Thumbnail Description: Vintage Nehru jackets styled in quirky modern-day Delhi street fashion.
In a sartorial twist more unexpected than a Delhi auto meter showing the correct fare, the Nehru jacket is making an unsolicited comeback—and Gen Z is dangerously into it.
Yes, that’s right. The iconic sleeveless bandhgala worn by India’s first PM, and pretty much every government employee attending a wedding in winter, is being reborn as high fashion. Once the reluctant uniform of school principals, bureaucrats, and awkward uncles, the Nehru jacket has now entered the wild habitat of Instagram influencers, complete with oversized sunglasses and expressions like they know something you don’t.
It all began subtly a few months ago, when Ranveer Singh wore a brocade Nehru jacket to a red carpet event and didn’t look like he was about to give a Republic Day speech. Suddenly, everyone wanted in. Fashion designers, who previously wouldn’t touch the jacket without triple-layered irony, are now sending out linen and khadi versions. There are even sequinned Nehru jackets now—for millennials who want to look like they’re attending both a poetry slam and a disco.
But before we accuse Gen Z of turning another piece of cultural furniture into aesthetic kitsch, let’s pause. Because, frankly, the idea of resurrecting heritage through fashion might just be the most stylish thing ever done for history since someone turned Indus Valley seals into pajamas.
You see, the Nehru jacket wasn’t always middle-management-core. In the 1960s, it was worn by everyone from The Beatles to Dr. Evil (he tried, okay?), and was a global fashion statement. It’s classy, compact, and never out of order—something Delhi auto drivers can learn from. And in today’s confusing world of oversized hoodies and half-pants, it offers a beacon of structured elegance. You slip into one and suddenly feel like both a visionary leader and someone who knows what time the chhole bhature delivery is arriving.
So wear that Nehru jacket with pride, Delhi. Let it fight the winter breeze and existential dread equally. Mix it with ripped jeans, or wear it ironically over pajamas, but remember—sometimes fashion forward means looking backward, just very… stylishly.
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