Today Indian brides mostly opt for a lehenga choli as their bridal dress. While they are pretty much confident about what to wear and which designer store or boutique they have to visit for the same. But one thing they are unsure of is that what style of lehenga choli to pick, in order to bask in the limelight on the most important day of their life.
A bridal lehenga choli primarily is a set of three garments – a ghagra or the lehenga, a choli and a odhini or a dupatta. While the choli is a body hugging blouse in ethnic design, the lehenga is a full length skirt with graceful embellishments in bright color. These days, designers are incorporating contemporary patterns and designs to the traditional lehnag choli. This has resulted in the innovation of various styles of lehenga choli such as fishtail lehenga or mermaid style lehenga, A-line lehenga or the circular lehenga choli.
Most popular fabrics used for creating bridal lehenga choli are net, organza, silk, brocade, tissue, and many more. While a traditional lehenga choli comprises of a matching choli blouse, but brides of today are quite experimental about their bridal dressing. Designers are making alterations in the sleeves, neckline and back design of the blouse therefore providing our contemporary brides an opportunity to choose from a wide range of blouse designs like halter neck, backless blouse, corset blouse or one should choli blouse separately to mix and match with her bridal lehenga.
The odhni or dupatta completes the look of this bridal attire. Richly embroidered in vibrant color combinations and embellishments, a dupatta is mostly draped in a traditional way by covering the head of the bride and falling across one shoulder. The other loose end of the dupatta is tucked inside the waistband of the lehenga.
A style tip: If the lehenga is richly embellished, select a dupatta with minimal embellishment. While the bride to choose to wear an intricately detailed odhni with a simple lehenga.
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