- Avarna Jain,
Chairperson RPSG Lifestyle Media
Dear Brides, Have You Considered Having a Vidaai Look?
Whether you want to serve an extra look at your wedding, or slip into something more comfy by the end, having a Vidaai look is the way to go!
Sonam Kapoor at her vidaaiReels & Frames by Anand Rathi
Vidaai is the very last step of a Hindu wedding. It is a ritual that takes place after the wedding, and signifies the bride’s farewell from her parent’s home to her husband’s home. In this final ritual, the bride essentially bids goodbye to her family, by throwing rice over her head, as a way of wishing prosperity for her old home after her departure. The Vidaai is a simple, emotional and unpretentious ritual, and marks the end of the wedding festivities.
A trend that has slowly emerged over the recent years is the bride changing into a different outfit for her Vidaai. This is mostly a more subdued, toned-down outfit, compared to the one that the bride wore for the main wedding. Although still a very niche practice, changing into a separate outfit for the Vidaai is gaining momentum and can be nice practice for the brides.
Radhika Merchant in her vidaai lookInstagram/Rhea Kapoor
Last year, for instance, when Radhika Merchant got married to Anant Ambani, she also had a separate look for her Vidaai; she wore a red and gold Manish Malhotra lehenga. Although it was far from being simple or subdued, even compared to the outfit that she wore while getting married, it still counts!
However, unlike Radhika, if you’re the kind of bride looking to have a separate look for the Vidaai not (just) because you want to serve another look, but because wearing your super heavy, elaborate lehenga for 1328468 hours sounds crazy (we feel you), great call! Because wearing your 20kg lehenga for that long can be really exhausting.
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja in her Vidaai lookReels & Frames by Anand Rathi
So, if you want to change into something comfier for the Vidaai, there’s a lot of different ways you can do that. For example, if you are wearing a heavily embroidered, exquisite, larger than life lehenga for the wedding, you can change into a light, (although equally stunning) handloom saree for the Vidaai. Or you can wear a lighter lehenga in a similar color palette. You can even choose to keep wearing the same jewellery that you wore for the wedding, and just change into a new outfit. Or you can even do the opposite—keep wearing the same outfit and change into more subdued jewellery. The necklace, Maathapatti, and Nath are a large part of the whole shebang! You’ll be surprised by how lighter and breathable it gets after you’ve changed into more subtle jewellery. Or if you want to change the outfit, go for something like a sharara, or a simple saree (better if it’s pre-draped, if there isn’t enough time to drape a saree), or even a really light lehenga.
So, brides-to-be, did we convince you to take the road less taken of the Vidaai look?
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