Popular Lehenga Choli Ensemble All There is to Know about the Indian Designer Lehenga-Choli for This Wedding Season

The Popularity of Lehenga-choli

While the saree is a very popular garment for Indian brides the lehenga-choli is also equally beloved amongst Indian brides. The bridal lehenga is extremely popular in India. The lehenga and choli is the preferred bridal garment for young brides in India. This demand for bridal lehenga choli inspires Indian designers to constantly thrive to create high fashion bridal lehenga choli. In most cases designer Lehengas for women that have been embroidered and embellished using sough after crafts and techniques.

Lehenga-Choli for Bollywood and Cultural Programs

Apart from weddings, Lehengas are also worn by girls and women during festivals and cultural programs. The lehenga-Choli is also being popularized by the Bollywood and hence lehenga-Choli is widely being accepted and favored in places where the saree used to be the favored choice for festive wear. The popularity of the lehenga-choli as festive wear is now widespread and is not limited to India.

The lehenga for women is a long ethnic skirt that is primarily worn by Indian women at weddings and religious festivals however modern times has changed the way fashion forward Indian, stylists and designers have been looking at this traditional garment. The lehenga is now open to experimentation and a popular garment for Indo-western fusion dressing.

Having made that point, let’s go back to the fact that lehenga choli ensemble is still widely popular as bridal wear

The most modern trend in wedding Lehenga

Indian long-established wear is of several kinds. You have sarees, salwar kameez and the ever favourite lehengas. In an Indian wedding, the women of the family can even spend months deciding what to wear. However, the most time consuming and difficult decision to make is the bride’s wedding dress. She is the centre of attention and her outfit is what matters the most. For an Indian bride, especially the north Indian bride, the favoured bridal outfit is lehnga – a combination of long skirt (lehenga), blouse (choli) and stole (dupatta).

So what are these latest trends in lehengas? Well, until a few years ago contemporary was in and now traditional lehengas suddenly seem to be in demand. Thanks to movies and television shows, Indian brides are choosing to go all out traditional when it comes to choosing their bridal lehengas.

A lehenga usually is a full pleated skirt in colours like orange, pink, red, maroon, green and yellow. The cut of the blouse (choli) has been modernised and you have everything from tight fighting corsets to bikini patterned tops. The blouse can also be backless or with strings, adding glamour to an otherwise traditional outfit. Halter necklines and strapless blouses are also in trend.