This bridal fashion guide helps brides-to-be navigate the toughest task of wedding prep: choosing the perfect lehenga. It curates the prettiest options of the season, from classic red ensembles inspired by celebrity looks to pastel creations and whimsical, motif-laden designs, with styling tips and textile-focused suggestions that celebrate Indian craftsmanship and personal style.
Being a bride-to-be is practically a full-time job. Sitting still for hours to get your mehendi done, memorising the choreography to a seven-minute dance routine, religiously following your skincare routine only to get a pimple on the big day! But the hardest of them all? Finding your perfect bridal outfit. If you’re a bride who is looking for her perfect lehenga for the big day, we feel you. Picking the right outfit for your wedding is no walk in the garden. So, we have put together our picks for the most beautiful bridal lehengas to choose from this season.
There’s something incredibly striking about a head-to-toe red bridal lehenga with tonal embroidery. Exhibit A: Priyanka Chopra’s Sabyasachi wedding lehenga. We would suggest this beautiful Seema Gujral lehenga with tone-on-tone embroidery. Our pro-tip? Style it with colour-contrasting jewellery, like emeralds or diamonds!
Our next pick for the classic red bride is this stunning lehenga from Jayati Reddy. We’re really liking the contrast of the intricately embroidered blouse with the broadly embroidered lehenga.
Dolly J is a great brand to consider if you want to be a red bride. Their recent collection at the India Couture Week had a series of red bridal looks. We love this one, though.
Or, if you have an appreciation for the richness of Indian crafts, you can also opt for a lehenga with Jamdani, Patol, and Bandhej. Our pick is this beautiful Jamdani lehenga from Ri Ritu Kumar.
If you’re a classic lehenga girlie who wants to swap red with a shade of pastel—sage green, bubblegum pink, ice blue, cream or butter yellow—we’ve got you covered. We are loving this heavenly cream-coloured lehenga from Anita Dongre. We’re obsessed with how intricately embroidered it is.
You can also opt for this multi-coloured bling-galore lehenga from Aisha Rao. It has a muted colour palette, but it’s also fun at its heart.
If you’re someone who would like to pay homage to India’s rich textile heritage as a bride, lehengas crafted in Brocade, Banarasi silk, and Kanjeevaram silk are a great pick. They’re beautiful, timeless, and opulent without being too heavy or uncomfortable. We adore this one from Ekaya Banaras.
Or, if you want to opt for a fun, unexpected colour, we would suggest this bold purple Banarasi silk lehenga from Shanti Banaras.
You can even for a fun shade of green. We would suggest bottle green or emerald green. Like this stunning Banarasi brocade lehenga from Raw Mango.
If you are someone who lives for whimsy, let your bridal lehenga be anything but conventional. Exhibit A: this quirky, colourful, and super eccentric lehenga from Papa Don’t Preach by Shubhika.
Sulakshana Monga also has some great options for the whimsical bride to choose from. Like this one with playful, whimsical motifs like books, coffee mugs, stars, hearts, fountains, carriages, key, hat, mirror, champagne flute, peacock (with someone seated on it)…how cool is that?
As a whimsical bride, you can also opt for this flower-galore lehenga from Rahul Mishra. The big bold flowers, the fresh colour palette, the little butterflies…there is nothing not to love!