Colours are hot

YOU no longer have to restrict yourself to customary reds or traditional maroons for your wedding ensemble.

Some celebrities are choosing fuschia pink, hot pink, gold, and even white for their big day.

◆ Katrina Kaif took the traditional route by choosing a bright red Sabyasachi lehenga for her Hindu ceremony. Her traditional jewellery was also from an iconic Indian fashion house.

◆ Dia Mirza wore a red Banarasi silk sari teamed with a red odhini, making for the quintessential Indian bride.

◆ Yami Gautam restored her mother’s 33-year-old wine-coloured sari. Traditional gold jewellery was her pick for accessories.

◆ Patralekha Paul had the words Amaar pran bhora bhalobasha aami tomay somporna korilam (I have fulfilled my love for you) inscribed in Bengali on the dupatta. Her sari was a vermillion red.

◆ Fashionista Rhea Kapoor chose to forego traditional red, for a graceful white ensemble designed by Anamika Khanna. A vintage pearl veil served as the odhini.

◆ Pavitra Rishta star, Ankita Lokhande, chose a gold lehenga designed by Manish Malhotra.

◆ Nayanthara picked a vermillion red sari, custom-designed by Monica Shah of Jade.

◆ Alia Bhatt chose a Sabyasachi hand dyed ivory organza sari embroidered with fine tilla work and an embroidered handwoven tissue veil.

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