Bridal Wear Today – Global and Trendy

Gone are the days when girls were taught to keep mum and accept everything that comes their way without protest. Today’s girls or ladies do not like being taken for granted by anyone and this change has been reflected in the fashion styles of today as well. Today’s garments are bolder and more stylish than ever before. However, there is one particular occasion where even the most fashionable of divas agrees to tone down on the boldness quotient. Unless it is a themed wedding where authentic traditional wear might look out of place. Yes… you got it – the wedding dress or the bridal wear.

 
In the earlier eras, bridal wear used to consist of heavy sarees and enormous pieces of jewelry that sometimes made even seeing the bride a challenge. In some regions of India, it was and still is the tradition that the bride covers her face with a veil until the ceremony is over. However, in the Southern parts of India, the covering of the face is not a norm – at least in Hindu weddings. And in the olden times, the saree as the bridal garment was mostly confined to South India, with the Lehenga and Salwar Kameez being the garment of choice in the North. But now, thanks to the current fashion trends, even the North Indian brides wear sarees for their wedding while the Southern brides dazzle in Lehengas and Ghagras.

 

 

That said, Bridal wear in India is still rooted in tradition. However, today’s brides are bringing in a wave of fashion into the age-old rules of tradition. Heavy and ornate silk sarees are giving way to Lehenga style sarees and designer sarees while the auspicious color red which was usually stapled fare when it came to bridal wear has been joined by royal blue, baby pink, and other shades ranging from pastel to bright yellows and purples. What’s more, not just the brides, the bridegroom has begun to go the fashionable way as well. Our Indian bridegrooms have extended their wedding garment repertoire to include the western wedding suit as well as the ethnic sherwani in a variety of styles. The traditional nine-yard saree and the white dhoti and kurta still hold strong when it comes to the actual wedding ceremony but when it comes to the other events in the wedding, like the reception, for example, the bride and bridegroom’s fashion sense is given full sway.

 

It’s not just the choice of the garments, but the fabrics used to make the garments have changed as well. Pure silk and broad zari borders have given way to raw silk, silk with other fabric mixes and thread work, zardozi work, and embroidered pallus with lacework. Styles and designs are no longer confined to just one part of the country. The internet has made the textile field truly global with the modern brides being able to not only discover new trends in bridal wear from their houses but being able to own it as well with the mere click of a button.

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