15 Ways to Sparkle in a Gold Lehenga at your Wedding
Add a little touch of glimmer to your fairytale wedding with classic gold silhouettes.
The natural grace and flowing silhouettes of traditional Indian bridal couture is incomparable. Brides know that a breathtaking lehenga will be their perfect ally on their big day. That decided, it’s about how to be unique, using color.
A color that complements the diverse palette of Indian skin tones and is enhanced by all light – whether natural daylight or lamps swaying under a night sky – gold is the perfect choice for your trousseau.
Contemporary Indian brides are pushing the envelope and bucking trends to stand out on their big day. Here are a few ways you can personalize this precious metal to look elegant and memorable at your wedding.
We picked our favorite gold lehengas worn by real Indian brides around the world for a look at what is trending this wedding season.
1. Gold and Pink Lehenga
Bride Mugdha is a vision in her heavily embellished gold lehenga, beautifully paired with a net dupatta in pink. The kundan necklace, earrings and maang tikka perfectly added to the opulence!
Photo Courtesy: Shades Photography
2. Gold and Salmon Pink
This playful, gorgeous salmon pink and gold Anamika Khanna ensemble, accessorized with statement diamond necklace and earrings can complete the modern-day ‘princess bride’ look for your sangeet.
Photo Courtesy: Stories by Joseph Radhik
3. Gold and Champagne Pink
It’s softly bright and glittery – this Sabyasachi lehenga in champagne pink with intricate gold embroidery just needs a net dupatta to look like perfection personified at a mehndi or sangeet. Accessorize with an ethnic ‘passa’ (head ornament) and ‘chaand baalis’ and you’re a princess!
Photo Courtesy: Rajkamal Studios
4. Ivory and Old Gold
Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s gold glows like heritage jewellery in your grandmother’s safekeeping. Bride Anusha wore this gorgeous lehenga with a gold polki set and jhumkas. This outfit exudes old world charm, classic elegance and grace.
Photo Courtesy: Stories by Joseph Radhik
5. Magical Motifs on Gold
Bring a touch of whimsy to the fairytale wedding with a Manish Malhotra crop top and skirt with funky and colorful motifs worn by our bride Smridhi. She added to the glimmer with diamond jewellery.
Photo Courtesy: Cupcake Productions
6. Sand and Gold
Bride Sasha evoked sunrise on the dunes in her dreamy gold and sand-colored lehenga at her pheras in Muscat. She accessorized with a gold and sapphire kundan necklace and a quintessential maang tika and looked like something out of the Arabian Nights.
Photo Courtesy: The Wedding Salad
7. Gold and Glitter
Bride Jasmina set off sparkles in a sequined lehenga by Sabyasachi Mukherjee for her pheras in Spain. She added to the glimmer with diamond and emerald jewellery.
Photo Courtesy: El Marco Rojo, Spain
8. Vintage Gold
A gorgeous gold bridal trousseau like this one from JADE’s Aurum Collection can accentuate the natural glow on any bride’s face. Heavily embellished with contemporary chic, wear this ensemble with a heavy kundan set and maang tika.
Photo Courtesy: Picsurely
9. Gold and Cherry Blossom
Bride Parul opted for vintage elegance in her Sabyasachi Mukherjee lehenga in the palest of cherry blossom with muted gold sequin-work for her pheras in Bali. She accessorized perfectly with an elaborate mathapatti and kundan set.
Photo Courtesy: Doodle Studio
10. Gold and Coral
Bride Asma is the epitome of elegance in this gorgeous gold lehenga with a coral net dupatta with intricate design work by Sabyasachi. Pair this with a statement necklace and you’ll look on trend and traditional all at the same time.
Photo Courtesy: Shades Photography
11. Gold and Bling
Bride Aanchal twirled in a swirly gold lehenga, light despite the gold embroidery by JADE. She accessorized with a maang tika and gorgeous earrings, keeping the look minimal and timeless.
Photo Courtesy: Picsurely
12. Gold and Roses
This muted gold lehenga with its red and pink floral motifs conjures up fairy tales and happily-ever-afters. A delicated chantilly lace blouse is the perfect foil to the heavy skirt. Accessorize with sultry smoky eyes and nude coral lips and some bespoke gold jewellery.
Photo Courtesy: Photosynthesis by Aditi
13. Gold and Ochre
A voluminous gold and ochre net dress like this one by Tarun Tahiliani has an interesting silhouette. Fitted at the top with an asymmetric patterned outer jacket, it can be your ideal sangeet outfit. Accessorize with bespoke gold jewellery and minimal makeup to make a statement at your sangeet.
Photo Courtesy: Shreya Sen
14. Subtle Gold
Bride Helly looks majestic in a subtle gold lehenga, covered in ornate embroidery, by JADE. Accessorize a similar ensemble with gold and emerald jewellery to complete the sophisticated look.
Photo Courtesy: PicSurely
15. Gold on Gold
Dazzle everyone when you choose gold embellished with gold. Remember you only need minimal jewellery for this combination and you’ll look like a sparkly modern Indian princess.
Photo Courtesy: Nelwin Uy Photography