The lehnga-choli is representative of the traditional Rajasthan/Gujarat style of dressing. The rich colors which they use are symbolic of festivity/fertility. Metallic yarn is traditionally used on these garments. During the actual wedding ceremony, conducted in front of the fire, the motifs and the colors of the ensemble glow.

In Gujarat they call it ghagra choli. During navaratri festival, women wear gagra choli for navaratri dandia raas.

The lehenga-cholis with their glittering mirror-work look most attractive. The blouses have elaborate mirror-work and patch-work on them and are very colorful. It is designed to leave the back and midrib bare. These type of dresses are mainly worn by women in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat.

Bridal Lehenga Wearing of bridal lehenga chole is a fashion with lasting values and rich craftsmanship. Bridal lehengas are so much in fashion that in addition to wedding, they are worn even at beauty pageant contests at national as well as international level

Chaniya Choli The home of the chaniya-choli is no doubt Kutch, Gujarat and Rajasthan. The outfit is popular in the west and north of India. In the south, another more streamlined version known as the pavade is popular. Fabrics that are used for chaniya-cholis normally range from cotton, silk to khadi and at times chiffon.

Designer Lehenga Designer lehenga with rich traditional chikan embroidery in colored thread all over and an equally enamoring dupatta to match makes for the most auspicious ceremony of your life. Designer Lehenga - choli sets are stitched in different types of fabric: Silk, raw silk, cotton prints, georgettes and so on

Embroidered Lehenga A embroidered lehenga or heavy lehenga have Embroidery, like every other art form, needs to be understood to be fully appreciated and enjoyed. Insight of the principles not only creates the urge to "paint" with needle and thread but gives one the knowledge that enables a more keen perception of the old masterpieces as well as modern day pieces Embroidered bridal lehengas are hot this wedding season

Ghagra Choli The Indian ghagra Cholis with their glittering mirror work is the most attractive. This comprises of long pleated skirts, known as Ghaghra or Lehenga, and is worn with twin blouses. The blouses have elaborate mirror work and patch work on them and are very colorful. It is designed to leave the back and midriff bare

Indian Cholis The Choli : It is the tightly fitted, short blouse that ends just below the bust worn under a sari. It is either long sleeved, short sleeved or sleeveless. Indian cholis as a form of garment are getting more famous and daring as dandiya festive garments

Indian Lehenga Choli The Indian lenghas with their glittering mirror work is the most attractive. This comprises of long pleated skirts, known as Lehenga, and is worn with twin blouses

Sharara Sharara is a short/ long blouse worn with matching pants fitted till the knee, with a big flare from the knee onwards. Sharara cholis are usually heavily embellished and worn with a matching long Chunnri

Traditional Lehenga or Trendy Lehenga Traditional lehengas include embroidered lehengas, traditional ghagra cholis, tremendous lehenga. Embroidered traditional Indian lehenga-choli is quite famous round the globe. The traditional lehanga-choli in soft pastel shades with light embroidery is an ideal outfit for the Sangeet ceremony

Indian Wedding Lenghas A wedding is an auspicious occasion when the attire demands keen attention, careful planning, elegant display because it is specially meant to make an individual look her /his best. During a modern wedding, appearance means almost everything. Today, the brides have a wide variety of bridal dresses to pick and choose from. Wedding lehengas is one of them

Zardosi Lehenga Zardosi lehenga is the traditional wear of Indian women since mughal time. Popular among royal family of olden days, Zardosi lehngas come in many different styles. The Zardosi lehnga-chole made up of a comfortable fabric, can be worn on festivals or other celebrations. Zardosi lehangas are glamorous and elaborate.

Ornaments for the bride beautiful
Following are some of the ornaments married women usually to wear on special occasions and/or festivals:

For the head:
The tika/benda/matha-patti(as known in Northern India) is worn on the forehead. In Rajasthan, it is known as borla. The sheesh-phool is worn at the crest of the hair from where the juda(bun) or plaits are tied. Chapadia and jhoomar are also meant for the hair.

For the nose:Laung/Nath/Besar
For the neck: Taali/Choker/Mala/Haar/Mangalsutra/Hansli

For the ears:Jhumka/Karnaphool/Baali/Mundal/Bundey/Kundal
For the upper-arms and hands: Baajuband

For the Waist : Kamarband/waistband

For the wrist : Choodiyan/Kangana

For the foot :Toe ring and Anklet

Solah Shringar for indian Bride

For an Indian bride the wedding day is the most important day of her life. She has lots of expectations and hope for this day. Most of the girls in our country have lots of dreams for this day since it marks the beginning of their journey into womanhood. Everybody wants to look best on this day. Different kinds of beauty rituals are associated with this day as her female friends and relatives spend the whole day preparing her for the occasion. The full beautification consists of sixteen parts from head to toe. On this very special day of her life she wants to look the best. She epitomizes beauty on this special day. The bride's solah shringar starts from the top with her hair and ends with her toe.

First her hair is washed and oiled and adorned with flowers and other ornaments for the hair. It is decorated with borla. It is a conocal shaped ornaments for the head. Than a paste of turmeric, oil, and gram flower is used as a scrub and a cream for the bride's hands and arms. Then her forehead is decorated with a mang-tikka or bhor ornament, which is worn along the hairline. The face is also adorned. And the eyes are highlighted with kajal to give a beautiful effect. Even make up is applied on face with powdered and lipsticks. Nose rings are worn. It can be made of gold, pearl and diamond. In some regions and community nose rings are never removed and they become symbol of married woman like mangalsutra. Earrings are also worn on ears. They are of different shapes and sizes. Necklaces of different designs and sizes are worn around the neck. It can be of different lengths short, long or choker or collar type. The bride also wears floral garland. On hands bangles and bracelets are worn. It is the most visible part so bangles and bracelets are one of the most important adornments worn by the bride. Bangles can be of different kinds. It can be made of gold, silver, iron, ivory, glass, ceramic or other metals depending upon the custom and rituals of the particular region. Armlets are also worn on the upper arm, which can be made of different metals. Mehndi designs are made on the hands and feet. On the waist elaborate gold or silver belts are worn. The belts serve the purpose of keeping the bride's sari in place. And last but not least the toes are also adorned. Various kinds of toe rings are worn it can be simple or elaborate looking. The bridal wears, which is considered, as the most important part of solah shringar is always red in color because red is considered auspicious. The sari usually has rich and heavy embroidery with gold and silver threads some also has beads work on it.

Bridal hair style

• Normal full hair color

• Diagonal Streaking

• Geometric Coloring

• Slicing

• Frosting

• Velcro Coloring

• Global Coloring

• Gray Hair Coverage

• Horizontal Streaking

• Hair Relaxing and Straightening

• Hair split ends

• Bleaching

• Spiral Perm

• Pony Perm

• Dreadlock Perm

• Hair Jetting

• Pig Peg Perm

• Soft Wave

• Crimp Perm

• Zig Zag Perm

• Hair Do's

• Long short medium

• Roller setting

• Ironing

• Crimping

• Ringlets

• Braids

• Layers

• Vertical

• Bangs

• Fringes

• Blunts

• Wedge

• Sleek and Blunt

• Straight

• Combo

Tattoos

 Tattooing and piercing have an almost magnetic appeal to many teens. While they may be seen as adornment by adolescents, they can become a battleground with adults.

Tattoos and piercing have become a part of our everyday landscape. They are ubiquitous, having entered the circles of glamour and the mainstream of wedding fashion, and they have even become an increasingly common feature of our urban youth. Legislation in most parts restricts professional tattooing to adults older than 18 years of age, so "high end" tattooing is rare in children and adolescents, but such tattoos are occasionally seen in older teenagers. Piercing, by comparison, as well as self-made or "jailhouse" type tattoos, are not at all rare among adolescents or even among school-age children. Like hairdo, makeup, or baggy jeans, tattoos and piercing can be subject to fad influence or peer pressure in an effort toward group affiliation. As with any other fashion statement, they can be construed as bodily aids in the inner struggle toward identity consolidation, serving as adjuncts to the defining and sculpting of the self by means of external manipulations. But unlike most other body decorations,...

Bridal Mehndi/Henna

From adorning brides' hands, to being used to make hip tattoos on arms and bellies, Mehendi or Henna has gone international. Once a typically Indian custom and an indispensable part of a brides makeup, Mehendi has gone cosmopolitan thanks to the attention it gets through stars like Madonna ,No Doubt and Bjork.

Used at weddings by brides and brides maids, it completes the bridal attire, it's also considered auspicious, believed to bring luck and beauty.. and finally part of superstition ,the darker the mehendi is, the more the mother in law will love you..and mother-in-laws playing an important role in indian marriages!..various things are done to achieve this. The dried mehendi is oiled, hour after hour, a mixture of lemon and honey is applied to it, it's held over a flame and finally it's not even washed but scraped off! Now mehendi as a tattoo, doesn't come with any such hassels, the darker it is..the longer it lasts!

Mehendi, that fragrant print on the hands, has a history and a following that's fast crossing international boundaries. Associated mainly with happy occasions and festivals among almost all communities, this Idd really meant boom time for those in the mehendi business. Mohammed Ismail who runs a mehendi store at Bori Mohalla, Mumbai says, " I used to get more than 1,000 customers daily during Ramzan. Our 100-year-old family profession has come a long way, from selling the standard dry powdered mehendi during festivals only, to now supplying a wide variety perennially.

"There is the regular red mehendi, which can be outlined with black mehendi and silver or gold mehendi for filling up the designs with (some may consist of chemical dyes). Two years ago, tattoo stickers were introduced for the arms, nails, ears or forehead." Ismail has many customers taking kilos of mehendi abroad where it is quite expensive.

In the old days, mehendi meant a night's wait for the colour to register. " Nowadays everything is quick and easy," says Shahnaz Abdulla Hussaini, a professional mehendiwalli for a decade now." People expect special mehendi ingredients for the best colour, and professionals like us to finish fast. The elite class and film personalities like to experiment with designs and areas of application. I have applied mehendi on entire arms, the lower back, cheeks and around the neck," she says.

Shahnaz belongs to an informal group of mehendi professionals -- men and women who help each other make new customers. There is one Maheshbhai, the best in this group, who specialises in bridal mehendi. Recently he applied mehendi for a top Bollywood actress on the occasion of her wedding reception in the city.

For bridal mehendi, the Gujarati and Marwari styles depict entire baraats on the bride's hand with the wedding couple, doli, kalash, baraatis, tabla players, elephants and peacocks too. The Mughlai and Arabic styles are not as minute. They have enlarged curvy floral designs with thick outlines. Prices for application vary from Rs 1,500 to Rs 5,000 or more for the bride and Rs 75 or more per hand for others. Says Bhavna Rane, a mehendiwalli. " A good mehendi artist can earn up to a lakh in a month. This is such a lucrative business that I'm planning to induct my daughter into it too," she says.

In the last couple of years -- more so since Madonna sported it in her music album Ray of Light henna has evolved into an art form at the international level and people have been capitalising on it. We have music albums on the subject, countless design books in the market and secret colouring formulae sold for hefty amounts.

Back home, it has been quite exploited for its promotional value. Restaurants and food festivals offer free mehendi application as an added attraction. Till last year Seasons, the clothes super store, was hosting mehendi contests during the Marriage season. And recently the Citywalk shoe store advertisement read, While you decorate your feet with your choice of shoes, we decorate your hands with the colours of mehendi 'FREE' .