Modern Indian Wedding Jewellery

An  Indian wedding is incomplete without beautiful, exquisite jewellery for the bride.  Gone are the days when brides would be laden with gold and diamonds and sent off to her husband’s house. The modern day bride is more chic and prefers clutter free fashion. Here’s a collection of wedding jewellery idea that you can make use of on your big day.

Wear a dress with a low neckline and adorn yourself with a single diamond necklace with other semi precious stones matching with your dress. Such nature inspired sets are flexible and can we worn different wedding ensembles.

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This is typical South Indian Gold Necklace that will look best with a saree or lehenga. The multicolored stones allow such jewellery to be worn with different colored dresses. Team this up with thin simple bangles and flower garlands for a fresh look.

A simple gold necklace with pearls is more suited for a pre-wedding function like engagement or sangeet. Team it with heavy pearl earrings and matching bangles for a delicate bridal look.

With one heavy diamond necklace like this, you’re wedding day is sorted. The best thing about a full and heavy diamond neck piece is that you do not need to wear any other accessory with it; it is enough to glamorize your bridal look. Traditional or contemporary, whatever your wedding dress is. A heavy diamond necklace like this will make you look like a princess.

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A classic combination of diamonds and pearls. It’s a perfect accessory to your white wedding dress.

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If you want to go traditional and yet look modern, then opt for a contemporary design in gold. It will look great with sarees, lehenga’s or indo western wedding dresses.

N. Gopaldas jewellers  have a large collection of jewellery that you can pick for your social day. Click here to see the entire collection.

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Indian Traditional Jewellery at the 66th Cannes Festival

Recently there was a lot of hue and cry over what Indian actresses wore at the 66^th Cannes Film festival. One actress who attracted some pretty strong comments from the critiques was Vidya Balan. Irrespective of what the critics say, we think she looked absolutely stunning walking the red carpet in a Sarbyasachi Creation with jewellery by Pankaj Surana and Amrapali.

Vidya Balan pulls off the Indian traditional look beautifully. She probably looks her best draped elegantly in a Kanjeevaran silk. Cannes was no different. She wore a lot traditional Indian textiles like kanjeevaram, khadi, cotton and benarsi.

This lady made us proud with her sophisticated and elegant style at an international event.

The highlights of her looks were the traditional jewellery that she adorned during the event.

Look 1

 In this look, Vidya has worn a stunning maroon lehenga and kept the accessories to bare minimum with only a pair of ethnic jumkas.  With little pearl detailing, this jhumka completes Vidya’s attire beautifully. This is a classic example of how you don’t need hundred jewels to brighten up your dress. The right jewellery will often transform your entire look making you the belle of the ball.

Look 2

In one of the pictures posted by Bollywood’s Biggest Fans Club – BBFC on Twitter, Vidya appeared in a dark green lehenga choli with golden border. She seemed to have replicated her previous look. The jumkas were replaced with a pair of gold earrings in floral shape and the only addition was a jadau nose ring.  Once again minimalism being the key to her unique looks. Vidya looked like a princess straight out of the Mughal era here.

Look 3

Next Vidya traded her heavy lehengas for a light gold and white cotton saree. She paired gold earrings with a multi layer beaded necklace. The nude make up was perfect for the gold and white theme. But what we really like about this look is the unassuming little jade ring on her finger and the simple watch. The beauty of little details. We think she couldn’t have looked any more elegant then this.

Look 4

It was the season of lehengas. For the premiere of The Great Gatsby, Vidya wore a grand pale pink lehenga with black border. There’s a little black jacket on top of the choli, which is a bit of a spoiler if you ask us. However, what saves grace is the heavy maharani style pearl necklace and the earrings.  Overall, Vidya looked like a royal princess in this ensemble.

Look 5

Vidya looks absolutely gorgeous in this pink saree matched with a red high neck blouse. The jewellery that Vidya chose for this ensemble looked stunning on her. A red and gold necklace with a contrasting blue beaded necklace gave her look a beautiful balance. But the real highlight of this look was the jadau nath. It changed the entire look to give her a regal countenance. The nose ring was truly her magic touch.

Look 6

Finally, here’s Mrs. Balan doing what she does best. A copper colored kanjeevaram silk saree looks absolutely stunning on her. Here she’s gone a little bold with her jewellery and we can finally see some gold on her. This is a classic combination and no Indian woman can go wrong with it.

We think that this was by far Vidya’s best look at the 66^th Cannes festival. She looked every bit the gorgeous Indian woman that she truly is.

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