How far in advance did you gals buy your wedding dress?
Right now my potential wedding dates are:
July 2015
or…
May 2017
The only chance I get to go to Pakistan during all that time is this coming December. It works out perfectly if the wedding IS July 2014 but if it isn’t, I’m potentially looking at a dress that was designed 3 years ago… :S My mother and uncle already said that even december is too early to pick out the dress for July since “styles change every 15 mins here” but this coming December is literally THE ONLY time I can go myself and do that. Plus, I don’t want anything super trendy. Red in color with more bhaara-hua kaam…kind of like a Bunto?
We won’t be able to set the date till December so…I’m stuck.
Any ideas?
If it's July 2015 that you meant then December is actually a perfect time. I mean how trendy are you hoping your dress will be? I highly doubt the long short fashion is going anywhere, and if you prefer something more classic like a gharara then you can't go wrong with it at anytime. Plus with Pakistani halaat, the bijli situation, and overall flaky and/or slow karigars, you need at least a few months anyway for them to complete your order.
For 2017, yes- it's too far in advance, unless, as I said, you go for a very classic jora like a regular gharara or a farshi gharara that will always be timeless but then you might see a better colour combo or a different style and what happens then. I'd definitely wait to buy in this case.
If its 2017 that is way to far in the future...I'd wait if I were you and then when the time comes, if you can't make it to Pakistan yourself, order through prototype and her make it
It it's summer 2015, then no, december is not too much in advance, go ahead and get it made while you're there.
yeah, I talked to my khala in Pak and I think the "compromise" would be that if the wedding ends up being in the summer of 2015, then I can just go and get the dress made and it won't be an issue. If for some reason I find out that summer can't happen, at the very least I can try on some stuff to get a better feel for what I want and then order it and have my khala get it made closer to the events.
Honestly, for bridal dress, make sure you book an appointment with desired designer at least a year in advance - they will also tell you the timeline / schedule for jora completion / delivery. And honestly, most good designers know the fashion trends to come, so you wouldn't really need to worry about that. However, my personal opinion is to get something classic, which will never go out of style.
Honestly, for bridal dress, make sure you book an appointment with desired designer at least a year in advance - they will also tell you the timeline / schedule for jora completion / delivery. And honestly, most good designers know the fashion trends to come, so you wouldn't really need to worry about that. However, my personal opinion is to get something classic, which will never go out of style.
Yeh definitely don't want anything crazy. Something red with black/gold accents and more bhaara kaam on the kameez. My main concern is the style of the shirt...I heard short shirts were coming back in style?
Short shirt styles aren't back in bridal form... and as of my recent desi-land trip, basically anything and everything is in fashion. In Karachi, you see people wearing shorter lengths etc (slim straight fit kameez with pants / capris), but in Lahore everyone is still wearing long gown-esque desi kameezes. I don't think you would have an issue with a knee length shirt... just keep in mind, long can always be altered, short can never be grown longer :)
Short shirt styles aren't back in bridal form... and as of my recent desi-land trip, basically anything and everything is in fashion. In Karachi, you see people wearing shorter lengths etc (slim straight fit kameez with pants / capris), but in Lahore everyone is still wearing long gown-esque desi kameezes. I don't think you would have an issue with a knee length shirt... just keep in mind, long can always be altered, short can never be grown longer :)
Yeah I def want a bunto style, lambi kameez. Not the super long down to the floor gowns...I'm a little curvy and I feel like those make me look really weird. Also, I hope short shirts NEVER come back because I look horrendous in them. Knee length is probably the shortest I'll go
Yeah I def want a bunto style, lambi kameez. Not the super long down to the floor gowns...I'm a little curvy and I feel like those make me look really weird. Also, I hope short shirts NEVER come back because I look horrendous in them. Knee length is probably the shortest I'll go
Yeah I am not into gown style either. I think what you have in mind should be perfect (And always in style). My sis got married 7-8 years ago and she had a short shirt with gharara (as that was the style back then) ... she now feels she should have listened to our mom and got a classic traditional shirt (neither too short nor long) so she could wear it again (even with pants)... I think with heavy bridal joras it is always good to go with classic so it can always be in fashion. a timeless piece!