's me?
I look so good, holy shit.
I came halfway close to looking
as good as those Bollywood queens.
This is amazing.
- Wow, this dress is intense.
I look like Deepika in Bajirao Mastani.
This is amazing, it looks so good.
- This is so glam, I'm shook. (laughs)
I look really good.
Normally when I tend to wear saris,
I'll wear them with long sleeves,
or at least a full sleeve, so I was very nervous,
but I'm really glad that this
pushed me out of my comfort zone.
- I feel so pretty, like sexy-pretty though,
because this is a two-piece
that I wasn't allowed to wear in my life.
It looks good.
- I feel like I'm in a Bollywood movie, this is amazing.
- I do feel like there is some version of this
that I could see Deepika Padukone in.
- I feel like this is a Bipasha Basu outfit
on any red carpet or as just a hot, bad bitch in any film.
- I'm used to the feeling of a sari,
but this feels really different,
like I've never had anything with this
kind of fringy beading, and just to be clear,
this isn't a sari per se, it's like a faux sari,
it's all one piece, and there's one zipper in the back.
- I do feel a little self-conscious
because I got some extra Swasti
that I don't particularly like, so there's that,
but for the most part I feel pretty good about this.
- It's so classic, but at the same time,
it's a fusion of different styles,
like there's a little sari element,
there's a little lehenga,
I feel like I would see this at Lakme Fashion Week.
- My dad would definitely tell me to cover up
a little bit more, but I wouldn't.
Here we are, this is who I am.
- I'm really excited to go out and walk around
like this and show all those white people,
hey, look at me, I could be a Bollywood star,
you wouldn't know. (laughs)
- Swasti! (blue-hair girl laughing)
- [Swasti] What do you guys think?
- You look so good.
- Thank you. - Oh my God.
- You look like a princess. - Thank you.
- You literally look like a bride.
Maybe even a princess bride?
- Oh, the princess bride?
- Royalty, basically look like royalty.
- [Sanjana] This is all very difficult.
- [Woman] What kind of shoes
are you wearing? - What?
I'm wearing heels, I'm just short.
Are you holding my train? - I am, I'm trying to.
(Sanjana laughs) Here, I'll hold your edge
and you hold that.
- Wow.
What are you dressing for?
- A Bollywood makeover.
- Oh my God,
you're a Bollywood star. - This is me as a,
yeah.
Me as a Bollywood star. - Can I get a photo?
- (laughing) You can.
- Ooh, my God, you look incredible.
- Thank you. - You are a vision.
I didn't recognize you, like,
(both laugh) Who's that coming over?
- Wow. - Swasti,
you look hot as hell.
- Thank you. - You should dress
like this every day. - I wish I had
the patience. - I like your little
midriff out. - I know,
look at this rockin' bod hiding.
- Thank you.
- You are reminding me of like,
- This is-- - Aishwarya Rai,
Bollywood essence right now. - Thank you, oh my God,
you know Aishwarya Rai. - I'm obsessed
with Aishwarya Rai. - Me, too.
- Beautiful. - Hi, Keith.
- Incredible. - You look incredible.
- Thanks, guys, - Do you feel incredible?
- I do.
- Wow. - I'm excited to see
what all the boys do.
(all laugh)
Ready to talk business?
- You look really good, oh I love it.
Who's your actress that you're supposed to be?
- Bipasha Basu. - Oh my God, yes.
- Can you see that? - Yes,
I am getting that vibe for sure.
- Yeah, you see some Bips?
- You know, it's tasteful, though, it's tasteful.
- I don't wanna exoticize, or do anything,
but I want you to dance. (Nina laughs)
- [Sanjana] You look amazing, Swasti.
- You look amazing, Sanjana. - You look sexy,
you look sultry, like a sultry bride.
- [Swasti] You look more beautiful than Madhuri Dixit.
- That's a compliment, wow. - Now and at her prime.
- (laughing) Oh no. - Come at this bitch, Madhuri.
Come at this bitch. (all laugh)
- [Nina] I would honestly love to rock something like this
to some fancy glam event that I would have to attend,
and just show off and be like,
oh, you're wearing a whatever dress?
Here's me in my half-sari, half-dress concoction,
can't beat this.
- [Swasti] I feel empowered wearing this,
because I wouldn't usually, and I feel like
I'm kind of able to embrace myself more.
This is what I wanted to see for so long,
and now I get to see it.
It's sexy, it's fun, it's colorful.
- [Sanjana] Listen, if I got my hands on this outfit,
I would definitely speed up whatever wedding I don't have.
I will wear this immediately.
Like I said, there are once-in-a-blue-moon opportunities
to wear them, so why not be as classic,
and just, shiny as possible?
- It's really nice to be able to
partake in all that your culture has to offer.
I'm really grateful to be able to do something like this.
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