Fun meets elegance
by Jaspreet Soni

Self designed Punjabi kurta and Lehenga for Mehndi
Japna wore a self designed Punjabi kurta and fuchsia pink lehenga for her mehendi and shagun ceremony. She say, "I visited every designer store in Delhi but could not find what I was looking for. I wanted something elegant yet affordable. I even visited Chandigarh where the craftsmen actually do the embroidery and zari work. One day while window shopping, I saw a beautiful white net suit with elaborate fushcia pink silk and zari border. But you are not supposed to wear white on a wedding. My heart was so set on it-and I wanted to wear it-so I gave the net kurta a golden hue by using a golden tissue lining underneath and combined it with a fuchsia pink satin lehenga with a golden border. The relaxed and fun look for the mehndi and shagun was complete."

Red and green lehenga for Baraat
Japna wanted an imperial look for the evening baraat function. She says, "I went to Ushnak Mal, a store in South Extension, where my mother had got her own wedding outfit. I was not sure if I would get my style of clothes there. But we were lucky to find the same person who helped my mother with her dream wedding dress and he really understood what I wanted. I liked a Red lehenga in silk with typical Rajasthani gota patti work so I customized it by going little heavy on the work and teamed it up with two dupattas- georgette green dupatta draped like a saree and and a sheer net red duptta on the head for a very flowly feel." Japna wore pure gold jewelry and her makeup was done by Tareena Malhotra.

Purple and hot pink anarkali for Sikh Wedding
Japna chanced upon a beautiful purple lehenga at Ushnak Mal which she could not get enough of. But it was much shorter for her tall frame and lighter for the grandeur of the moment. Says Japna, "The gota work on lehenga was done on the printed piece of cloth and it reflected an elegant dual tone of hot pink and purple. I was so much in love with the piece that I just did not want to do away with it. So I asked if it can be converted into an anarkali and the people at the store happily obliged. So the entire lehenga is used to create skirt of the anarkali and the dupatta and rest of the suit is kept lighter purposely so as not to take away the attention from the beautiful embroidery work. " She teamed it up with an elaborate heirloom kundan set of her grandmother with a half moon tikka which is a typical Punjabi bridal accessory.

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