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Sorry, that's not a Sari

The front page of Vogue India detailing the 'not a Sari' worn by Sarah Jessica Parker on the show "Just Like That."
The front page of Vogue India detailing the 'not a Sari' worn by Sarah Jessica Parker on the show "Just Like That."

When the Sex and City reboot “Just Like That” chose to go multi-culti Indian, they decided to make it a Diwali episode and have Sarah Jessica Parker in a resplendent sari.
Except it wasn’t a sari at all. It was an entirely different Indian outfit called a lehenga. Sandip Roy says it’s like trying to pass off a fisherman’s beret as a cowboy Stetson. Or peanut butter as hummus.