If you’re one girl who is fuss-free, unafraid of colours and is open to experimenting with new silhouettes for the wedding, you have come to the right place. When all brides are taking the unconventional path for their wedding celebrations, be it - ditching the typical red lehenga and opting for pastel colour lehengas {we told you from you can buy those!} or wearing offbeat colours and eccentric designs, brides are are doing everything possible to do what they love the most!
So, for all the quirky brides out there, we picked our 8 favourite designers who offer unusual styles and colours:
What We Love: Bird cages and peacock motifs
Where To Wear: On your mehendi or sangeet
Based in: Shahpur Jat, New Delhi
Gazal Gupta is the go-to designer when you want colourful yet quirky outfits. There are lehengas, sarees, and pant-sarees in pop and pastel colours that are detailed with beautiful intricate motifs.
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What We Love: Pop designs and eccentric colours
Where To Wear: Your engagement or cocktail
Based in: DLF Emporio Mall, New Delhi
The Lady Gaga of fashion needs no introduction. For Manish Arora, it’s all about fearless designs and colours. Shades and styles especially psychedelic prints that bring out the best of quirkiness in a creative way that’s hard to resist especially if being quirky is your thing!
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What We Love: Zig zags patterns and candy colours
Where To Wear: To your friend’s wedding
Based in: Shahpur Jat, New Delhi
Zig zags and candy colours are what describes Priyal the best. There are lehengas and sarees in tones of yellows, pinks and oranges all in either zigzag or panelled lehengas that have beaded hems. She is one designer who brings out the freshest of fresh collection with new silhouettes and altogether contemporary shades.
Image Courtesy: Priyal Prakash Instagram
What We Love: Peplum embroidered jackets with dhoti pants
When To Wear: Friend's wedding functions!
Based in: Geetanjali Enclave, New Delhi
If you remember Ileana D Cruz’s badass bride shoot that went viral, you would have definitely admired her vibrant and quirky outfits. They were courtesy: Sonali Gupta. The label is all about couture in funky ways that are seen on anarkalis and jackets!
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What We Love: Jacket style anarkalis and abstracted giant motifs
Where To Wear: To your friend’s wedding
Based in: Chirag Dilli, New Delhi
The brand takes pride in producing outfits that do not cry for attention yet are soft enough to catch everyone’s eyes. Their colour coordination and strong embroidery game earn them more brownie points! The ensembles in fabrics of tussar, silks, cottons, linens etc have a lot of pleating and dori work that can be seen through their tunics, lehengas and sarees in shades of jewel tones.
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What We Love: Contemporary style and scallop designs on ensembles
Where To Wear: On your cocktail or reception
Based in: Stores in Delhi, Mumbai, New York and New Jersey. Also available online
At the age of 15, when most teenagers are busy scoring A+ in school, Payal Singhal scored A+ in life by winning Shoppers’ Stop’s ‘Designer of the Year’ award. Since then, there has been no looking back for her. Her collection is all about modern silhouettes (dhoti pants, capes etc) teamed with colourful fabrics and quirky embellishments.
Image Courtesy: Payal Singhal Instagram
Image Courtesy: Pernia's Pop Up Shop
What We Love: Contemporary silhouettes and draped suits
When To Wear: To a day function or a friend’s wedding
Based in: Chattarpur, New Delhi
What sets this label apart is their delicate embroideries on anarkalis, gararas, peplum tops, indo-western and other silhouettes. There are soft pastel tones and bold jewel colours, that are for all the generations and all occasions to wear.
Image Credits: Pernia's Pop Up Shop
What We Love: English style in Indian silhouettes
Where To Wear: On your friend’s wedding or can be a part of your wedding trousseau
Based in: Mumbai, operates online
If you’re on the lookout for an outfit that has an old world charm or takes you back to the times of laces, pearls, and high tea kind of vibe, Little Black Bow is the right place for you. From cocktail gowns (no, not those hideous lehenga gowns!), we mean the classy Victorian ones, to anarkalis in soft hues, they offer everything.
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Featured Image Courtesy: Priyal Prakash Instagram