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Must have Wedding Accessories

Traditional and fashionable accessories will not only improve your overall appearance, but will also highlight your elegance and charisma. So, here is a collection of accessories that each and every Indian groom should have.

1. Kalgi or Safa

A kalgi complements the beauty of a pagdi or safa. This bejewelled piece resembles a brooch, but it is worn on the Safa.  You can also get ones with feathers. Many people prefer pearl or metal kalgis with sub ornate stone kalgis.

2. Dupatta

It's a long scarf with tassels at the ends. This piece is typically worn with a sherwani. A contrasting dupatta is dressed with the sherwani to complete the appearance. The dupatta, an essential part of a sherwani, can be draped around your neck or worn on the shoulder of one arm, heading right around your waist and then rolled up around the other hand. You could also carry a dupatta in the same colour as your bride's gown to complete the picture-perfect look!

3. Haar

The haar, or neckpiece, has both traditional and fashion significance for so many Indian grooms. You can wear a single string of large pearls with a semi-precious stone pendant, or you can go for the layered pearl look. Three to five strings of small stones with fashioned pendants or brooches would make up a layered necklace. To match your outfit, consider necklaces created of beads and coloured pearls.

4. Jutti and Shoes

Sherwani is a popular wedding attire in India because it enhances the appearance of Indian men. A traditional jutti or mojari paired with a stunning rich sherwani completes the groom-to-look be's and therefore can make your wife fall head over heels in love with you.

[tasavvur-ki-duniya]

to the desi girls who wear traditional clothes everyday. hi youre beautiful, and oh look at that you look stunning in that kurta. and that yes! pair that duppatta with it, the shade is perfect! the way you dance in long, patterned skirts with soft blouses cascading. art incarnate. so what if you hate the feeling of jeans or simply don't want to dress western, you're still gorgeous, the way your golden earnings twinkle in the sun, the frizz in your hair, the smudge of your kajal, you're timeless, elegant, an ode to those who came before you. never lose it.

[luvparidhi]

to the girls who romanticise desi culture, wear duppattas and kurtis 24/7, have an obsession with their jhumkas, always have their hair tied in braids, love mehendi with their whole heart, make chai worthy of drinking, watch bollywood movies and pakistani dramas, roam in the bazaars;

you slay <3

[desifemininewoman]

College fits: the desi version

Kurtis

Starting of with the very basic indo-western outfit: Kurtis. Now, you can wear knee length or short-length kurtis, whatever your prefer.

First of all, please, for the love of god, don't go for those cheap chikankari kurtis or those 'kashmiri embroidered' kurtis. It's disrespecting to the real chikankari and kashmiri embroidered work and secondly, its tacky atp.

Go for normal, printed or plain kurtis. I would say thin straps, or cut-sleeves kurtis cause they feel more girlish and more appropriate for college. If you are insecure about your arms then you can go quarter length and full length too. You can buy good and cheap ones from zudio or myntra.

You can pair your kurtis with shorts, jeans or skirts. Your jeans could be linen, wide -legged, cargos, etc. Avoid skinny jeans or ripped jeans.

Personally, I love to wear short kurtis with baggy cargos. I wear boots cause I love that edgy aesthetic. It's OP for me. I live for that fit.

Skirts

Now, if you want to wear those long flowy skirts, you can just pair them with any normal top of your choice. Additonally, you can wear a duppatta as a scarf and go for the whole Ananya from 2 states look.

You can also wear those really big shararas that almost look like skirts. But daily wear dividers/ shararas are a bit hard to find. You would have to get them stitched only.

Nowadays, a lot of of other sort of traditional skirts are also coming. Wrap around skirts, pencil skirts, short skirts, etc. You can find them easily online. Again, pair them with your normal tops.

If you don't like those traditional skirts/ ghagras you can also opt for those trending maxi skirts. Pair them with jhumkas, duppatta and a boho tote bag and you are good to go!

Shirts

Okayyy so printed shirts are my favorite.

You can just wear the shirts with the bottom of your choice. Even with skirts. You saw Katrina Kaif in Fitoor. Take inspiration.

If skirts aren't your thing,I would personally suggest linen pants. Looks amazing.

The other option is ofcourse wearing your shirts as shrugs over your outfits. Avoid buying those full length shrugs and wearing them over jeans and top. It doesn't look elegant.

Random

Pathani kurtas on women>> Yes, I mean those short linen material kurtas that men wear. Feels androgynous and I love them alot.

If you have some pretty duppattas and scarfs, you can wear them as tops.

You can also wear those patiala pants like geet from jab we met. They are really comfortable and I feel not as normalized in your indo-western style too. So you can have your own unique style by experimenting with them. You can buy the plain color patiala pants and pair it with cute fitted strappy tops. Complete the look with punjabi jootis.

You can also just wear duppattas over your normal western outfits too. Maybe or maybe not add jhumkas according to the outfit. Add a totebag and voila! the simplest indo-western outfit out there.

Vests! I live for vests. Vests add color to my outfit in the simplest way possible. it's chic, it's elegant and ots perfect for when you have interviews or jury if you wear them the right way.

There are endless possibilites with the indo-western look. It's all upto you- how much you want to experiment. Some of my friends in Nift even wear sarees in indo-western look and go to college wearing that. So, ultimately it's all upto you.

Accessories

I feel like accessories totally determine your look. If you want it to be more party wear types or minimalist- it all depends on the accessories. They totally carry your look.

For the normal days, you can add on chudiyas. Can go for siilver ones, but if you want it to be a bit more dressy, you can buy matching chudiyas.

Accessories matching your outfit>>>> Even if you are wearing silver jwellery, try to match the rest of the things with your outfit. Rubberbands, hair clip, bangles, your shoes, your bag, etc.

Wear jootis when you go indo-western.

I feel like the key for accessories is to not overdo it. Keep it simple. The best part about our desi style is we have a lot of ways to dress up- bindis to payals. For your college fits, you can just go for bindis matching your outfit or the black one, jhumkas and bangles. finish it with a totebag.

When your shoes are visible with an outfit, you can do this. I like to wear boots alot. So, whenever I wear dresses and my boots are visible, I wear payals over them. It looks really cool. 10/10

if you are really into the aesthetic and want to play around, you can also try wearing scarfs as hairbands, silver necklaces as headbands, use earrings as hair ties.

To feel like a desi coquette, you can wear those bowtie hair clips matching the color of your kurta

pictures from pinterest

[natkhat-sa-shyam]

Since you've opted for an analogous watch in the era of digital watches, to ab kisi ladki ka duppatta usme fassa ke uske liye ek moment hi create kr dena

Yess yess thats the need tbh,

As the classic dodhiya plays softly in the background, exhaustion catches up after playing garba for hours, prompting a trip to get water, where she coincidentally appears, and a sudden cold breeze blows, causing her duppatta to get tangled with my watch. Time freezes as our eyes lock, and for an eternal moment, I'm lost in the depths of her captivating gaze, the most beautiful sight on earth.

[iwajidshaikh]

Real men never disrespect a women theyquote Wajid Shaikh and said

Ya khuda ho sake toh mujhe beti se nawaazna, mujhe dekhkar aaj tak kisi aurat ne apna duppatta sambhala nahi hain

[chandajaan]

I said it before but desi and middle eastern girl valentine, kajol, Kashmiri chai, shawls and duppatta, Medjool dates and mangoes, serving teas and coffee and biscuits, persian love cake, halwa, the poetry the Bollywood movies and songs, baklava soaked in rose syrup getting your bangle caught on their sleeve...like who else could do it better?

[harryforvogue]

do you think nisha will make harry wear a kurta jshdkdjdj BLACK KURTA???? OR MAYBE SRK STYLE?? THE ENTIRE SHERWANI WITH TWO DUPPATTAS (altho no one can top him i must say)

THE WHOLE THING METHINKS!!!! (also i had to look up what nick jonas did for his wedding for reference kdjgkjfd)

[bhoome]

Desi Delicacies

TW: SH and suicidal ideation

So growing up in a Indian has for the most part been a struggle. But now I have created a safer space for myself I feel much more at peace. Being a desi queer, there are certain delicacies I fill my life with.

I have been struggling with suicidal ideation and self harm for the longest time. And while I still do I am much more than that. I am much more than my struggles. I am that unniyappam Amma makes on perunal days or that payasam on your birthday. (both are a type of dessert made on special occasions)

To say I love our culture is an understatement. I am emotionally and mentally married to it. And I love incorporating it into ways I love myself in. Listening to Charulata in veena by Sudeep Palanad while writing this lol. Here are some things I have done:

I have self harm scars on my upper thigh. And I re-own my own body by drawing over it with mehandi. When blade/knife/ whatever metal I have used to cut touched my skin it felt cold. Mehandi also feels slightly cold over my skin but in a very soothing way.

Bharatanatyam or dancing is also one of my stress reliefs. It can be a very intimate way to work with and explore your body and mind. When I dance my go to mantra is "Dancing is powerful. Dancing is queer." It then becomes extremely euphoric for me. In every sense of the word.

Listening to classical/ semi Indian music. In my opinion desi music is extremely rich sophisticated as well as simple and comforting all at once. It has the smell of your Amma's duppatta.

Going to the temple. While I am not religious myself. The temple is a place of peace and comfort for me. There is this feeling that its going to be okay. Masala dosa and filter coffee after it is a must. Hehe.

These are things that have worked for me. It may or may not work for you. If you do try any of these out I would love to know. And if you have some other desi delicacies you want to add do share.

Remember that you are special and you are loved. And you deserve to be loved. You deserve nice things. You deserve desi delicacies.

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[tasavvur-ki-duniya]

to the girls who romanticize desi culture, wear duppattas and kurtis 24/7, have an obsession with jhumkas, always have their hair tied in braids, make chai worthy of drinking, love mehndi with their whole heart, watch pakistani dramas, love roaming in street bazaars; you slay <3

[7shadesofsope]

IMPRESSIONS

they always said to me, “dress appropriate to the situation,”

and i often wondered, why!?

it’s better for me to just where what is comfortable without being too out of place or too in appropriate

like a party i went last weekend, i was supposed to be in the traditional wear, which i did, but also it was a gold coloured long frock with a orange belt around my waist and a long duppatta covering my sleeveless arms, i felt comfortable in it

and i immediately thought of our substitute professor in paediatrics clinical class, he was a well behaved 40-ish man with lots of knowledge, but, as he walked into the classroom alongside our professor, i thought of him to be a tutor or a mentor (they don’t teach, they just sign off our assignments in the name of professors)

and that feeling stayed with me till the end of class, his wrinkled shirt and the untucked ends did not help

i did listen to the class till the last and, got some new information and got clarification on a topic that i struggled previously with but i still think, people around me would have taken his words seriously if he was in a ironed shirt with non greasy hair and more confident in his speech

and, now i think, maybe i should have just worn a normal kurtha with matching pants and called it a day instead of a long frock, maybe people would have seen me more like themselves

but then again, what’s the point of people seeing me more like themselves when i can’t see me in me :)

you do you.

[desifemininewoman]

Guide to 90's-2000's desi aesthetic

If you want to be more like Aishwarya Rai from Dil ka Rishta or Amrita Rao from Vivah, this guide is for you.

Clothes

1. Go for fitted traditional dresses be it kurta, suit or even long dresses. They should be tailored to your sizes. Choose fabrics like chiffon and georgette.

2. Choose pastel colors or bright colors. Never dull colors.

3. Make it as simple as possible. If you are opting for a kurta set, your duppata should be plain, the kurti can be plain or some simple embroidery or chikankari or some other work can also go. The bottom again should be plain devoid of any work. Make sure you are wearing the same color top to bottom.

Makeup

Simplicity is the key for this aesthetic. Don't overdo anything. Keep your makeup as natural as possible.

Apply foundation and concealer to hide any acne or pigmentation. Nothing else.

Wear nude lipstick and add lipgloss to it.

Same with eyes. Nude eyeshadow or avoid it if you want to. Finish with eyeliner.

Hair

If you have straight hair, this aesthetic works for you. I, personally think, straight hair gives very polished, neat look and this is why the aesthetic works.

Don't worry if you have wavy or curly hair. To achieve that put together look, you can tie up your hair in braids or in a bun or ponytail. If you want to leave it open, what I do is, I frame my hair to my face and then tuck the rest of the hair behind. it works for me cause I have bangs so they stay on the front, rest of the hair behind. Otherwise you could always straighten your hair.

Jwellery

Again, simplicity is the key. Wear a small bindi matching your clothes or you can even wear that shiny one.

Either wear earrings or a necklace set. I mostly prefer earrings but if you want to wear both, make sure they are the small dainty ones.

You can also wear simple set of chudis in both hands matching the color of your clothes.

Mannerism

This is the most important in my eyes. You can look like Aishwarya Rai from Dil ka Rishta but the way you handle the look is the most important.

Ever wondered why Laxman was suddenly interested in Sanju in Mai Hoon Na? It wasn't just her wearing indian that did it neither it was the straightened hair.

She looked put together, more feminine after her makeover. She leaned into her feminine energy.

Be elegant, graceful, expressive. Smile more. Talk softly. Walk properly. Own your outfit with confidence.

Imagine you are Shantipriya yourself from Om Shanti Om, I don't care. Even the lookalike of Shanti had to learn her mannerism. You can do it do.

At the end I would say experiment. I would suggest at first, get your clothes tailored. Make your outfit. See what works and what doesn't. If you are shy about your arms get sleeves. If you are slender and have hourglass figure, go for long bodycon dresses and pair it with duppatta. Research and see what type of necklines, back, straps, etc works for you.

(pictures from pinterest)