Indian Accessories

Modern bride prefers to wear a light Lehnga Choli on her wedding day rather than a heavy sari as her bridal costume.

These lehengas are extremely beautiful and usually decorated by hand in the traditional designs of India. Modern young brides in North India, especially in Rajasthan and Gujarat favor a soft radiant glittering lehenga suit on the wedding day. The winds of Westernization have led to the blending of tradition and modernity in the lehenga too; whether it is the color, embellishments, fabric or the design of the lehenga. The lehnga has evolved to suit the convenience of women. The ends of the waist fabric were stitched and its narrow width was increased by adding more pleats on the waist, portion to make their mobility easier.

Lehenga choli represents the traditional Rajasthan and Gujarat style of embroidery. The traditional lehengas were decorated with motifs and embroidered with Zardosi in royal karkhanas for ceremonies. The rich red color is symbolic of festivity and fertility. Rich red, maroon and majenta were the colors of bridal lehenga. But today’s brides go for off-beat colors like mauves, onion pinks, lime greens, peaches, mustards and blues Bright colors like reds, gold and oranges have made a resurgence now, maroon being the all time favorite.

A beautiful lehenga with a short tight-fitted choli and a matching dupatta brings a soft charm to a bride. The outfit is embroidered in silver threads with fine zardozi borders and ‘butis’. The wide, rich border of the lehenga is stylized with plant and geometric patterns. Ari and zardozi work along with the auspicious coloring of the attire are responsible for the rich gold glow. These specially designed and crafted lehengas make the bride the cynosure of that function and give a special look to her.

Traditional bridal fabrics, silks and crepes, have given way to nets, satins, georgettes and sand tissue. Trendy lehengas have changed to fish cuts, A-lines and side slits. Long cholis with high necklines have been replaced by short-strapped tops with plunging necklines and embroidered blouses.

Every girl longs to look at her best or as beautiful as an angel on her wedding day since it is the

most special day in her life. Her parents also dream to see their loving daughter in the bridal costume since her birth. It is an occasion for others who were anxiously waiting to have a glimpse of her in the enchanting costume. Keeping this in mind, Indian fashion designers make an exotic variety of bridal costumes in fabulous designs and patterns. These wedding trousseaus include exclusively made Indian bridal Lehangas, elegant Bridal Sari and graceful bridal Salwar Suits. These dresses are made up of rich brocade decorated with exquisite embroideries, studded pearls, diamonds and other precious gemstones. Hindu bridal dresses are usually red, pink and maroon in colors.

Each ethnicity creates its own style of wedding. Maharashtra, brides are bedecked in a Paithani sari while in Jammu and Kashmir brides go in for a bridal wear usually comprising tight trousers and heavy embroidered Kurta. Tamil brides are draped in an elegant 6 or 9 yards Kanjeevaram silk sari along with a chic choli. Punjabi brides opt for either a heavily embellished sari or a designer Bridal Lehanga with shawls having phulkari embroidery. Parsis and Catholic brides wear white color wedding dresses. Brides in the state of Bengal are dressed up in a Benarsi silk sari made up of rich lovely brocade

Red Chunari or dupatta has a significant role in the bridal wear. Chunari, made in the Bandhani style is the most popular form associated with the bridal costume.. Though bridal trousseau definitely has a religious importance in the present era it represents more of a fashion statement. Fashion designers exhibit their skill in producing bridal costumes with very delicate designs and prints. People do not hesitate to spend crores of rupees to buy the best of bridal wears. Indian culture is very rich and each region has something special to Contribute such as mirror work of Rajasthan, Phulkari embroidery of Punjab, Leharia print of Gujarat and other popular works like Kundan, Resham, Zari and Zardosi are actually ruling the fashion kingdom