Lehanga Choli with Traditional Crafts

Indian culture and colours go hand in hand. So do Indian traditional crafts. Pashmina, bandhani, kantha – you name it and what flashes in the eyes of your mind are vibrant and beautiful hues. Some of these crafts go very well as wedding couture and if you are planning to flaunt these you will also get the chance to sport multiple colours on your wedding lehenga.

Aari work

Aari is an intricate form of embroidery that originated in the Mughal era. It requires great skill and intricacy. Aari work is done in multiple colours on silk. You can get your lehenga made in silk with detailed and colourful aari embroidery on it. It will surely turn out to be a timeless piece and it will breathe class. You can also flaunt a heavy aari lehenga on your wedding night.

Bandhani

Bandhani is a tie and dye art that is practised in Rajasthan and Gujarat. Think of Aishwarya Rai in the movie – ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ and you will know exactly why we are telling you to wear a Bandhani gaghra on any pre-wedding morning function. The hues on your attire and the golden sunlight will create the perfect wedding function photos for you.

Threadwork Lehenga

Apart from tradition crafts, machine threadwork or mixed threadwork can also be used on lehengas. Nothing is more elegant than elaborate threadwork. It has become a common trend nowadays that brides want to sport lehengas with some aspect of her love story with their grooms, embroidered on it. Elaborate embroidery calls for the use of multiple colours. So if you have a wedding planned in a few months, this is something to go for. You will need the help of one or multiple craftsmen who will put your lehenga together. If you have a bit of time before your wedding and the budget to carry out this plan, you should definitely go for it.

Multi-coloured Jacquard Lehenga

Jacquard is a special kind of apparatus fitted to the loom that enables the weaver to weave out beautiful brocade or figured fabric.  Figured fabrics and brocade are great for assembling a gorgeous multi-coloured lehenga. In fact, many designers are using strips from different figured fabrics to create a lehenga that will be colourful and artistic at the same time. But if you are a bride, you must remember that such a lehenga will be heavy and a bit uneasy to carry around. So choose such a lehenga for any pre-wedding function that does not require you to move around a lot. Definitely, don’t choose it for your sangeet function.

The Printed Silk Lehenga

Talking about light lehengas brings us to printed lehengas. Printed lehengas are colourful, bold and just perfect for a pre-wedding function. However, you need to choose the fabric properly. A printed lehenga in cotton or rayon will look very plain on a wedding function. Instead, go for a fabric like silk. Make sure you use a light variety of silk-like raw silk. Wearing a printed silk lehenga in a bright mix of colours on a pre-wedding day function is a great way to kick-start your wedding.