Kerala lawyers seek relaxation of dress code due to sweltering heat, humidity, and lack of ventilation in court halls.

Elsewhere, ladies must don elegant evening gowns. For the Lawyers' Ball, which dates back to 1814, the stunning women donned ivory frocks in a mixture of styles, accessorised with sparkling tiaras.

"I just told him I wanted something in the chocolates, in the deep browns," she said of the gown. "I just felt really beautiful in it." That evening, Saldaña won best performance by a female actor in ...