There are ways to reuse your wedding trousseau heirloom clothing with a modern style quotient. Here’s how
Wedding trousseaus are an integral part of Indian weddings, where bride’s mother prepares a collection of outfits, jewelry, and makeup that the she would use in her post-marriage life. While the ritual dates to centuries, there’s a need to redefine the meaning in a way that it suits the needs of modern women.
Traditionally, a wedding trousseau consists of the bridal lehenga, silk sarees that are either brand new or belong to the family heirloom, suits for festive occasions and the makeup collection. Now, most of these are often heavy and unfit for regular wear and so they are mostly kept unused.
The best way to use these precious items is to re-style them into something that can be used a multiple time.
Here are some unique ways to restyle the old lehengas.
Mix and Match different outfits
Substantial dupatta with a plain salwar kameez, the adorned skirt with a plain shirt and overwhelming pullover with a plain saree or crude silk skirt like a harvest top and skirt-voila! You can have four diverse outfit choices on the off chance that you simply blend and match from your lehenga set!
Pair it with different accessories
Who said you need to wear the whole lehenga set at whatever point you do? Style it with a calfskin blouse or wear the skirt with a long kurti — play with options here, and you may concoct something you like!
Modern style blouse
Get a long blouse with cuts or a sheer blouse made, which looks in vogue, and winds up concealing pieces of the skirt, which helps in making it look progressively wearable. This is a decent choice on the off chance that you have one of those lehengas with work that is truly attractive and overwhelming. You could even go for a brilliant short blouse and cart it away without a dupatta which will look extremely current!
Cape instead of blouse
Dump the pullover and dupatta that accompanied the lehenga and cart away the skirt with an instant brilliant or differentiating cape-it’s in in fashion and would not look over the top.
Dupatta into a pallu
If you have a beautiful dupatta with the lehenga, it isn’t reasonable for simply keeping it around! You can get fabric sewed to it and make a glitz half-half saree with plain fabric in a way that the dupatta makes it to the front and becomes the pallu!
Here are some of the most iconic ways for keeping your family’s heirloom close to your heart forever.
Doormats: Searching for economical approaches to adding magnificence to your home? All you need are a couple of old sarees. Welcome mats or place mats are most of the fun methods for reusing old sarees and making something altogether.
Table runners: Its an extravagant style thought which you can do when visitors come over. Looks extremely exquisite.
Tapestry: This is one of the harder choices to execute with sarees. Be that as it may, all things considered it very well may be the most beautiful too. On the off chance that you have a silk saree in Kantha, or something which has an intricate story plan on it, at that point you can cut it in a square shape and include extra borders to add an edge to your room.
Potlis: Potlis, tote-sacks, and wallets or satchels with pattu border make for varied treasured pieces and every one of them can be made by reusing your old sarees.
The writer Akshay Jain is the owner of Greenways