Pernia Qureshi is a Pakistani stylist, fashion entrepreneur and classical dancer. She is married to Sahil Gilani.
Life and career
From a young age she trained as a Kuchipudi dancer, under the dance couple Raja-Radha Reddy. She has performed across India, with performances of Sufi music by Abida Parveen, and dance transliteration of the Urdu poems of Minu Bakshi.
Pernia has worked as a stylist for Harper's Bazaar, Elle and Conde Nast; and designed costumes for the Bollywood film Aisha.
Pernia played a courtesan in Muzaffar Ali's drama film set in pre-independence India, Jaanisaar, opposite Imran Abbas Naqvi. The movie was released on 7 August 2015.
Personal life
In 2011, Qureshi married Arjun Prasad, a London-based accountant. The couple divorced in 2012. In 2019 she married Sahil Gilani. Pernia Qureshi is a US citizen.
Ecommerce platform
She launched an e-commerce website, Pernia's Pop-Up Shop, in 2012. The site offers India's premier designers to a global clientele. Pernia's Pop-Up Shop was acquired by Purple Style Labs in 2019.