Bridal season is here in all its colourful hues and if you’re the bride, it’s time to experiment with a variety of options from the “new” colour palette. As bridal attire is no more just about deep reds and maroons, adventurous brides are opting for haute pinks and even canary yellows. What seems even more prominent in the wedding trend is the use of a riot of colours on one ornate lehenga.
Designer Pam Mehta says, “With red being the colour for traditional Indian brides for ages, modern brides want something new. They’re exhausted seeing the typical red. The colour palette has now taken a neon twist. Brides are looking at flaunting many colours blended in dexterously. The dupattas are not always the same colour as the lehenga. We are seeing a lot of fuchsia, pink, tones of bright gold and reds. Even the work has moved from antique gold thread work to more bright tones.”
But according to ace designer Ritu Kumar, tones of red with many other colours is setting the mood this party season. “I’ve observed that bright red has made a huge comeback. Shades of yellow are popular in cocktails and mehendi. Multicolour is a huge trend. Brides want to go for one prominent colour with a volley of different colours. The need for bright hues is such that girls are going for many colours in the same outfit, but they keep the base bright. Deep pinks with green chunnis, rani pinks and multi-coloured lehengas are a hit.”
Designer duo Kapil and Monica tell us more about adventurous colours doing the rounds in weddings these days. “Hot pink, fuchsia and mango are the colours which are trendy this season. There are various styles in which they drape dupattas too. A bride must have a great mix of outfits, which should be a blend of Indian and Western wear. There are many functions post marriage where one can try this.”
According to designer Preeti Ghai, Kolkata’s wonder boy Sabyasachi Mukherjee had started the trend of using various colours in one wedding apparel to make it look stunning. “One can design an attire with conflicting colours in lehngas, cholis and the duppattas, using the colour of embroidery or embellishment,” she says.
Vikrant of Virtues adds that now brides can wear a green lehenga with a purple blouse and a fuchsia dupatta.