Brides of the World




The Indian wedding has undergone extensive changes and, therefore, wedding dresses have also witnessed a sea change. Gone are the days when brides used to shop for their trousseau from a local shop in a single visit. Now, it’s a different story. Brides, and even grooms, are choosy, and the collection of local shops finds it hard to please them.

The selection of bridal wear eats up a hell of a lot of time, as the bridal ensemble would play an important part on that crucial day. The contemporary bride wants to see first-hand what she is buying and have a wide choice provided by the fashion designers. The fabrics, weaves and styles, all have to be exclusive, yet depicting her own style and persona.

Colors and Trends


Forget what your friends wore in the last season. This year, everything is new – from colors to trends. However, it’s a back-to-basics culture. Brides are just crazy for traditional colors. The inspiration is taken from old Bollywood and Hollywood dresses and gowns. It is also true that the Sangeet or Mehndi ceremony is synonymous with Bollywood music, sweet-eats, lot of dancing and vibrant colours. The pick for the function becomes the Bollywood inspired strappy tunics crafted from crushed cotton voile and vibrant prints and sequins.

While Haldi limits the colours of the bride and groom, one has the choice of donning vibrant colours in comfy styles. For a contemporary ethnic look, a long and flowy Anarkali-styled kurta in hues with churi sleeves is perfect.


Monsoon Medley
 
With the arrival of monsoon, tension builds up for the brides about what to wear. It’s always difficult to make a perfect choice when showers swamp India. The Brides in India are known to wear lehengas, heavy kurta sets and saris with lots of work which gives a great feeling to the Bride.

Grooms in league

Designer wear is not only for girls. Grooms are no less fashionable than girls, as they also get their dresses designed. The ethnic look to Grooms is given with the Sherwanis and it looks extraordinary when the embroidery is matching with the Bride’s clothes which make them a pair. The couples are nowadays experimenting with the colours also like magenta, orange, violet, etc…The fabrics preferred by grooms are mainly jacquards and linens to brocades and silks.

The Reality

The reality is that bridal wear is never out of fashion. It depicts your personality and which is unique from everyone. Every religion have there own traditions to dress up their bride with different type of clothing, colours, jewellery etc… A Bengali bride looks good with a big bright red bindi on forehead with elaborate eye-make. The Punjabi brides are mostly seen with dark red salwar kurta with golden work and duppatta with full golden colours zari work and loud makeup and full of jewellery. Punjabi bride is not fully ready without the white and red ivory bangles and designer kaleeres, which is must for a Punjabi bride. It is also noticeable that one side if the Bride from Himachal Pradesh wears big maang tika the Kashmiri bride wears blue and read salwar kurta with moderate makeup.

If we see a Kerala bride she will always wear antique gold jewellery with big gold borders on their saris and on the other hand the Christian bride will wear a white gown with a long veil with minimal of jewellery and makeup. We can’t forget the Muslim Bride here which wears antique jewellery with simple makeup with a big nose ring which makes the bride look elegant. The Rajasthani bride would normally cover her face with a heavy embroidered veil and lots of jewellery, on the Maharashtra side the brides usually wear green and yellow coloured sari with gold jewellery.

The Indian brides are as colourful as there is diversity in India and which makes every bride unique in its own kind.

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