Holi 2025: Top outfits and makeup looks to make you appear fashionable

Updated on: Mar 13, 2025, 19:51:30 IST

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Make Holi memorable by putting your best fashion foot forward. (Shutterstock)

Holi 2025: Look chic, both while you play Holi or when you dance at after party. This guide covers the basics of styling and makeup.

Holi 2025: Holi, the festival of colours, is celebrated with great pomp and vigour. With vibrant splashes of colour, extravagant feasts, jamming and grooving sessions, the festivities are sorted. But what truly completes the celebration? Epic OOTDs that leave everyone, including those pesky friends ready to ambush you with colours, completely stunned! And, of course, the after-party calls for a fashion moment while you savour the delights. We have got you covered so that you are the best-dressed, while playing holi or at an after party.

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Styling tips

Go for lively, Holi-inspired outfits for after-party. (Pinterest)

Avani K. Chandan, Founder of House of Ara, shared her top styling recommendations for both playing Holi and celebrating at the after-party:

For playing with colours: Opt for easy-breezy cotton or linen outfits in white or pastel shades, they make the colours pop and keep you cool. Wear old clothes you don’t mind getting stained. Choose minimal jewelry, preferably waterproof or avoid it altogether. Tie your hair in braids or buns and protect it with a scarf or bandana. Finish with sunglasses and waterproof sunscreen.
For after parties: Switch to flowy maxi dresses, co-ord sets, or vibrant kurtas in bright hues like fuchsia, yellow, or turquoise. Accessorize with statement earrings and comfy flats. Go for dewy makeup with a pop of colour on the lips or eyes to keep the festive vibe alive. Sarees are also one of the go-to options, for formal parties.

Makeup look

Capture the traditional big, bold eyes look from Alia Bhatt and Deepika Padukone. (Pinterest)

Now that outfit is sorted, let's understand the makeup looks. Since it's Holi, embrace the ebullient, colourful spirit and try to go for graphic liners that match the colour of your ethnic wear. If graphic liners feel too much, consider going for muted eyeshadows in the tone of the primary colour of your outfit. Colour coordination is the main style secret. It's perfect for a statement energy.

Although you can also keep it minimalist with kohl-lined eyes, black bindi (think Piku or Rani style.) Brownie points for nose pins.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Adrija Dey
Adrija Dey’s proclivity for observation fuels her storytelling instinct. As a lifestyle journalist, she crafts compelling, relatable narratives across diverse touchpoints of the human experience, including wellness, mental health, relationships, interior design, home decor, food, travel, and fashion that gently nudge readers toward living a little better. For her, stories exist in flesh and bones, carried by human vessels and shaped through everyday endeavours. It is the small stories we live and share that make us human. After all, humans and their lores are the most natural and raw repositories of stories, and uncovering them, for her, is akin to peeling an orange under a winter afternoon sun. Always up for a chat, she believes the best stories come from unfiltered yapping, where "too much information" is kind of the point. A graduate of Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi, and an alumna of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Delhi, Adrija spends her idle hours cocooned with herbal tea and a gripping thriller, scribbling inner monologues she loosely calls poetic pieces, often with her succulents in attendance. On lazier days, she can be found binge-watching, for the nth time, one from her comfort-show holy trinity: The Office (US), Brooklyn Nine-Nine, or Modern Family. Dancing by herself to her peppy playlists, however, is an everyday ritual she swears by religiously.Read More

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