How to slay your friend's wedding | Recreating magic ❤️

Recreation is both fun and pocket friendly when you are having a tough time managing your expenses. And, when you have a friend's wedding lined up in a 10 days time, all you can do is rely on your mix-n-match skills and your tailor's ability to create exactly what you ask him to. 

So, it was end of February when this friend of mine called me up to give the good news of her getting married on 12th March. Would you believe me if I tell you that my first reaction was, "Are, itne kam time me kapdo ka kaise hoga? How will you and how will us manage?" to which I got the answer, "Are, Chill, I am getting married, Sab hojaega!". 

That moment gave me a mini heart-attack which forced me to plan and look into my own closet for if I could mix, match and create something good out of it. And, the pictures and looks that follow is all that happened.

1. Sangeet Night!

Because I think all of my audience is well-aware of what a Sangeet function is all about so taking a l'il less of your time, I would come directly to how can we plan an outfit for such a function.

See, Sangeet demands you to dance and the most important element that should be kept in mind while deciding a Sangeet-outfit is comfort. Keeping this thing in mind, I took the skirt from one of my indo-western outfits which you can see in the first picture below and teamed it up with a Pink crop top tucking it inside of my skirt to give it a Gown-kinda feeling. And, to my surprize, nobody managed to know that this combination was never a combination.

This is the dress dress from which the skirt is been taken!

That's my Sangeet Look!

When you are preparing a look, accessorizing it is equally important, I wore these awesome multicolored- mirror work Jhumkis with this dress along with a multicolored jutti.

Because, a smile is the most important accessory you can wear, never forget that!

2. Haldi and Mehendi

These used to be the all-family kinda functions in the older times but friends are important and so is their presence at such quirky occasions. And, with friends comes the ideas of color and dress themes. The bride-to-be wanted all the girls in the house to wear Yellow or Orange and we being brides maids had to follow her instructions. 

I already had a Yellow suit which will also be a part of one of my posts sometime but because I am a girl who can not repeat dresses which I've already worn many a times so repeating that suit here was an out-of syllabus question.

As a result, I ended up looking into my mom's closet to find something that could work for me.

"I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect, they are much more interesting." —Marc Jacobs

And, to my surprize, mom had an unstitched yellow suit kept layers under her suits section. When I asked her if I could get it made for me, all she said was, "It's a boring combination not meant for your age, rest is your wish" and what happened next was what I wanted. I was standing right in front of my tailor because somehow, I had it all planned. I already decided the way in which I wanted to get it stiched and this is how it came out.

Is it bad? C'mon you can speak up the truth!

The shirt of the suit had a cold-shoulder design with half-quater sleeves which is in-trend. Moreover, I converted the Salwar-material into a Palazzo-Pant which is in-trend again. While my mom had a feeling that I might look boring, I ended up looking quite sober for the function. 

The look was combined with feather tassel earrings and a pair of mirror work colorful Slippers that could be seen in the above pictures.

The Theme Picture <3

3. Din Shagana Da - Wedding Night!

Being the most important day of all the previous days, I wanted my outfit for her wedding to be the best of all. Right from planning of wearing my mom's, sister's saree to planning to buy a new dress, I had it all lined up in my mind. But the idea that I had finally, gifted me uncountable complements. (Yeah! I looked amazing in it. And, I know I'm a l'il self obsessed but it's necessary to praise oneself.)

So, I had this saree which you will see in the next picture that I brought 4 years back on the occasion of my very own sister's Tilak ceremony. Because the trend of this-kinda-saree was gone long back, it lied somewhere burried in the trunk (Yes, we have one!) where my mom keeps her quilts and other such stuff.  

I brought it out, surfed internet for how could it be converted into a lehenga, how can I get its dupatta made with same lace and borders and finally found myself standing right in front of my very own Tailor-Bhaiya with all what I had in my mind.

This is the Before and After version of the Saree that got converted into a Lehenga! Isn't it beautiful?

Right from telling him that I need multiple layers of can-can under the skirt to getting the blouse all altered according to lehenga to bringing a seperate plain black dupatta and getting it all designed according to the border of the Lehenga, I and my tailor worked really hard on this. We actually deserve a big round of applause. Please?

Which one's your favourite pose? I like the centre one the most!

Because I want all of you to have a look at the beautiful bride and the girl clan that made these 3 days even better and full of non-sense mixed with fun for me, here's a picture with our very own bride.

From left to right, there's Chhavi, Niharika, Mani, Shivangi (Dulhan), Shivanki & Ritika. <3
(Do not ask for the phone numbers of any of the beautiful ladies in the picture, please! LOL!)

With this, I am done with my look book for her wedding. I hope you find these styles pretty. For any assistance regarding the mixing and matching of your outfits, you can always contact me personally.

It can be difficult to articulate the power of style and fashion through words, but these pictures might give you a hint of the ways you can be stylish without spending much. As a person with a limited money in my wallet, the main objective of my life is to create stylish, trendy outfits at best possible prices. And, you know what? Following others is simple but creating your own self and style is something that can do wonders.

"Style is something each of us already has, all we need to do is find it." 

—Diane von Furstenberg

Share your reviews with me about the above looks and do share which one's your favourite look out of all the 3.

So, untill I come up with my next post, stay stylish and don't forget to smile.

PS: For people in Ghaziabad,you can always ask me the Tailor who did this wonderful job of creating my outfits. (No, I am not getting any money for promoting him, I am doing it out of sheer happiness!)