#south asian wedding inspo

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DBDA characters + formal desi attire: Charles and Edwin (Pt. 1)

This is not fanart, because I cannot draw, but if any fanartists want to use this as inspo, go ahead. And, before we begin, my fashion sense is not the best, so if any fellow desi people see this and have anything to add, go ahead. These aren't very detailed either tbh, because I am much more well versed in women's desi fashion than men's. Ok, now, let's go.

Charles Rowland

You know I had to start with my favourite desi boy of all time. I'm putting my man in a sherwani because he deserves it. Red's his colour, and it's also the colour associated with weddings in south asian culture, so yes, these pictures are technically bridegroom inspo.

So, I absolutely adore embroidered sherwanis, and I do think Charles would slay one of these beyond imagination. For full outfit references, see below.

Golden and red go together amazingly in desi wear, although they do usually denote wedding wear. But sherwanis fit so wonderfully on the shoulders + Charles' dangly gold earring would go so so well with the outfit !!

Edwin Payne

Yes, I'm imagining the British Raj era white boy in desi attire. Sue me. We all know blue's his colour, so of course I went for the blue sherwanis.

Now, blue and golden are an amazing colour combination and my original choice, because I wanted there to be a common colour between Charles and Edwin, but blue and silver/white was easier to find on Pinterest. You can see golden highlights on a few of these, though, and this next one.

This one is a bit plain but to be quite honest, it has a simple elegance to it that reminded me of Edwin. Its golden highlights mean that it would work best with golden trousers, like Charles' outfits up top.

BUT I also saw this amazing formal shalwar kameez in blue that I do think Edwin would look so so good in, so I have to add it here as a bonus idea.

+ Bonus Payneland

So, desi men's attire also has this thing where the sherwani itself is a muted colour and the man wears a cloth draped around himself in the highlighted colour (IDK what the cloth is called 😭). But I found these similar ones in blue/white and red/golden combo, and yes, it reminded me of Payneland.

LIKE. You can't tell me they wouldn't absolutely slay it. Like these are their wedding outfits to me, like for when they get married to each other.

Anyway, that's the limit for the pictures I can put on this post. Next one up is Crystal and Niko! I am so excited for Niko.

taglist because people seemed to want this and i don't want anyone to miss it. just say the word and i'll tag you for the next part: @queen-of-hobgobblers @mirabel-on-a-bicycle @shipspainfulships @read-write-thrive @justalunaticfangirl @guardianspirits13

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OBSESSED with South Asian bridal wear. 😍

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Kitni girhen kholi hain menay

Kitni girhen ab baaki hain⚘

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photo cred: Rush Photography & Video

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This Art Nouveau Bridal Inspiration Shoot at The Dorian is Styling Goals March 30, 2018 | juliette

Beautiful things happen when designers stretch the bounds of creativity, like in this bridal shoot at The Dorian designed by Olea & Fig Studio. The glamorous hotel was the perfect backdrop for this shoot that blurred the line between the bold, sleek style of Art Decor and the naturalistic, ornamental design of Art Nouveau. 

 The Talented Team: Photography – Kindred Wedding Storytellers Event Planning – Olea & Fig Studio Venue – The Dorian Floral Design – Ash + OAK Cake – Butter & Stationery – Randi King Design Makeup Artist – April Foster Artistry Bridal Salon – BoLee Bridal Couture Jewelry – IO Collective Rentals – Bright Event Rentals

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what was the outfit inspo for yr dorian n mahon wedding looks!! i can’t stop thinking abt it <3

omg that old doodle... thank u sm... dorian's was inspired by indian/south asian wedding menswear (though since it was a quick drawing its missing a lot of embroidery and texture)

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plot inspo :: crazy rich asians kinda vibe where my muse’s family is really rich, but she’s trying to be lowkey while she was staying in the states

      IT’S NOT THAT HYUNA WAS ashamed of her family, but she didn’t exactly make a habit of telling people that she came from a wealthy family in south korea. and well, she really should have told her significant other before inviting them to the wedding of her cousin. “ we’re comfortable, okay? ” the brunette stated as the two of them sat in first class, her eyes still fixed on the screen of her phone in some kind of attempt to avoid their questions about her family. how was she supposed to tell them that her family pretty much owned the largest airline there and several five-star hotel chains?

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Latest Sharara Designs - 15 Ideas On How To Wear Shararas Outfit Trends - Ideas How to Wear & What to Wear

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Latest Sharara Designs - 15 Ideas On How To Wear Shararas

Latest Sharara Designs: Sharara or lehenga outfits are the life of a desi wedding. What’s a desi wedding without flaunting your colorful sharara anyway? Flowy, royal, colorful, nothing gets better than that at an Asian wedding. Wedding season is just around the corner, and I am sure, you must be scrolling the internet for the latest sharara designs for your loved one’s wedding, don’t you worry there, we understand the need of the hour and got you covered, always.

From Nomi Ansari to Anita Dongre and from high-end designer shararas to budget-friendly ones, we have it all for you under one roof. Sharara, gharara, saree, and lehengas are all traditional Asian clothing that is worn in weddings or festive events like eid, Diwali, Ramzan get-togethers, holi, and many others. Indian and Pakistani women have taken up this attire since the Mughal era, and it has continued to steal everyone’s hearts with new designs and modern alterations and amendments. Today, we are going to present out all the latest sharara outfits that you should be thinking of getting for yourself this wedding season.

What To Wear With Shararas?

We’ve already done a detailed post on Latest Gharara Suits since ghararas are pretty much like sisters for shararas. The main difference is that while ghararas are more fitted around the thighs, shararas are loosely fitted. Moreover, unlike ghararas, shararas do not have stitching around the knee. You could consider shararas to be the ancestors of the modern palazzo pants. Before we get into details, here are some tips on how to style your shararas.

Traditional and conventional work can be done on modern cuts.

The same is with old fabric, new cuts and work can make the old fabric look new.

Pair lightweight jewelry with heavy work shararas to get you going through a summer wedding.

Even if the sharara is not heavily worked, jewelry can make a big difference.

A fancy, heavy worked sharara is more appropriate for brides.

Net, Gota, Kiran have made a great comeback, make use of them in your wedding wear shararas.

Pair jhumkas and chandbalis with traditional shararas to make them look more royal.

How you style the dupatta with your sharara will define the whole personality. Make sure the dress is more visible than the dupatta. The best way is to pin it at the shoulder on one side and wrap around the hand on the other.

So, now that that’s done, let’s move forward to the ideas of the latest sharara styles.

↓ 15 – Celebrities In Shararas

Two-legged shararas are a lot like ghararas, except they are not gathered above the knee in chunnatain form, rather, they are two flared, wide legs from the top to the bottom. Like Sonakshi Sinha has been seen wearing here, a beautiful white sharara and an embroidered shirt and net dupatta, also in white, which all in all looks like a desi princess. We especially love Sonakshi’s choice of nude lips and dewy makeup with this outfit since it was a day time look. For a night function, you can glam it up with bolder makeup.

Sharara set, Anita Dongre Rs 116,000

Juttis, Fizzy Goblet Rs 2,990

Earrings, Auraa Trends Rs 9,500

And here we see the gorgeous Mahira Khan looking radiant as ever in a bold red sharara outfit.

Pooja Hedge looks just like Princess Jasmine from Aladdin here! She’s wearing an Anita Dongre outfit, and she’s definitely the go-to Indian designer when it comes to celebrity shararas.

↓ 14 – Mehndi Ensemble

This another two-legged sharara in velvet is a perfect mehndi ensemble for winter or springs. Obviously not in South Asia, because spring here is almost like summer and no one can bear to wear velvet in the scorching heat of Pakistan, India, Bangladesh or UAE. However, desi’s across the seven seas can take on this ensemble with ease in times of spring. A beautiful blue embroidered peplum, which is not too heavy nor too simple for your best friend or your sister’s wedding festivities. Paired with flared, two wide-leg shararas and some gold traditional neck and earring piece to complete the whole look. A golden dupatta shown in the picture would work fine with it, chiffon or net pearl dupatta matching the colour of the sharara would look absolutely divine and will pull together the whole outfit as well.

Ice Blue – Peplum Pink Sharara $650.00

↓ 13 – How To Wear Shararas In Winters?

This beautiful velvet Maria B green sharara is all you need for a winter wedding. Got your friend’s wedding? Or a faraway relative or cousin’s wedding coming up? This is all you need to get through the winter mehndi days with elegance and ease. The fabric of velvet is a warm and comfortable fabric which, however, fits best for winter but there is nothing else you would want to drift to on cold wedding days. A beautiful two-legged sharara in one fabric and one colour from head to toe, except for the dupatta to add colour contrast and so you can match your jewelry with it too. The beautiful embroidery on the lower flare of the sharara, on the border of the sleeves and on the neckline gives it a subtle touch to make it look like wedding wear but nothing above the roof. Who would want to deal with heavy, intricate embroidered shararas on distant relatives or friend’s weddings? I wouldn’t, and if you don’t, then this is the perfect style for you.

Sharara Suit Green PKR 20,540

↓ 12 – Banarsi Beauty

Banarsi fabric has been the MVP of shararas, ghararas, saris, and all desi clothing since the beginning of time. Initially, sharara, gharara, and saris used to be of banarsi fabric, with time, however, embroidered, chiffon, net, cotton, and other fabrics made their entry in the world of shararas and ghararas. Bnarsi sharara and an embroidered shirt still remind us of the 90s. This beautiful ensemble adorned by Maya Ali, creation of Nomi Ansari, is a perfect mix of today’s world and the initial sharara, gharara times. A beautiful sky blue topped with copper-colored embroidery and a mix of blue and copper-colored banarsi fabric for the sharara. The dress speaks enough for itself, so only big jhumkas would work to pull the whole look together. Simple banarsi sharara would work just fine with it too, but like shown here, some embroidery on the lower flare of the sharara looks beautiful and heavy as well.

Nomi Ansari Sharara

↓ 11 – Casual Shararas

Shararas and ghararas are not only wedding wears or saris for that matter. In the early 90s and 80s, shararas, ghararas, and saris were adorned on an everyday basis by the elderly women of the house, like grandmothers, mothers, and aunts. With time and modernization though, these desi clothing items were confined to wedding wear only. However, with the 90s and 80s fashion making a comeback, South Asian celebrities have been seen wearing the desi attired on an everyday basis as well, like at a movie premiere, as their airport attired or on other days of work, which have inspired  their fans and followers to take up that fashion as well. Like this beautiful Indian actress here, wearing a simple white patterned cotton frock and a sharara with a chiffon dupatta, and lace added to the borders and the neckline to add some style to it. Some dainty silver chandbalis and jhumkas with traditional silver bangles would out the whole outfit to rest. All in all, this outfit looks divine. Whether it’s a casual sharara or a formal one, the dupatta brings the whole look together, which is why we’ve compiled this list of 17 Types Of Dupattas that you must have.

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↓ 10 – Desi Airport Fit

Talking about airport endeavors of Indian actresses and their style, nothing beats Anushka Sharma’s post-wedding look with her hubby Virat Kohli. A simple Sabyasachi long shirt and sharara with her red traditional wedding bangles, a baggy handbag for the journey and some orange khussas to match the detailing on the clothes. This is a perfect style you can carry on desi festivities like eid, diwali, ramzan get-togethers, holi and others. Looks simple yet beautiful when pulled off with right accessories.

↓ 09 – Subtle Yet Sublime

Subtle yet sublime, light yet pretty nonetheless. This beautiful pink sharara and the short shirt is a must-have for summer festivities or weddings, be it an in-house dholki, mehndi, sangeet or any other wedding festivity which is in-home and chill. This comfortable attire would get you through any summer wedding you want. Add some big gold jhumkas and traditional jootis, khussas or heels to the outfit and its a full look. The short shirt and sharara are the MVP of sharara fashion, blends in perfectly nonetheless.

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↓ 08 – Banarsi Shararas

Another traditional banarsi fabric sharara. But this one is banarsi from head to toe, except for the dupatta which is chiffon, as banarsi dupattas are too heavy and not suitable for a summer wedding. This beautiful bottle green colour is the talk of the town this summer, along with peach and onion pink. This is a perfect style inspo for your upcoming summer weddings. Looks royal, beautiful yet extremely comfortable to carry with no embroidery. Match the outfit with a pair of green and silver earrings, and you are good to go for a dholki or sangeet festivity.

↓ 07 – Semi-Formal Party Shararas

Sharara is not only confined to elderly women anymore, but teens have also been seen wearing and absolutely loving the desi sharara style in weddings as well as in their everyday lives. However, in their own modern style, and not to complain at all here, it’s a whole new look to the traditional sharara style. Some wide-leg flared shararas for your college, friends, or family parties paired with a colored top, tucked in would look more like a dress and hugs the body perfectly. The wide-leg shararas give out the look of the palazzo and flared pants, which teens use in their favor to tuck in the top and make it look edgier. A handbag, traditional jumkas and khussas would complete the whole look.

Women’s flared wide-leg skirt high waist sharara $25.00

Red Gold Banarasi Choli Blouse USD 25.96

Crossbody bag for women $17.99

Miniature painting gold plated brass earrings USD 26.98

↓ 06 – Yellow Sharara Suit

Another summer-appropriate sharara style would be this beautiful yellow ensemble. Perfect for religious, cultural, or wedding festivities. Yellow is a breath of fresh air in summers, along with other light on the eyes and skin colors. So, this beautiful bright yellow sharara with a short shirt and, simple flared sharara, and a simple yellow dupatta with gotta work all over the outfit would be perfect for all your summer dholkis, mayoons, sangeet, eid or any other occasion of the same sort. The yellow colour is as versatile as it can get, pair it with gold jewelry or silver jewelry, it will look breathtaking.

↓ 05 – Wedding Wear Shararas

This beautiful Nomi Ansari ensemble has gained popularity in recent times after a Pakistani actress was seen wearing it in a drama serial. And why shouldn’t it anyway? It is a perfect blend of traditional and modern. With its short apple cut shirt, wide-leg sharara and a beautiful embroidered on the borders dupatta. It is a heavily embellished attire in three contrasting colors which will be appropriate for brides. Some gold or copper colour jewelry to go with the copper embroidery on the dress would pull the whole outfit together. Different contrasting colors in one single outfit has been a gradually increasing trend in today’s world, and it looks pretty perfect, so don’t shy away from adding as many colors to your outfit as you want.

Nomi Ansari dholak bridal

↓ 04 – Summer Fit

Another Nomi Ansari sharara with a short shirt. He is known for his beautiful sense of adding colors to an outfit and making it look as lively and colourful as anyone could imagine, and not to lie, he gets the job done pretty easily and fantabulously. Color as light and dull as fawn would look so beautiful and lively with colorful detailing over it, only Nomi Ansari could know and bring it to life perfectly. A full, intricate embroidery short shirt and sharara paired with a net dupatta which also consists of the same embroidered borders, look divine. A perfect fit for a mehndi function. Gold mixed with any colour in the dress would look divine in jewelry as well.

Nomi Ansari sharara

↓ 03 – Casual Sharara Style

Another everyday look with shararas. A beautiful cotton short shirt with the same colour cotton sharara would get you through any day at your everyday calendar. Be it a family gathering; Eid get together with friends or family or a day at work when you feel like dressing up. This attire is a perfect fix for such days. Simple flats, traditional khussas, or jootis will look great with this whole outfit. Not to add a lot of bling, a pair of small jhumkis and some plain silver bangles would put together the whole look.

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↓ 02 – Sharara For Brides

While brides are only seen in traditional one-legged flowy, flared shararas or ghararas, this is a comfortable and beautiful alternative to that, with equal royalness and beauty to it. Everything about the bride attire stays the same, the bling, the heavy work, the fabric, and the jewelry and footwear, except the sharara, now it has two legs rather than one. Does not look odd with the wide and flared legs of the sharara, as they almost look like one wide leg sharara. The long shirt also modestly covers the legs and yet it is a perfect alternative for any modern bride.

Dark maroon long shirt sharara $2,203.50

↓ 01 – Peachy Delight

Last, but not the least for sure, this beautiful peach sharara attire for Eid festivities especially. Simple, elegant, and traditional, all at the same time. Short shirt with the wide leg sharara, again, looks modern mixed with tradition, which is a perfect fit for 2019. Add some silver jewelry to the look, and it will be phenomenal as lightweight wear for summer religious or cultural festivities. A pair of silver jhumkas for the rescue, and it’s a whole look.

Peach sharara set ₹6,500

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South Asian Jewellery Inspo: 10 Inspiring Bridal Looks

The post South Asian Jewellery Inspo: 10 Inspiring Bridal Looks appeared first on Indian Wedding Buzz.

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New Pinterest tool lets you add skin color to your search results

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Por fin.

Admit it. You’re single and have a secret Pinterest board full of rustic-twinkle light aesthetic that is exactly what you’d want for your dream wedding. Yeah, same. I love scrolling through recipes and beauty looks but, like many media outlets, Pinterest has makes the seeing the representation of people of color like, well, finding a black model on Pinterest. Nearly impossible.

I’m just gonna say it.

Pinterest has been a ‘hail to the size 4 boho white girl whose hair flows long and blonde with summer tanned skin.” In every category. On every mood board. At all times. That is a really tough thing for some people to hear and, the thing is, I’m ok with that. It should make you uncomfortable when you realize that your favorite app to scroll through doesn’t celebrate all people.

What keeps all of us on Pinterest is the fact that it is women celebrating each other.

(And all the organizational tips, right? #virgo4lyfe)

How many times have you shown your hair stylist screenshots of the perfect highlights you saw on Pinterest.

For many of us WOC, seeing how those highlights or that eye shadow color might look with our skin color took a carpal tunnel educing amount of time to find. If you did not explicitly type ‘hair style’ followed by ‘black woman, asian woman, woc,” chances are that you scrolled and scrolled and scrolled and still didn’t find someone with a complexion similar to your own.

I have literally typed in my foundation or concealer shade in order to find women who look like me.

Pinterest did an update this week that POC have been asking for for a long time now.

Look at these tweets as your receipts:

I’ve had this exact conversation with my own sister. We were trying to find some Puerto Rican recipes for the holidays that weren’t created by someone went to La Isla Del Encanto and pinned their watered down version of sancocho.

Search by skin color

After you have entered your search, Pinterest has had a row of suggestions to help narrow your search. Now, por fin, finally, the new feature lets you add a skin color. They have added 4 color wheels to choose from. Pick the color wheel that most closely represents the skin color you are looking for. Here I searched ‘glowy makeup.” As you can see, the default result images are of lighter skinned women.

The row of suggestions still includes the option to add, for example, “Dark Skin,” and “Black Girl” to your search like it did before.

Pinterest is an homage to white girls with blonde hair.

Just look at this search of pretty hairstyle from this morning. Pretty hair according to Pinterest is naturally straighter and on a white woman.

But hopefully this new feature will help up us who don’t fit that mold get some inspo too.

This new feature isn’t all the way there yet. Not all searches include the option to add a skin tone to it. I looked up ‘purple smokey eye’ and the color wheels did not pop up. Instead it was the original way you had to search: waiting for the exclusionary results to then add who you are really looking for.

Why does all of this even matter?

Pinterests search results reinforced our societal flaw that we understand beauty as being in one form. It emphasized that ‘white, thin; blonde’ is the default for beauty. You could argue that that hasn’t changed because you still need to add a skin color instead of there being a natural mix of different women in the search results. I agree. White woman is still the Pinterest default setting. However, adding the 4 color wheels is a step in the right direction.

As a beauty editor, I try to be conscious of the beauty shots I choose to share. Pinterest is one of my most frequented sights when it comes to searching for a specific beauty look. Especially when I draft B. Scopes; meetpepperb.com’s beauty horoscopes. I spend a lot of time trying to find WOC: east and south asian, black, latina. All of us. Women and men with all skin tones but I do my best to focus on medium to darker skin tones. Even after I have chosen “The Look” for the horoscope, If I’m not finding models of different skin colors, I abandon that look and find something new. Even if I REALLY wanted to use that look.

I do this because it would be so very easy to just pick 10 pictures of pretty light skinned women.

Easy because we have been conditioned to recognize beauty through a eurocentric gaze. I refuse to be a partner in encouraging that one standard of beauty. I don’t always get it right. I’ve checked my work and I want more diversity.

I think this is a major improvement to Pinterest but I do hope to eventually see a more a organically diverse search result.

beauty is in All of Us.

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Huntington Beach, CA South Asian Wedding by Lin & Jirsa Photography

It was all about Sayema and Charles’ dazzling chemistry and a myriad of beautiful elements for their South Asian wedding extravaganza in Huntington Beach, CA. Chic Productions expertly designed the celebration events, while 2Create Designs dreamed up the fantastical decor details. Lin & Jirsa Photography was brought on to capture every magical moment, spending ample time snapping candid moments as well as choreographed portraits. The weekend kicked off with a vivacious sangeet, and we could really use some Bollywood lessons from Sayema, Charles, and their loved ones, who danced the night away at the Via Verde Country Club venue. Sayema looked like a true Maharani in her glittering red, orange, and green lehenga, paired with an exquisite floral necklace set. Her swirling mehndi by Farah Manekia - My Fair Bride and bombshell hair and makeup by Dolled Up By Lulu were the perfect finishing touches to her glowing look. Chic Productions and 2Create Designs set up distinctive rainbow colored decor, dotted with festive umbrellas and colorful benches framing the dance floor. This delightful wedding continues in our next post with a magnificent outdoor SoCal ceremony and a black tie reception gala that will provide you will plenty of wedding inspo. In the meantime, browse through the full gallery by Lin & Jirsa Photography that features striking images from this epic celebration. http://dlvr.it/QMlQLJ

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