Picture of the day: Lovely Bride in Indian wedding lehenga

This beautiful couple had a wedding in Boston and the bride showed up in a very typical wedding lehenga. Her red silk bridal lehenga was adorned with a variety of golden embellishments which gave her a very beautiful shine. 

Picture of the day: Actress Shweta Varma's Big Wedding Reception

Shweta Varma wore a gorgeous red bridal lehenga when she wed Rustam Twaril.

The reception was in the traditional Indian wedding style at Parkland Retrat in Chattarpur.

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Picture of the day: Nikhil Dwivedi and his pretty wife in her bridal lehenga

For his wedding reception Nikhil wore a Manish Malhotra ensemble and his bride Gaurie Pandit looked pretty in a pink wedding lehenga by Reynu Tandon!

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Indian Bridal Lehenga by Indian Designer Payal Singhal

Payal Singhal is an Indian Fashion Designer that creates Contemporary collections that combine Indian clothes and traditional techniques with modern sensibilities. This Indian Designer creates beautiful Indian Dresses, Indian Salwar Kameez Suits and Bridal Lehengas that have detailed embroidery work.

If you want to find out more about her fashion mission, you can see Payal Singhal's Interview here!

A beautiful and elegant bridal Lehenga in Ecru featuring keri motif embroidered detailing all over the skirt. A stylish piece that is suitable for all tastes and styles because of the subtle detailing. If you needed to make a statement without saying much, this piece is perfect.

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Picture of the Day! Priyanka Chopra in beautiful Bridal Lehengas!

The Beautiful Bollywood actress posed for several famous Indian fashion designers to present their bridal collections.

Below you can see two fantastic bridal Lehenga!

Designer Anju Modi : The Indian Cinema Inspired Indian Fashion Industry

According to the Indian designer Anju Modi, Indian cinema has a crucial role in promoting the Indian design industry in every era. She told to IANS that : "Cinema plays an essential part in every Indian's life. We always get mesmerised and inspired by cinema. I remember every era on Indian cinema which gave different recognition to costume designing. From those grand sets and elaborate costumes Indian cinema became an important part of the Indian fashion industry. And since then everything is about movies and cinema."

(Bollywood star Madhuri Dixit showcasing a bridal lehenga by Anju Modi (right) at Couture Fashion Week in New Delhi )

Modi is one of the founding members of the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), the industry's apex body. She launched her label in 1990 and has been a strong force in the vehement increase in growth, awareness and potential of fashion in India and believes in taking risks for creating new things.

In 2006, Modi was one of only four Indian designers selected for Heyers Fashion Festival in Paris, organized by the Chambre Syndicale, also the organisers of the Paris Fashion Week. In the same year, she was also invited to present her collection at the Miami Fashion Week.
She designs traditional Indian clothes like saris, lehengas, anarkalis, salwar kameez, dupatta and many other pieces.

Thanks to her experience, Modi felt that the "Indian fashion industry is emerging and making its own place in the domestic and international markets. In the last few years, the industry has grown bigger and better, and International designers and fashion houses are getting inspiration from Indian textiles and fabrics. I have been working on development of new fabrics and colourways for the last two decades. My work has been appreciated internationally," she said.
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Picture of the day: Indian Bridal Wear

I'm In love with these beautiful Indian Designer Creations!

My favorite pieces of this mix are the bridal lehenga by Payal Singhal in the top left corner and the wedding saree by Raakesh Agarvwal in the centre!

Top 5 of Indian Bridal Dresses on Strandofsilk.com

This is my Top 5 of the most beautiful Indian Bridal Dresses...

1) Pink Silver Lehenga by Raakesh Agarvwal.

Raakesh Agarvwal is a graduate from the prestigious National Institute of Fashion Technology, and he launched his eponymous label in 2007. He focuses on glamorous and intricately constructed clothes in the prêt, diffusion and couture categories.

2) Pink Embroidered Lehenga  by Raakesh Agarvwal

3) Keri Embroidered Lehenga  by Payal Singhal. 

Indian Fashion Designer Payal Singhal established her label in India in 2000, with design sensibilities catered towards creating eclectic Indian clothing for younger women. Payal travels with her unique mobile trunk shows all over the world.

 4) Red Sequined Saree by Neeru Kumar. 

The Neeru Kumar brand is personified by traditional techniques, a contemporary sensibility and an innovative use of colour. Over the past two decades, she has pioneered a revolution in Indian textiles. 

5) Sky Blue Satin Saree  by Narendra Kumar. 

Narendra Kumar’s tryst with fashion began in 1990 after graduating from the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in New Delhi.

... on strandofsilk.com, so what did you think? Bridal Lehenga or wedding Saree? 

Indian Bridal Dress by Indian Designer Siddartha Tytler

Today I wanted to show you my favorite Indian bridal dress that we have on our website by Indian designer Siddartha Tytler. 

Designer Lehenga mint colored taffeta with gota and crystal work, with net chunni bootis and a stunning crystal mesh corset.

This collection of Salwar suits, Sarees, Lehengas and is Anarkalis share of the Indian Made to Measure Designer Collection by Siddartha Tytler.

From Indian Designer Siddartha Tytler's Bridal Asia collection.

This collection of designer contemporary Indian clothes features exquisite fabrics, intricate embroidery detailing and beautiful cuts for traditional indian styles that can be worn for a wedding or a special occasion.

Juhi Chawla In A Bridal Lehenga At IJW 2013

Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla hits the catwalk for Kay Jewels on the final day of India International Jewellery Week 2013. She was wearing a maroon Bhairavi Jaikishan lehenga. 

The famous actress said: “I love to dress up and walk the ramp. I love wearing traditional indian clothes like bridal lenghas, anarkali suits, bridal sarees. It takes me to a different world. It makes me feel like a princess.”

Not Quite The Runaway Bride

I just found out about a story dating back to November 2012 but it is too unusual not to be shared.

Minakshi Sawant, an undergraduate in psychology was seen running in her bridal lehenga through the halls of MG Science College to get to her second year exam.

She had just gotten married an hour and a half before, and rushed directly from Bapunagar to Khanpur in order to sit this important examination.

Sawant wants to have it all and not compromise between her career and marriage. And she worked very hard to get her master in clinical psychology.

Her husband is supportive and their story is an inspiration for other girls to chase their dreams!

A bride running down the stairs

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Special Focus on: The Wedding jewels

In Indian weddings, jewellery is as much important as bridal lenghas dresses, the make-up and the hair. 

It has been used for adornment since centuries and if men use bracelets, pendants and earrings, the Indian women wear them for other significance.

In fact, for Indian women, jewellery is considered auspicious and whatever they are poor or rich, women wear some jewels.

In Strand of Silk we think jewels bring light to a woman’s face and embellish her: her skin, her eyes and her hair are enhanced thanks to the colour and the of metal and precious stones. 
Traditionally, jewellery has always been linked with wealth, power, femininity and status.  

Jewels are gifted at different events and phases of life in an Indian woman’s life : birth, coming of age, marriage, becoming a mother, and certain ornaments are essential for married Indian woman.

We suggest you few indian contemporary jewellery pieces available on Strand of Silk’s e-shop. You can wear it during the day, on the evening, or even in a wedding:

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Why Not Wear A Lehenga For An Indian Wedding?

If you are looking for a traditional clothe to wear for an Indian wedding, there are different types of dresses that can make you look gorgeous at an Indian wedding: Wedding Lehengas, Wedding Sarees or Bridal Anarkali Suits.

Why not wear lehenga for an Indian wedding?



Bridal Lehenga is a two pieces garment that includes a top and a skirt. The skirt is what gives the name to the traditional piece of clothing: a Lehenga is a pleated and embroidered skirt. Precious fabrics, detailed embroidery and embellishments are the main features of bridal Lehengas.