Embrace the dawn of your new beginning with "Aanya," a bridal masterpiece that blends delicate beauty with ethereal elegance. This light pink ensemble boasts a meticulously crafted farshi lehenga, its rich jamawar fabric cascading gracefully in shades of pink. Aanya's magic lies in the intricate dance of light and texture. Silver embroidery adorns the entire outfit, shimmering like moonlight on a blush rose. Each stitch is a testament to age-old craftsmanship,
Work Technique: Embroidery, Screen Printing, Hand Embellishment Pattern: Pishwas Frock
Description: Using chiffon fabric in the Pishwas creates a soft and ethereal texture, while the shawl grip fabric adds a lap of luxury. The intricate embroidery work in golden hues is a testament to traditional cultural ensembles, while the use of resham, zari, and sequins adds a touch of glamour and modernity. The screen-printing technique with embroidery combination makes it a perfect choice for your formal gatherings
Disclaimer:The colour of the outfit may vary due to photographic lighting sources.
The meticulously selected unique shade of magenta is the festive color of the season. The voluminous kalidaar that has an appliqued daaman comes with a high front slit which ultimately makes it the most flattering silhouette. The pure cotton net shirt is beautifully embellished with intricate gold zardozi, dabka, sequins, and silver zari, naqshi, gota. This elegant kalidaar is complemented with a charmeuse block printed lehenga. The exceptionally beautiful ensemble is an absolute showstopper. The dupatta featured with it is a hand embellished chunri chaddar along with an embellished pure net dupatta which gives the dress a fancy finish that will no doubt leave everyone amazed. The perfect combination of colors makes it a unique outfit which will give the bride a gorgeously royal look
All orders would take a minimum of 8 to 12 Weeks for delivery. "Custom Order" can take longer than this.
Each product of ours is designed with highest quality standards and delicacy.
Keep the outfit in the garment bag provided. Handle with care. Dry clean only.
The stunning deep teal choli is a masterpiece with hand worked floral jaal and magenta appliques that are adorned with sitara, French knots, dabka, and threadwork across its entirety. This intricate embellishment enhances the richness and allure of the choli, making it a focal point of the outfit. Completing the ensemble is a magenta pure net dupatta, embellished with heavy all-over sitara chann for a shimmering effect. The dupatta is bordered with zari detailing all around including hand embellished baroque motifs on the corners adding a luxurious touch. It is finished with a pure katan silk lehenga with magenta appliqued border that adds a playful and festive flair to the overall look. This ensemble is a perfect blend of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary design, ideal for making a statement at any celebratory occasion.
All orders would take a minimum of 8 to 12 Weeks for delivery. "Custom Order" can take longer than this.
Each product of ours is designed with highest quality standards and delicacy.
Keep the outfit in the garment bag provided. Handle with care. Dry clean only.
On 22nd April, individuals from all walks of life come together in a global effort to progress climate action and sustainability, marking the annual celebration of Earth Day.
This year, organisers of Earth Day are calling for widespread climate education as an integral step forward in the journey to fight climate change. Bryce Coon, Director of Education for Earth Day, emphasises how just a spark of global momentum can propel forward our efforts to address climate change, now and in the near future, by promoting behaviour change in the next generation.
Whether you represent a global organisation or a local consumer, each of us has a part to play. From fighting fast fashion to hosting a clean-up, we have put together a small but mighty list of actions you can take to put people and planet first.
1: Fight Fast Fashion
Fashion is regarded as a reflection of culture. But what does it say about our current culture when the impacts of fashion can ravage our environment and endanger our own lives? It seems one of the fastest things about ‘fast fashion’ is the speed in which we reach a moral and ethical dead end.
The fast fashion industry operates on a “race to the bottom” model to produce the largest number of garments at the smallest price. With cheap production, lowered costs and an implicit yet superficial and dangerous pressure from society to constantly consume clothing, the facts behind fast fashion are staggering:
Every year, 100 billion garments are produced.
From 100 billion garments, 87% end up in landfills or incinerators and only 1% is recycled.
Sixty nine per cent of clothes are made from crude oil and washing them accounts for 35% of microplastics in the ocean.
Our relationship with fashion must change. We must divorce the unsustainable ideology of hyperconsumption that many of us possess and fashion a better world by embracing slow style, celebrating handmade artistry and being connected to the makers of our products.
Here’s how:
You can thrift
‘Thrifting’ or charity shopping is a great way to give a new lease of life to our clothes. By donating your unwanted clothes, you will create space in your home, support charities and help the planet. By buying from charity shops, you will also be helping the planet, as well as finding unique and vintage styles at a very fair price.
You can support Shared Interest
Shared Interest uses the investments of our members to transform the lives of farmers and craftspeople across the globe. Ethical fashion retailers such as Mata Traders and Allpa are examples of two buyer customers we support with fair finance.
Mata Traders work with member-owned women’s co-operatives and artisan groups that follow Fair Trade Principles. By bringing traditional fabrics to a global audience, they support the family businesses of weavers and block printers throughout India and Nepal whose livelihoods have been threatened by the shift of textile production to the factory. We have supported Mata Traders with finance since 2010.
Meanwhile, Allpa are Peruvian artisans specialising in jewellery, textiles, ceramics and wood. Allpa has benefited from an export credit facility with Shared Interest since 2014. As less than 10% of Allpa sales are local, Shared Interest finance is a lifeline for the organisation.
Take a brief moment to sign this online petition to demand political action and create regulations to protect the environment and our health against the crises posed by the fast fashion industry.
Teal Blue Lehenga Choli With Alluring Hand Embellishments
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We are in love with this gorgeous teal blue lehenga for a bride to wear at her engagement. The lehenga is hand-embellished with sequins and cut dana all over making the outfit grab eyeballs.
Grey Can Work Wonders! This Trending Engagement Dress For Bride is PERFECT!
A not-so-popular colour grey is used by this designer to craft this beauty to make you look not just glamorous but to stand out among the rest. Teamed up neon pink dupatta and pattern on the skirt, this one is all hearts.
Another shade of blue, turquoise crafted is the prettiest net has the Dori and thread embroidery detailing. Stunning stone embellishments all over are adding to the charm of the outfit. An embroidered satin choli and a gorgeous net embellished dupatta in the same shade is perfect to wear if you're having a summer engagement ceremony!
The Resham thread work over this lehenga enhanced with sequins and stonework has completely won us over. The colour peach is a popular one among the brides-to-be, and we do not doubt why. This gorgeous one surely makes our list of trendy engagement dresses for brides.
This pretty one from Sabyasach’s Ivory Floral Udaipur Collection is a must-have for the brides who do not like to go OTT on their big day. This subtle & elegant lehenga looks no less than magic to us.
The traditional Indian Banarasi saree has a charm to it that no other outfit can match, classic yet so chic. We are head over heels with this gorgeous pumpkin orange saree with weaved floral mesh on the red pallu. This georgette saree with weaved floral buttis is already in our carts.
One of the top engagement dresses for the bride is this combination of intricate Resham thread and stonework on the net saree that simply looks stunning. This one had us hooked on every first sight and we are not over it yet!
Stunning Half-N-Half Saree To Make Those Heads Turn!
We recently spotted these half and half silk sarees that are dominating the saree world like no other one. This type of sarees in vibrant colours has a fanbase of its own. Take a look at this gorgeous one and you may find yourself in the fan club too.
Another one is known to give us fashion goals, Anushka Sharma wore this gorgeous embellished net saree and made sure that she dazzled all her way in #Niankya’s Mumbai Reception. Just Wow! ❤️
Golden has been used extensively in the Indian weddings and looks like we still can't get over from it. This solid golden saree with fringes along its borders is a must-have.
Okay, maybe we have a thing for the silk sarees. But can you blame us when they are this gorgeous? This orange woven silk saree has us in love from the time that we saw this one. The golden work accessorised with pink and green florals did magic to this one as well.
Combo Of Classic Black & Golden From The Bollywood Bombshell, Bipasha Basu!
Bipasha Basu, along with husband Karan Singh Grover walked on the ramp as the showstopper for designer Sanjuktta Dutta at the Lakme Fashion Week 2020. For those who are obsessed with the colour black, take notes, already!
The Quirky Pant-Saree For The Brides Who Doesn’t Shy Away from Experimenting
For all you millennial brides out there who are fond of experimenting with your look, this might be the one you were looking for. This pant saree in the most gorgeous colours teamed up with an ethic jacket is making us go gaga over it!
The key to a suit looking good is fit. If you’re buying off-the-peg, focus on the fit across the shoulders because getting the chest and waist altered is a relatively easy job according to Davide Taub, head of bespoke suits at Savile Row tailor Gieves & Hawkes. “Be cautious about wearing a period suit unless you’re pursuing a total period look because in isolation the suit starts to look like a novelty,” he adds.
Classic is best and most useful – dark, two-button, single-breasted, moderate in details. “It’s not boring. A suit is a uniform. The idea is to think of this suit as a canvas to build different ideas of individuality around. It’s the way you wear it, not the label inside, that impresses.”
2. INVEST WISELY IN A WATCH
“A watch is like a piece of art,” argues Don Cochrane, managing director of British watch brand Vertex. “Choose it because you love it, not because you think it might make money. Watches are personal, it marks your passage through time. But you also have to be practical.” Aesthetic, functional, rugged sports models go with anything and can take the hard knocks of everyday wear. Yet, a watch still has to fit you. It should feel comfortable and be right in terms of size and depth relative to your wrist as well – 40mm is considered the ‘Goldilocks’ size.
Whether it’s on casualwear or formalwear, indulge in a bit of colour. “Most men are unjustly scared of it – they’re intimidated by anything that isn’t navy or grey,” says menswear designer Oliver Spencer. “But colour can be timeless too.” A green suit, for example, can look particularly rakish, while Spencer also recommends pinks, greens, mustard and brighter shades of blue as especially versatile year-round shades that will lift your entire outfit. But he adds that, when it comes to colour, less is still more: “You just need a bit of it, in one garment.”
The all-time most useful cut of the world’s most popular garment, according to Alex Mir, co-owner of Sheffield-based label Forge Denim, is ‘slim-tapered’. “It’s wider in the thigh, so it’s comfortable, but narrows, so it works with either smart shoes or sneakers,” he advises. “It’s the best year-round, wear-with-anything, dress up or down style.”
The wise will wear dark, raw denim too and give the pre-distressed a wide berth. “The whole pleasure of denim is that it ages with the way you wear it. Why miss out on that?”
It’s the kind of advice your mother might offer, but if you’ve invested money and thought in your clothing, look after it. Use wooden hangers for shirts and shoe trees for your best shoes; have your suit dry-cleaned and pressed; wash your clothes regularly and, ideally, don’t tumble dry them (it can degrade the fabric); and polish your shoes.
Equally, it’s not just the skin of your leather jacket that you need to care for, the same goes for the one you wear every day. Establish a simple, but no less solid, grooming regime, brush your hair and cut your nails. After all, the devil resides in the details.
6. KEEP YOUR UNDERWEAR SIMPLE
Style isn’t only what everyone else can see. When it comes to men’s underwear, there are two rules to follow. One, novelty prints are not for grown men – “your underwear is not the place to express your ‘personality’,” as shirt and underwear-maker Emma Willis notes.
And, two, heavily-branded underwear lacks sophistication. “Of all places where you might have the confidence not to have branding, your underwear should be it,” adds Willis.
The style that has best stood the test of time, of course, is the cotton boxer short or boxer brief, likely because (as is the case with linen) they take repeated washing, breathe well and are comfortable against your skin.
“Timelessness is about simple design and all the more so with shoes,” argues Tim Little, owner of heritage shoe brand Grenson. “The color, the pattern, the sole – you don’t want it fussy. Anything fussy may look good now but will look strange very quickly.” Quality shoes — the gold standard being re-soleable Goodyear welted examples — are the kind of investment that should last 15 years or more.
Opt for classic styles such as the Jumper boot from Myrqvist or classic brogues, loafers, or a plain, dark, five-eyelet Derby on a round-toe last, but don’t forget about finding quality dress socks as well. “It’s the shape of the toe that really counts – and round never goes out of fashion,” says Little. “It’s pointy toes or square toes that look obviously impractical. Nobody has feet shaped like that.”
Accessories like ties and pocket squares bring individuality to classic clothing, but be careful how you use them.
“It’s best to harmonise them with what you’re wearing by picking out a colour or two. Or even to juxtapose them entirely,” says Michael Hill, creative director of men’s accessories brand Drake’s. “What you don’t want is to match them up.”
When it comes to curating shirt and tie combinations, wear your tie or pocket square in a darker shade than your jacket. And don’t overdo the accessories either – if in doubt, think less is more and take one element away. “You’re aiming for an air of nonchalance,” adds Hill. “You just need one point of interest.”
There’s are few things less stylish than a man dressed as he thinks he should dress rather than in what he genuinely feels suits who he is. There are caveats to that, of course: there are no prizes for dressing like a rodeo clown unless indeed you are one. But whatever you’re wearing, you have to own it.
Genuine style icons are those who go their own way with a self-confidence that comes from their clothes being a second skin, not a costume.
10. DRESS FOR THE SETTING
Style is not merely about self-expression; it’s also about being dressed appropriately for your environment. Think of clothes as being codes: you need the right combination to work with the setting you’re in – and that’s whether it’s a formal dinner or a lazy Sunday in the pub.
The worst style is one which is out of place. Is this a kind of conformity? No, as one of Tom Ford’s oft trotted out fashion quotes explains, it’s a mark of respect for others. And about feeling comfortable in yourself. When in doubt, overdress.
11. DON’T SKIMP ON GLASSES
Invest time into finding the right spectacles for you. “People spend an average of seven minutes picking a pair that will define them for the next three or more years,” notes eyewear designer Tom Davies. “Poor choice and poor fit are why so many people learn to hate their glasses.”
Buy what you feel good in, taking into account your face shape but considering the top line of the frames’ relation to your eyebrow shape – team straight with straight, curved with curved – and your hairstyle.
Buy wisely too, says Davies: there’s no point buying cheap frames and being up-sold on expensive lenses because the frames will look tatty soon enough anyway.
The temptation may be to wear a classic style, but modern technical fabrics in darker shades and easy cuts are making coats what they should be – lightweight and breathable but also properly protective. “Changes in seasonality, the climate and buying habits are making heavy wool coats seem out of keeping now,” suggests Adam Cameron, owner of outerwear specialist The Workers’ Club. “Think of a coat instead as being your final layer – one you can wear as much or as little under as required.” A field or bomber jacket jacket is a good all-rounder but if you need to dress up, go for a short mac.
Occasions for the height of formal dressing may be rare, but they’re all the more exacting for that. So, while it feels like an extravagance, owning a dinner suit that fits you rather than hiring one makes more sense after years of use. “With hiring, there’s always the risk of the wearer looking almost childlike while dressed in some oversized, boxy ensemble,” warns Toby Lamb, design director of contemporary tailoring label Richard James. Own as classic a dinner suit as possible: in midnight blue, single-breasted, with satin lapels and trousers seams. And it goes without saying you should learn how to tie a bow-tie yourself.
14. WITH SHIRTS, STICK TO THE CLASSICS
“It sounds silly,” says James Cook, head of bespoke shirtmaking for Turnbull & Asser, “but any men’s shirt can be made to look expensive if it’s well-pressed.” All the same, Cook is particular about the details. Strike a middle line, he recommends: avoid bold styles unless you think you can carry it off, and, for a collar that works with or without a tie, and that always sits properly under a jacket, opt for a semi-cutaway.
Know when to adhere to dress codes such as black tie and know when to break them. Some are there for a good reason, typically because the occasion demands it or some higher authority – your boss, perhaps – expects it. But, likewise, as Drakes’ Hill notes, “we can get too hung up about rules as well, and there’s always a case for ripping them up”. That, after all, is how style advances, little by little. “Enjoy the freedom there is now to make mistakes.”
