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what are the colours of his sherwani's? and what does your valima lehenga look like? ooh, im excited for you! :)
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his sherwani for barat day matches my barat lengha, champagne gold, the pic posted looks off white but it isnt. Walima lenga is tea pink, mughal style with a trial, the kaam on the skirt is at the bottom of the lengha and only on the trial. the dupatta has kaam around the head area - in white/ferozi type colours with mirrors. Kamees has full kaam. quite different look from barat despite wearing light colours on both days.
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mum has wrpped and packed everything away and wont let me touch anthing! cus ill end up showing all my cousins etc, but hopefully few weeks before wedding I will get some pics up, got a trial for makeup end of jan so will sneak some pics on then!
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your valima lehenga sounds absolutely gorgeous too! lucky girl! :)
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I have a picture of Maria B’s lehngas (It was posted some time ago on GupShup), I think that your lehnga is the one in the middle and it does shine like a chandalier!! It is gorgeous!!! 
Congratulations!!!
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yep thats the one, but it still does no justice to it in real life!!!!! lol............the work and attention to detail on it is amazing.........let alone the cut of the lengha..................its more darker than the pics............like a champange gold rather than light beige. The cloth has a sparkle of gold on it also........and the kaam includes antique gold and silver so a set was quite easy to match with it. I have made drops on my set, to match the piping.............bangles have a mix of crystal bracelets, with piping and lengha colour bracelets................got my shoes today toooooooooooooo xxx
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One years ago I also went to Lahore for wedding shopping but the wedding was my elder sisters.And
when I was reading your "story" i was thinking about my trip. I also went to liberty, anarkali and other place.It was a wonderful time and I also actually got information about designer from Gupshup so it helped.
I have seen your lehnga in Maria B and the lehngna looks much better in real than they do in the picture. We choosed the light blue one but did it into red and gold colour. Yes and the staff at Maria B is very very NICE. Good to hear that everything went good for you.
Have a happy wedding and congratulations in advance!
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everything sounds absolutely gorgeous silsila. Best wishes for the big day.
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those three lehengas sparkle so much! what is it, sheeshay ka kaam or swarovski's or both?
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Wow -- just gorgeous. When you get the chance, post more pics!
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maria b one, as in the pic, is fully of sworoksi crystals, they are everywhere...............including the handle of my bag!!! Walima one has sheesha kaam, no crystal work, wanted two different looks, inshallah i am going to try put some pics up, but dont feel they would do any justice.............wedding in march so not long to go!
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silsila, i couldn't agree more, what you have described is right on, cant wait to see the pics
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Thanks for all the great advice Silsila! I am going to Lahore next week for 2 weeks for all my bridal shopping as well, I will post my experience!
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there r like wedding happening every where
my friend is also getting married at a young age
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Hey guys, been back from Pakistan for 3 weeks (I am from the UK) and after a long hard reflection I am posting my thoughts on my shopping trip. My research was 99% based on gupshup....................so thanks to everyone for there advice and tips...............even if not directed at me! My thought of Pakistan is that we have such skilled ppl there who are so underpaid and wasted, we have such a talented country!
My mums main plan was to go to every single market before I made my decision.............only so I knew in my mind that I had seen everything........so no paranoia episodes would take place after I had purchased my clothes. I'm glad I did this now, but whilst there it was a hassle going from one place to another!
Places I went to were: Please not only my views, so i'm not disrespecting anyone who has a difference of opinion, just my view!!!!
- Rang Mahal, Ichra, Moon Market type places.
I found nothing, and was so annoyed at myself that I even went there. There were lots of raves on gupshup about these places but nothing to what I liked. But glad I went to see what they had. Bought nothing, Rang Mahal is the busiest place I have ever seen in Pakistan! OMG I couldn't breath. Mum says she'd kill me if we ever went again! Ichra, same as Rang Mahal really!
- Fortress
Some ok ready made shops for my mum but nothing I was jumping up and down about! Im toooooo picky as u would have guessed by now! lol
- Anarkali
Did like some things in Bano and Baba Bazaar, but it was only in a few shops, only got 3 ready made suits from here, kaam ones, for about 5,000 each, as they were mediums, took them to my darzi, who fitted them in my size. Mum got mendi suit from here for about 7,000 - so expensive now!!!! I didnt realise how expensive pak is now!
- Liberty Market
Loved this place , got my Walima suit from Think Pink (haggled from 75,000 to 50,000), and they were great in customer service, chose it after visiting the shop 3 times over 2 weeks, they have lots of stuff coming in daily. Its a lengha with a trail.....mughal style in tea pink, a bit like baadsha masjid style work, sheesha kaam, had seen nothing like it! They also delivered it earlier than our due date. Got my sisters barat and walima suits from here also. They were about 12,000 - haggled from 20,000, but were a great fit on them and very different to what i had seen elsewhere.
Got my gold set from Choice jewellers, indian type design with drops and crystals, they were great with us too, there are lots of lovely shops for sets in Liberty but Choice jewellers had a very unique design which i loved - not dissimilar to ones on the bridal sets thread! He also delivered on time.
Got some kaam walai suits from Basement at Liberty - Master Jee, guy had samples made and u coud pick any colour fabric/Kaam etc u wanted. Got my sisters mendi suits from here also. Also delivered on time and work was great. Alot of his work were copies of designers and stores such as Think Pink and Zardosi. So cheaper!
Got some fab suits from Cynosure - I could buy the whole shop!
Places such as Ali's, Think Pink and Zardosi, in my view have similar prices to designers. Thnik Pinks lengha had an amazing fit and was very suprised!!!!!
- Cards - Japan Cards Hospital Road
Fabulous place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Western and high quality designs with matching favours, menu cards etc. Ppl here cant believe they are from Pakistan. Hospital Rd has lots of shops for cards but there are only a few that are decent. Manager was fab and gave me lots of extras!
- Defence
Went to Kuki Concepts (very rude), Karma, Sarah Salman, Hajra Hyat (all talk no action really!) HSY (he is tooooooooooo big for his boots now) and Maria B.......Lajawanti, another one opp there.......cant remember others!!!
Chose my Barat from Maria B, mum haggled it from 2 lakh 10, to 150,000. Ali's and Zardosi had similar prices to them. Got my Mendi suit from here also for 15,000 which was amazing. I didnt see any decent mendi suits in Lahore apart from these designers. Hajra Hyat had an amazing one for 30,000 but it was too OTT for a mendi plus a bit to expensive as i had blown all my budget. I know ppl have mixed views on maria b, but i went to most designer places in lahore and loved her cuts and diamante work.
My lenga is the platinum one from MAria B, its amazing. They are willing to alter lenghas to suit ur budget and by far they had the best customer service. They even rung us when we got home to make sure we got home safely. Sweet. Got another suit from here which was gorgeous....cant wait to wear them
- Dulha House
Fab for men! Got my hubbies sherwani from here to match my barat lengha, they did the same work on the sherwani on his kusa, fab touch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All in all, I have never bought a suit that has been expensive, saved up and thought would only get decent ones for when i got married, and Im so happy with them all, but wish i had bought clothes like that before and showed them off here in the uk................lol
im now a sucker for asian fashion - but i love it.
VERYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY helpful!!! Thanks!
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u girls have no idea how absolutely fortunate u were to be able to choose and buy ur own stuff!! i mean not just the whole riwaaj of in-laws choosing mehndi/baraat/valima outfits (it seriously needs to be eradicated its so retarted) but sometimes circumstances dont allow u to choose ur own stuff so u gotta rely on everyone else sigh
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oh sweety did u not get 2 choose ur outfits???? y was that???
Me also getting married in march and im going 2 karachi on the 2nd of feb cant wait...lol
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^ i cud have, i just didnt have hte chance to go to Pak.. but i liked my wedding dress so its not such a big deal :pagli:
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sara516 - as long as u are happy in ur marraige thats the main thing i think, nice clothes or not. marriage is just one day, despite me being over obsessed with it all..............i just pray all girls are happy after marraige xxxx
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^ You're totally right and I agree with u completely :) I hope everything goes smoothly for you and do post pics when it all happens!