Wedding Attire: Decisions...Decisions
Hello all... I am sure all you ladies will agree that no
discussion on wedding is complete until we talk about the BIG thing called
wedding attire! Belonging to a nation with MYRIAD types of wedding dresses
makes us spoilt for choice indeed. But the flip side of the coin is, we become
crazy with confusion as to what to wear, which ones would suit us, what colors
to combine etc etc. For the records, I have been dreaming about what to wear on
my wedding day since this time J
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Bengali Bridal Attire: A Dream From Toddler Days! |
(Disclaimer: I have nothing against Kundan Jewellery. I love the classy ones and hate the cheap looking common ones. Period!)
Finally, as the wedding date was finalized, I knew I just HAD
to decide now. To add to my woes, I am away from my home since am doing a job
in Bangalore. So while that is paying my bills, it is ALSO “playing” its part
well in spoiling my wedding preps :-/
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But thankfully, I had finally decided what kind bride I wanted
to be before I left my native for Bangalore. If you read my post on “Bengalis and Benaroshi: An Everlasting Love” (If you haven’t yet, I am pointing
my guns at you), you will know that I wanted to look like my mother did on her day: Royal but
rooted to Bengali traditional bridal look.
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Bengali Bridal Attire |
Now, I am a Virgo, with an over-imaginative mind! I had zeroed
in to a red Benarasi saree for various reasons:
·
Red makes
me look brighter.
·
Nothing
screams more Bengali than a red banarasi with gold jori (zari)
·
The very
thought of a weaver “weaving” the dress of my dreams thread by thread gives me
the thrills :D (I know that is true with lehengas and all too, but somehow nets
and georgettes do not appeal to me)
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Google Images: Bengali Bridal Attire: Elegant Eves |
So, after much “deliberation”, I
decided on a red banarasi with gold jori, a blouse with frills at the sleeve
ends like the vintage Bengali “bonedi bari” (Genteel class of yester-years) and
chunky gold jewellery with ABSOLUTE back-dated designs.
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Google Images: Bengali Bridal Attire: Elegant Eves |
The saree hunt: Although I knew exactly what I
wanted, it was very difficult to “actualize” my intentions! Mainly because, the
kind of ‘typical benarasi saree” I wanted is sadly not worn by brides in my
hometown any more. People now prefer banarasi sarees with add-ons like sequins,
zardosi work, tassles and what not. All I wanted was a plain blood-red saree
with all over gold zari work and no rhinestones attached! Searched online in
vain, as the ones which appealed to me were priced at sky high rates and I did NOT plan to spend heavily on
something which I will wear probably just for one evening.
So as the “tale” goes, this much harried bride-to-be had gone
for regular grocery shopping with her mum one day where she spotted one of the
oldest saree shop in town (Bless small towns where the market places are
concise!). I tugged and pulled my maa and took her inside the shop, inspite of
knowing the fact that this is the very shop from where hundreds of brides buy
their rhinestone studded sarees. With little hope, maa told the shop attendant
to show us red banarasi saree with gold jori if they have any. She also
mentioned that there is no need to bring out any other kind (read rhinestones
studded ones) as we do not want to waste their time.
The much confused attendant went in, came out with three
samples: Two red ones with gold zari and a maroon one with silver zari. I took
a look at the red ones, maa draped one over me, saw myself in the mirror and
finalized it!! Yes,
my “wedding saree shopping” took me 5 minutes in total :D And the
cost was disbelievingly within our budget too. Both mother and daughter stared
at each other in disbelief that we have actually done an important shopping so
easily! So pretty ladies, here is a glimpse of the saree J
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Google Images: Bengali Bridal Attire: Elegant Eves |
The Jewellery Jargon: Our jeweller looked at me with horror when I
swept past all the glossy catalogue books with stunning modern designs and demanded
that he bring down those black-n-white totally dusty design books of seventies
and eighties which were lying “dead” in his cupboard!! Fishing through three or
four dusty old books, me and maa decided on a “phool-lota-paata” design for the
neckalce. Thick vines and flowers. No fine machine-made jewels for me. I wanted
handmade old-fashioned ones ;) Here is a glimpse of the necklace (The entire
jewellery will be shown only on D-Day). The other jewellery pieces like Tikli,
noth, bala, choor etc. have also been made keeping this set in mind and all of
them are resembling grandma-times pieces! I couldn’t have been happier.
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Google Images: Bengali Bridal Attire and Jewellery: Elegant Eves |
The Shoe Saga: Since my saree and jewellery
will be heavy, I wanted a very simple sandal for the wedding. Something which I
can wear later on too. And most importantly, something which will not make me
want to loot banks ;) This is what I settled for: Got this from Jabong.com J A plain red sandal with a slightly shimmery band.
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Bengali Bridal Attire: Elegant Eves |
The reception or Bou-Bhat look is yet to be finalized and that
would be covered in another post.
For now enjoy these mad blabberings of mine and keep cursing
me for not showing all the jewellery ;)
Until Next time!!!!
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