Try a festive ethnic outfit on your photo
Your photo with a festive ethnic outfit swapped in, with real-looking drape and texture. Upload a clear photo, paste this prompt into ChatGPT, Gemini or Grok, change the parts in brackets to suit you, and generate.
Part of the Outfit change trend
- Written for
- ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok
- You'll need
- A clear photo to upload
- Status
- Tested 20 Oct 2026 in grok-imagine-image-2.0
- Test settings
- Reference photo: an AI-generated picture of a fictional woman (not a real person), made in Grok for this test. Uploaded with the default copy text unchanged. Aspect ratio kept from the reference photo (3:4). First result used. Resized to 1440x1920 and converted to WebP.
- Variability
- Faces, poses and small details vary between runs; always compare the result with your own photo.
Prompt
Use the uploaded photo as the reference for the person. Preserve their recognisable face, natural skin tone, hairline and body proportions as closely as the model permits; check the result against the reference. Scene: Change only the clothes. Keep the face, hair, body shape, pose, background and natural skin tone exactly as in the photo. Pose: unchanged from the photo. Clothing: a mustard silk kurta with a matching dupatta, natural drape and folds, embroidery that follows the fabric. Light: the photo's original light on the new fabric, with matching shine on any zari. Style: photorealistic edit, believable silk and cotton texture. Format: keep the original aspect ratio Avoid: changing the face, body shape or background, skin lightening, slimming, adding jewellery not asked for, extra fingers, text, logos, watermarks.
Customise
For example: a mustard silk kurta with a matching dupatta.
For example: silk and cotton.
Fields start with illustrative values; replace them with your own facts. The prompt updates as you type. Copy prompt copies your version.
How to use it
- Open an external image tool listed above. The tested model, if any, is named in Status.
- Upload a clear reference photo of the subject. If it includes identifiable people, get their consent and check each face.
- Customise the fields, copy your version, paste it with the photo and generate.
- Compare the result with the reference. If a face, pose or detail changes, ask for one correction or try again; an exact match is not guaranteed.
How to use this prompt
- This prompt changes your own photo. Choose a clear reference photo, and get permission from people who can be identified.
- Upload the photo in the external AI app you chose. Fill Customise, press Copy prompt and paste the prompt with the photo.
- Compare the new picture with the original. Face, hands, clothes and pose can change. An exact likeness is not guaranteed.
Good to know
- Heavy embroidery may look printed rather than stitched; ask for raised thread texture.
- Use reference photos you have the right to use; get consent from identifiable people.
