Every girl waits eagerly for her wedding day when she will become a bride. She dreams to look like a princess in her enticing bridal wear. Starting from the Mehendi, there are a number of events organized during the wedding function. Every girl, who is the bride-to-be, wants to look special at each of these functions of the wedding ceremony. She plans to have a special dress for each event and look unique and beautiful at each function.
Here are a few fashion ideas for your bridal collection
Well, Indian weddings have a variety of pre-wedding ceremonies which vary from state to state. Here, I would mention the most common and renowned wedding ceremonies with fashion ideas to dress for each one of them.
Engagement
The first step of togetherness is the engagement ceremony, where the two families are officially bonded together in a relationship for the lifetime. You can choose to wear traditional Indian wear or Indo-Western to look like a diva on your first day of all the pre-wedding ceremonies. Choose a saree with a designer blouse with boat or v neck and minimal jewellery. (http://www.culturalindia.net/jewellery/types/)
Mehendi
You can go for a natural look as in trend for the Mehendi Ceremony. Wear accessories made of natural flowers and a Indo-Western attire like crop top with long skirt or lehenga. Try wearing a sleeveless top so that your dress isn’t spoiled of mehendi and you feel comfortable too at the same time.
Haldi
Try wearing lemon yellow or yellowish shades for the Haldi Ceremony. A light chiffon saree with deep neck blouse will be a perfect wear for the occasion. Prefer not to wear any accessories as it might get spoiled. Similar to the Mehendi Ceremony, you can try out garlands and bracelets made of flowers.
Cocktail Party
This is the day when you are going to celebrate being single for the last time. Usually celebrated a day before the wedding day, especially in metro cities, the cocktail party is a time you get to spend with your friends and enjoy a day of your life to the fullest. You can choose to wear western attire on this day and pair it up with simple and light accessories.
Wedding Day
The big day is finally here and you are super excited and nervous as well. Usually the wedding dress depends on which cultural background you belong to. Every state and region has their own wedding dress defined for the bride and hence most of the families prefer Traditional dress for the bride. However, if you want to go with the Bollywood trend you can anytime choose a heavy bridal lehenga for your special day.
Reception
You couldn’t fulfill your dream to look like a Bollywood Bride on your D-day, Don’t worry. You could be a Bollywood bride at your reception ceremony. Go for a gorgeous heavy
bridal lehenga or an embroidered gown and be the star of the event. Match it with heavy bridal jewelry and you are all set to pose for your wedding photographs.
Adding to all the fashion ideas, I am sure, No girl wants to face a disaster with her appearance especially when it comes to her dress on D-Day. So let’s discuss here some easy to remember fashion tips and hacks. You can follow these fashion hacks to save yourself from any fashion mishap and look gorgeous on your special day.
Lay The Groundwork Beforehand
You know the wedding dates much ahead and so you need to start preparing from before to be ready on the D-day without any blunder. Plan ahead of what dress you are going to wear on which day. Talk to your designer and get the dresses stitched at least a month before based on the colour theme and occasion. If you are planning to buy a ready-to-wear dress then too get it a month before and get it stitched to the perfect fit. Also, don’t forget to tell your designer to leave extra cloth lining space inside for emergency situations.
Invest profusely in Varieties of Pins
Keep handy as many pins as you can of all the varieties, be it safety pins, bobby pins or hairpins to prevent disasters on your D-day. You never know when and where they will be of use to you. So instead of you or your friends and relatives running all around the house, keep them in your vanity kit as handy. For example, if you have to wear a veil for a wedding ritual, you can instantly pick a bobby pin or hairpin to attach the veil to your hair, without bringing much damage to your hairstyle. At the same time, you can use the safety pins to attach the veil or the dupatta to your dress.
Start Off with a Low-Calorie Diet
Since you have given orders for your dresses much ahead, I would suggest you strictly stick on to a low-calorie diet program till your D-day. Eat healthily and stay fit to look glowing and beautiful on your special day in your enthralling bridal wear. You can also go for mild exercises like walking for about 30 minutes every day twice. Drink lots of water and increase the intake of seasonal fruits and fruit juices to bring on the natural glow on your face.
Along with these fashion hacks, you can try out some homemade natural beauty tips to look alluring on your special day.
This article is contributed by Sheetal!
Author Bio: Sheetal has been working as a Social Media Manager for the past 8 years. She is a teacher as well as a writer. She educates to show the right path to the upcoming generation and the future of our country. She writes to express her thoughts and views on how we can bring positive changes in the present day scenario and try to practice most of it of what she writes. She is also a blogger, an aesthete, a bookaholic, an amateur photographer and a movie buff.
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