Priyanka Chopra Jonas accepts InStyle’s Woman of Impact award in custom pink

Priyanka Chopra Jonas was honored with the Woman of Impact award at the third annual InStyle Imagemaker Awards in Los Angeles on October 15, and she accepted it in a custom pink look that leaned into structure and spectacle rather than a safe gown.

The outfit — a pink two-piece with gold embroidery and a trailing skirt — came from Matières Fécales’ Spring 2027 collection and was styled by Law Roach, marking another collaboration between the actor and one of the most influential stylists working today. Indian coverage of the look noted that it used Benarasi fabric sourced from Tilfi Banaras, a detail that tied the modern silhouette back to a traditional textile.

An experimental choice

The styling drew the kind of split reaction that genuinely adventurous red-carpet choices tend to. A structured two-piece with a train is a riskier proposition than a classic column dress, and that was clearly the point — the look was built to be noticed and discussed rather than to blend into a carpet full of safer options. For a stylist like Roach, whose reputation is built on turning appearances into talking points, that is a feature, not a flaw.

The award

The Woman of Impact award was presented to Chopra Jonas by Avantika Vandanapu, Amita Rao and Megan Suri, and the evening included a surprise video message from her husband, Nick Jonas. The honor recognizes her influence in Hollywood and her work expanding opportunities for women in the industry.

Speaking to People at the event, Chopra Jonas reflected on how far the night was from where she started, saying her younger self would have found it hard to imagine.

“I was really shy and introverted, so I think she would have been surprised for sure.”

She added that what her younger self would be most surprised by was “my will to survive, my tenacity” — a line that fit the framing of an award built around impact and persistence rather than a single role or project.

The InStyle Imagemaker Awards, now in their third year, sit at the intersection of fashion and recognition, honoring figures the magazine sees as shaping the cultural image. That makes the red carpet part of the point rather than a sideshow: the clothes and the honor are telling the same story. In Chopra Jonas’s case, an experimental, heavily worked look and an award for influence landed as a matched set — which is exactly how a night like this is designed to work.