Re: Matha patti
I'm in the process of designing/buying a matha patti for the same exact reason! Any luck w/yours?
It's hard though because most of the shops in the US dont' carry matha pattis...if they do, they're artificial and very fake looking. I'm so tired of looking, i'd happily buy an artificial one only if it looked HALF DECENT :(
Also, since i'm really only going to wear this peice of jewelry once in my life, i dont' want it to be too expensive...
benzerworld . com has a good picture of a matha patti (they call them damni's) just do a search for 'damni'
I'm in the same situation although I haven't started my shaadi shopping yet. Just brainstorming right now. Anyways, any chance you can get one from Pakistan? It's gonna be really hard to find one here...a nice one anyways. And i totally agree with you taht it's not worth spending so much on somehting u wear for one day! I'm planning on artificial, too.
The other alternative to a real matha patti which is a bit pricier but looks gorgeous (and real) is to get one made from silver or maybe some other material and then cover it with a layer of gold 'water' (sonay ka pani). They make them matching perfectly with ur jewelery set, with whatever stones u specify so it looks like its part of ur set. Of course this is all assuming you can either go to Pakistan or have someone there make it for u. Probably can't do that here in the US.
Have u gotten ur bridal outfit? What are you going to do about the neck?