If selection is the spice of life, then Padma Lakshmi definitely has her palms full.
The routine TV host and writer celebrated her newest “journey across the solar” with a Vogue India cowl, is about to publish her eighth e-book and has a brand new present within the works. However don’t fear — she nonetheless discovered time to mark the event in fashion with an Instagram bikini publish.
Clad in a sizzling pink triangle high and coordinating side-tie bottoms, the 55-year-old former mannequin seemed radiant (if not a bit chilly) whereas moving into the surf, getting in a single final splash throughout Labor Day weekend.
Presumably filmed by her 15-year-old daughter, Krishna, and accompanied by Divina, her rescue Chihuahua, Lakshmi gave followers a pleasant glimpse into what was absolutely a busy summer time filled with mother-daughter fashion banter.
It’s not the primary time Lakshmi has sported this swimsuit this summer time. In late July, she shared just a few rooftop snaps from the Hamptons, clad in the identical two-piece set.
“That woman hasn’t misplaced her contact for many years now. Wow Padma, adore it,” one fan commented on the time.
Padma and Krishna have been seen regularly on the occasions circuit this yr, however their largest shared second within the highlight got here simply final month with a shared Vogue India interview. It’s their first official journal cowl collectively, and because the youthful Lakshmi would say, “they left no crumbs.”
Whereas mom and daughter’s newest pursuits embody the drama program at New York’s Skilled Youngsters’s College by day and doing stand-up comedy by evening, the “twin flames” additionally share a love of style. And with a set of archival designer seems from the ’90s and ’00s at their disposal, there’s sure to be some wardrobe raiding.
In a video Q&A accompanying the autumn challenge, the Lakshmi girls confess to a near-constant critique of each other’s outfits.
“Earlier than we depart the home, we’re fairly brutal with one another,” admitted Krishna. “I shall be like, ‘You may’t put on that in public with me.’”
Whereas the teenager inspired her mother to decorate extra provocatively, Padma retorted, “A few of your skirts are too quick for me. And a bit quick for you, too. P.S.”
Will the supremely trendy duo be swapping swimwear subsequent? Labor Day weekend might have come and gone, however there’s nonetheless time to make a remaining end-of-summer splash.
