Considering wearing an American bridal gown

Desi_BeauTii · June 10, 2010, 12:27pm

PunjabiRose:

I dont think so - especially since your hubby will be wearing either a suit or a tux right? You - as the bride will stand out more than anyone one else in the crowd. I’m pretty sure there was a thread out there recently where people were complaining that due to the fact that guests are wearing so much jewelery, and heavy kaam walay joray … and even wearing the dupatta on the head - that its getting harder to tell who the bride is!!!

This is a sure way that you would be the show stopper - the bride.. the girl who is wearing something that is completely different from the guests.

And as others have said - if you keep the overall theme of the wedding more amreekan … it would be really elegant. Everythign from the decor, color scheme, and the cake should match and go along with your dress.

I thought the decor and cake were never supposed to match the bride???

Gorgeous! Thanks!

This is nice.

somegroovychick:

Check these out too- Pronovias is very European in styling and just gorgeous- very sleek. And they actually make really pretty cover-ups. I think they’re one of the few design houses that pretty consistently offer that option or sleeves in some of their collections. And they do it better than other brands do!

http://www.pronovias.com/wedding-gowns/new-collection-fashion/ - dress 13
http://www.pronovias.com/wedding-gowns/new-collection-costura/ - dress #3 and dress #11
http://www.pronovias.com/wedding-gowns/last-collection-pronovias/ - dress #6, #9, 10, #11, #17, 20, #35, #51, #56, 75, 94,
http://www.pronovias.com/wedding-gowns/last-collection-manuel-mota/ - dress #1, #3, #4, #5, #8, 10, #18, #25, #31, #32, #33, #38, #41, #42, 47, #57, #63, #71
http://www.pronovias.com/wedding-gowns/last-collection-valentino/ - dress #2, #4, #5, #6, #7, #9,

Love it!!!

You guys are so helpful!

Desi_BeauTii · June 10, 2010, 12:57pm

Can you ladies think of anyway I can incorporate the top part of this design into a mermaid lengha? I’m talking about the forming fitting ruching (the chunteh/wrinkled material) from the chest down, with a square neck. The mermaid lengha starting a little past the hips (similar to this pic) and than lots of kaam on the lengha skirt, and a little bit of kaam on the neck border and sleeves border.

Do you think this can work? Do you ladies have any examples of this?

somegroovychick · June 11, 2010, 12:32am

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^ I don’t see why not! But you’d have to choose the right material and go to a really skilled seamstress to get the ruching just right so its not lumpy. I’d think chiffon would do it with silk lining.

I’d also keep any kaam you choose tone on tone or just a shade of silver or dull gold. I’d not do a lot of beads and different kids of kaam either. The beauty in the ruching will get lost if there’s too much kaam happening on the outfit.

I’d do a bit of kaam on the edges of the daaman at front and back of the shirt, up the chaakein, around the neckline and the sleeves with really thin piping in either metallic silver or gold. Then I’d do the kaam all over the lehenga. And maybe pair it with a gorgeous lace-edged chiffon dupatta? Similar in look to a Spanish mantilla- http://pics.boards.weddingbee.com/846.veil.jpg These two are also gorgeous- Jewish "Bridezilla" Gal: Mantilla

In your lehenga portion, aim for a few layers of silk, like in the above picture- it gives it such depth and looks beautiful. The kaam would be on the top most chiffon layer, then maybe two more layers of chiffon under that and silk at the base.

Nina85 · June 13, 2010, 11:40pm

I dont have any....I do remember seeing some pics on the bridal pic thread...I'll try to look for them and post them for you

ria1328 · June 14, 2010, 3:43am

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*I actually have a white gown but it's for older women so it doesn't look good on me. Is it possible to like go trade it in or something lol? DB that's actually a very good idea. I still want a traditional lehnga at my barat but the valima is a good idea. *

Desi_BeauTii · June 16, 2010, 8:14pm

Manzilain bhi uss ki theen rasta bhi uss ka tha

^ I don’t see why not! But you’d have to choose the right material and go to a really skilled seamstress to get the ruching just right so its not lumpy. I’d think chiffon would do it with silk lining.

I’d also keep any kaam you choose tone on tone or just a shade of silver or dull gold. I’d not do a lot of beads and different kids of kaam either. The beauty in the ruching will get lost if there’s too much kaam happening on the outfit.

I’d do a bit of kaam on the edges of the daaman at front and back of the shirt, up the chaakein, around the neckline and the sleeves with really thin piping in either metallic silver or gold. Then I’d do the kaam all over the lehenga. And maybe pair it with a gorgeous lace-edged chiffon dupatta? Similar in look to a Spanish mantilla- http://pics.boards.weddingbee.com/846.veil.jpg These two are also gorgeous- Jewish "Bridezilla" Gal: Mantilla

In your lehenga portion, aim for a few layers of silk, like in the above picture- it gives it such depth and looks beautiful. The kaam would be on the top most chiffon layer, then maybe two more layers of chiffon under that and silk at the base.

Thanks! I love the pix you posted. I might just end up going with a mermaid style lengha, in cream or peach. I will keep the kaam silver

Thanks.

I dont think you will get much for it if you trade it lol. Your best bet would be putting it up on ebay, even than I think the most you will get for it is $200- $500, if your lucky.

InnocentDevil · June 17, 2010, 7:18am

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mahismart · June 19, 2010, 12:05am

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mahismart · June 20, 2010, 11:03am

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funky_nails · July 18, 2010, 5:33pm

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any luc???

toyger · August 12, 2010, 5:03am

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^ yeah, I'd love to see what you decided on.

shamz01 · August 26, 2010, 10:45pm

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have you decided what you are going to do? I had the same idea in mind.. and to incorporate the same work on the dress and dupatta so the dupatta would blend in. I haven't seen this done before so I'm quite nervous about how the end product will look. I guess the good thing is that I get to design the dress,..but I really hope the dupatta goes well with the dress!