Hi there guppies. I am pretty much new on here though I have been reading your wonderful posts for over a year and finally decided to join. I have a question and need you opinion and help as fast as you can give it. I recently got married about almost a year ago and now its my cousins turn to get hitched. I want to wear very nice outfits at each event as I have not been anywhere this year after marriage and have not had an opportunity to dress up yet..(xcept day after wedding at gift opening with family only) Okay, so here is the thing. My MIL got me an anarkali made and I want to know if its wearable to the mehndi. Is it too bhari or do I have the right to wear it this bhari since I am new dulhan? Its similar to this one below:
Mine is simlar but not exactly the same..Mine has a circular neckline and more work on the chest area. The base is not as bhari. I only have the sprays on the front that are the size of my thumbnail so its not as heavy as the part in the pic and mine is also short sleeves(grr I wanted long but oh well) The pajama is very different as well. It is also a churidar with sprays near the bottm and it does not have the gorgeous pati at the ankle like this one does..The very bottom of the kurta is slighly differnt. It has 5 huge flower like beading/embroidery and small sprays. I hope you all can picture this well. I don’t have pictures as of yet since I do not own a digital camera but my friend came over last week and took a few pics for me to send to my Mom to show her what I got. She said she would email me them sometime this week and when she does I’ll post em..Part of em as I dont want ppl stealing my pics. Should I wear salim shahis/khussays or American style heels. I have a bronze heel I got a few years back at macys. So is it mehndi worthy or should I save it for the rukhsati/shaadi din(I don’t wanna wear short sleeves at nikaah) Shall post pics soon Thanks for your help.
Okay so I just talked to my friend about five minutes ago and she promised to email me the pictures sometime today. She is awesome..I'll post some soon after she emails em to me but I won't post full pics cuz I dont want anyone copying my pictures. Beware that these pictures will be at a limited post. I'll take them off soon after posting them. Thanks guppers shupperss..'
Wear it 4 sure...its not 2 heavy for a new bride and if ur families anything like mine they will complain if u wear anything light..
my cousins getting married in July too and I got married last August so I plan to dress up well too as theres been no weddings after mine so far..
also dont 4get..u have all these heavy clothes and they fit you well right now, once u have kids or gain weight u wont be able 2 wear them...so wear them as much as u want now!!!
omg mA thats a gorgeous anarkali - its definitely something you shud wear, my anarkali was kind of similar to this which i wore to my BILs' wedding and it looked amazing!
So make sure you get ready from a salon if you can since its a major event in the family and you shud go all out!
It sounds lovely! I think its fine to wear it at the mehndi ..but there might be a few things for you to consider --is the mehndi being held at home or at a hall, and what are the brides' sisters [if she has] wearing? Some people dont mind to be much fancier than everyone else, but some people would prefer not to, so its up to you at the end!! But I dont find that its too bhari.,I find that these days people dress fancier at mehndis than they used to in the past, as they tend to be more formal events now
Thanks for all your help so far, I guess I'll wear it at the mehndi with heels but go super light on the jewels..here are some partial pics of the dress:
^this is the very bottom part..the part with a black square is the particular spray which is allover the top part of the dress..the middle part..
P.S.-Sara516..I don't know if that comment was directed directly towards me but I just wanted to make sure my outfit was not a bit too much for a mehndi function..I will definitely dress up for the shaadi highly as I am a new bride and someone close in my fam is getting married..but make sure to not go overboard with the jewels..I hate huge necklaces with huge earings..I think simplicity is best..Maybe a bhari outfit and light but gorgeous jewelery.
I have to say i miss the days when mendhis were a lot more simpler, done at the home or in a backyard for us in the states, and girls wore much simpler outfits just made sure they were colorful. Now days something like the outfit posted is typical for even guests to arrive in, and i hate that. at least that's how it feels over here, i understand if ppl are related to the bride or groom then dress up, but when all the guests wear such heavy outfits i don't get it.
