Monday, August 26, 2013

TWINKLING TRINKETS......



After the bride & maid’s trousseau, the most imperative part of the adornment is “Wedding blings”. Every girl craves to look scintillating on her D-day. From finalizing bridal costume to jewelry, lots of planning & exploring needs to be done before accentuating the perfect look. Nowadays no girl wishes to adorn the age old Reds & maroons yesteryear colors but rather opting for pastel shades from oranges to even blue. The traditional feel is of course present, but a lot of cross-culture fashion has seeped in. Same goes with Indian wedding jewelry. Modern bride ensures that her jewelry must complement her outfit rather than just loading herself with heavy gold ornaments that often end up looking hideous when teamed with a designer bridal wear.
Indian fat weddings are not generally limited to a day but it’s an elaborate 2-3 days event with complete traditional rituals. Consequently outfits & trinkets should be chosen in accordance with rituals.

Haldi/sangeet/mehndi – These are the most auspicious & treasured ceremony in a girls wedding. It symbolizes pure, untainted & bright future for the girl’s new beginnings. To match the internal thoughts, nothing is better then embellishing “Fresh Flower jewellery”. Floral jewellery is an upcoming hottest trend which is in fact inspired from our ancient tradition. One can also use artificial flower as they are much cheaper then the fresh flowers. They are extremely beautiful to look at & can be designed to complement the brides outfit.

 
















Wedding –  And the D-day. Searching and deciding the right wedding jewelry complementing your trousseau is a big tiresome job. Certainly there are lot wedding planners in market which can be at your service with a click of your finger, but they ridiculously expensive. To overcome your dilemma, there are few useful tips which should be consider before buying.

- LESS IS MORE. Do not go for the whole bridal set (necklace wid rani har).They are extremely tacky n out of trend.
-If your bridal wear is bold with heavy embroidery, choose lighter & impressive necklace jewellery.
-If you are fascinated with head to toe blings, go for lighter lehanga with pasty colors.
-From gold to diamond to polki to kundan, bridal jewellery is coming in various metals with cost differentiation.

-KUNDANS jewellery is most popular among the modern brides. Although every form of Indian jewellery is in great demand but kundan jewellery has become a prominent style statement these days. They just not look spectacular but have become the paragon of royalty.


-Apart from neck & ear trinkets, hair n hand accessories are important too. From trendy maang tikka to jumars , bride will no doubt look like a  goddess.












-To enhance your hands adornment bit more, designer “kaliras”& handlets are very much in demand.













-“Ghughat” our classic antique custom is back with a bang. Sporting a see through dupatta not only is in sync with the latest trends but also inculcate the Indian spirit. You can even show-off your hair embellishments with this style.





Customs often changes as the time evolves, but the association of jewelry and the wedding has an inseparable bond that is very delicately crafted in the Indian culture from the past thousands of years and will certainly prosper in the coming years ahead!!




22 comments:

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  2. Hey,Floral jewellery really looks beautiful.Am planning to make these for one of my cousin.Thank you..

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  3. You have such great taste, Anu! Love the yellow floral jewelry!

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  4. Thanks Roshni, this means a lot. After all the traveling verve, planning to venture into my long lost creative business.:)

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  5. I love the sheer ghunghat, it looks so classy and the jewelry of course!

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    1. Indeed,Veil thingy is so much in & remind us of our ancient roots..Thanks for reading Rachna..:)

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  6. The floral jewellery looks very inviting. Maybe if I feel adventurous for my 25th? :D

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    1. Hahahah...Good idea, even i can coddle myself in some fabulous designs on my silver Anniv. Thank you for dropping –by.

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  7. Love the ideas specially the floral jewellery and kaliras. The yellow one looks so apt for a Haldi ceremony.

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    1. Earlier Kaliras was only worn by Punjabi brides as custom. But now due to its striking designs, every modern bride wishes to adorn it...

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  8. I love the one that Anushka is wearing and the choodas...

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    1. I love it myself.Its kundan with pearls.Indeed choodas looks beautiful & a symbol of newly-wed.:)

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  9. I love kundan jewellery. This is all gorgeous stuff. Such a pleasure to see.

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    1. Thank you Deeba.This Rajasthani old craft has paced-up again with jaw-dropping designs.I bought few striking ear danglers on my last Jaipur visit.

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  10. Kundan kundan kundan! Always works! I wore it for my wedding and it is a timeless piece of jewelry. :)

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    1. OMG!! then you must be looking one gorgeous bride.Though i saw your white wedding pictures & they are fabulous.I always wanted to have white wedding on a beach.I WISH I WISH..:(

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  11. Oh my...kundans have always been my favorite...and will always be...you are making me go gaga over it again...

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    1. Am myself doing the gaga thing over n over.They are classic and girls best friends after diamonds..Thank you for reading..

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  12. Less is surely more for me. I love kundan jewelry. What a beautiful post :) A visual treat!

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  13. Thank You saru for reading.Your appreciation means alot.:)

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  14. Lovely pictures!! We're preparing for my brother's wedding, so this is helpful!

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  15. Oh WONDERFUL.Am glad my post helped you.:)

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