Latest Manish Malhotra Designer Sarees 2009

Gauhar Khan in Manish Malhotra saree!

Ace fashion designer Manish Malhotra showcased his latest collection during a three-day annual media and entertainment conclave ‘FICCI frames 2009′ in Mumbai.

Top models like Gauhar Khan walked down the ramp in bright, colorful traditional, bridal wear. Known for his different style and his ability to envision a ‘look’ for the character of a movie, Malhotra has designed for many leading actors in Bollywood.

“It’s a bridal wear where I have played with colours and lot of embroidery.” said Malhotra.

Mikey likes it!

The velvet blouse looks interesting for sure – although I am a bit puzzled about the colors. It is so hard to match the colors with velvet. Is it a blue saree with blue green blouse?

Pooja Salvi Saree Dress

Is this a saree or a form fitting dress? Hard to tell, isn’t it?

Could be a great christian wedding saree!

Bridal Sarees of Michael Wijesuriya

A couple of nice bridal sarees by Michael Wijesuriya in Sri Lanka. Check it out.

Bridesmaids sarees – please remember that Bridesmaids are your friends.

Aren’t bridesmaids your friends? Why would you want them to wear a lime green saree? Is it a thinly veiled attempt to show the world that the bridesmaids are green with envy or something? Geezeee… I know its your wedding day and its all about YOU; but trust me, if you make the bridesmaids look good, you will look even more amazing!

Ione Skye’s Hindu Wedding in Saree

Say Anything star Ione Skye and Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee chose an exotic location and traditional garb for their Hindu wedding in India, captured in this photo for PEOPLE.

About 50 of the couple’s friends and family members, including Josh Radnor from How I Met Your Mother, witnessed the Dec. 29 ceremony in a village on the Bay of Bengal.

Via Sepia Mutinuy and People

VishwaKarma Bridal – black and silver saree

This collection, of lehengas & sarees for weddings & special occasions, is a contemporary interpretation of the old royal costumes and uses rich traditional textiles like bandhani, brocades, silk jaquards, tanchois and zardozi embroidery and gota work from Jaipur (using pearls, crystals, stones & metallic thread work) for embellishments.

A wedding saree reborn : converting an antique sari to a wedding dress

Convert your mom’s antique saree to a perfect wedding dress.

The wedding season is here and trousseau shopping is on at full swing. Some brides-to-be are rummaging not in shop racks but in their moms’ closets for the perfect dress.
A wedding sari reborn
A lot of designers are receiving requests from such brides to revamp their mother’s antique sari or lehenga for their big day.

Parsimony is not the reason — actress Raveena Tandon got one such dress made by Manav Gangwani. It has more to do with the emotional value of one’s mother’s wedding garment.

Designer Anjana Bhargav, who gets requests every season, explains the technique: “The sari has to be strengthened. I use the same fabric, but I line it and do some embroidery to hold the fabric with the lining. I give it a kali in the centre, sequin it or give a nice brocade border.”

Top designer Ritu Kumar, who recently celebrated four decades in the business, takes pride in the fact that her clients come to her with lehengas she herself did 40 years ago and ask her to revamp them for their daughters’ weddings. “The kind of intricate work that used to be done back then is not being done now,” says Kumar.

“I maintain the classic quality, repair the metal embellishments, line it and basically make it look fresh.” Sangeeta Dave, a resident of Mayur Vihar whose daughter Richa will marry in November, has revived her saas’s sari with a real silver border. “We got it recut and freshened. She will wear it at her mehendi,” says Dave.

A challenge

For some designers, working on these clothes is an absolute delight and a challenge, too. Puja Nayyar loves doing this because it gives her a chance to work on the most beautiful works of art, sometimes from royalty. “People bring odhnis worn by their great-grandmothers.” These costumes, she adds, have to be “treated like babies”. Designer Anjalee Kapoor tells us, “People generally don’t want the entire [old] garment, but aspects of it incorporated in their lehenga — mostly the border — and revamping the blouse.”

Not all designers are open to this idea. Designer Manju Grover makes exceptions only for special clients. “This leaves little scope for creativity,” she says. “An old fabric may even disintegrate, and I don’t want the blame for losing someone’s heirloom.” Raveena, who got her mother’s wedding lehenga with real gold wires reconstructed for her 2004 wedding, has the last word: “I did it so that my mother’s good luck with a good marriage stays with me.”

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As a part of the wedding traditions, the bride is supposed to include something “old” in her outfit and antique saree works great for that purpose. I encourage you to continue the tradition of using an emotionally valued saree as a part of your wedding dress preparation.

Hemant and Sheetal’s Bridal sarees

I love this red chunni concept with white and red saree. With a red chunni, the traditional requirement is met and then it leaves the bride to find a perfect outfit for her.

This is Dipannita Sharma, who was dating Abhishek Bachchan for a while. In case you don’t know, Hemant Trivedi is the design director of the Sheetal Group