People might be confused about the number of pre-pre-pre, pre-pre and pre Ambani wedding events but not me (maybe because I’m not invited). Recently, the media intimated us of a dress Radhika to-be-Ambani wore on her Mediterranean cruise, whose fabric was imprinted with her fiancée’s love letter. Well, weddings are so much about the dress.

If we have learned anything from Bridgerton S3, it’s that marriage is a bit of an un make-over. In S2, Anthony and Kate steamed up the screen with I-hate-you-like-I-love-you passion and romance. They were edgy, sexy and fun.

In S3, when they appear, the show became Hum Aap Ke Hain Bridgerton. Kate worrying about devarji’s favourite biscuits. Kate, eyes brimming with saccharine, giving struggling lovers sententious advice about settling down.

Anthony acting like a clueless husband. They seem to have escaped from a WhatsApp group titled Wifeys and Hubbies. And then Kate’s dresses.

One of them legit looks like it was stolen from Pankaj Udhas, shawl and all. ADVERTISEMENT Penelope, once tart as the lemony dresses she wore, loses all spice once marriage to Colin, England’s answer to Alamzeb, becomes a prospect. In a vintage Bhabhi move, she even declares she will use her column, Lady Whisteldown for good.

Why? What did we do to deserve this? But she does get some beautiful dresses, smouldering with languorous lights, glinting and hinting, like dragonfly wings in the sun. If it were not for the dresses, would women be tempted into m.