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The Only Set of Indo-western Dress for Engagement Ideas You Need to Make Yourself a Trendsetter Bride

Balance trends and traditions with an Indo-western dress for engagement. These outfits are chic and stylish, yet elegantly traditional. Here’s how you can style and rock one on the engagement day.

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The wedding calls for heavy and opulent traditional attires but an Indo-western dress for engagement is the perfect way to keep the balance, look stunning and make a fashion statement. It works great for the bridesmaids but is equally perfect for the bride-to-be. Unlike the wedding ceremony, the ring ceremony is more about having fun, meeting people, dancing to your heart’s content and of course showing off your carefully picked attire. So how do you do that? Let's dive in.

Why choose an Indo-western dress for engagement?

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For both brides and the bridesmaids, it’s important to strike different poses and show off different looks and styles on the varied wedding ceremonies. While most choose different styles of hair and makeup, a great way of doing this is by experimenting with an Indo-western look. This way you can be all elegant and traditional on the wedding day while being carefree and stylish on the engagement day.

The engagement ceremony has become more of a party, like a cocktail evening, woven around the traditional ring ceremony. So, just as the ceremony is a mix of traditions and fun, keep your attire in sync with the mood of the occasion.

All you have to do is pick a traditional attire like a saree, lehenga or Salwar Suit and think of the many western variations you can add to it.

Here are some examples of an Indo-western dress for engagement:

1. Gown

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While you might debate that an evening gown is purely a western attire, I beg to differ. You can style a classic evening gown with traditional elements like embroidered motifs and encrusted stones accents to give it an indo-western look. You could also opt for a long Anarkali gown, one that has the cut of a western gown but the design of a traditional Anarkali suit.

Possible Variations:

  • Classic gown: Western gown cut with Indian embroidery, designs and motifs.
  • A cape gown: A long gown with cape-style sleeves. This could be an off shoulder with long cape sleeves or a collared design extending to a cape style.
  • Anarkali gown: An Anarkali suit with the top as long as a classic gown. You can also choose a front open Anarkali and team it up with slim pants.

2. Saree

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A saree is truly the most elegant and traditional Indian attire. No matter how you style a saree it never fails to make a statement. If you want to give your saree an Indo-western twist, just add a sexy and chic blouse to it. You can wear a crop top or an off-shoulder blouse to make it a great Indo-western dress for engagement. You could also opt for a fish-cut saree that has a pencil skirt-like look for the base and a traditional pallu-style look on top.

Possible Variations:

  • Saree with a crop top/shirt: Wear a classic saree with a stylish blouse like a cold shoulder, off-shoulder or metallic blouse. You can also team it up with a collared blouse, a crop top or a bralette.
  • Lehenga-style saree: You could choose to wear a plain skirt and blouse with a heavy Dupatta that drapes like a saree pallu.
  • Pant-style saree: Slim pants with a Pallu draped across. Team this up with a crop top, a jacket or even a front-buttoned up blouse.

3. Lehenga

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When you take the traditional Lehenga Choli as your main inspiration, an Indo-western dress for engagement has many possibilities. A western blouse style, a jacket or a western flared skirt with a traditional blouse is all you need to rock this new-age Lehenga.

Possible Variations:

  • Indo-western top with a pleated skirt: Take something like a traditional mirror work or brocade fabric and design a stylish blouse with it. Pair this up with a plain pleated skirt that has a western cut and style.
  • Lehenga with a shirt: Wear a bright and bold lehenga skirt with a solid buttoned shirt. You can tie a knot in the front to adjust the length of the shirt, or even wear it as an off-shoulder.
  • Lehenga with jacket: Ditch the traditional blouse and pair up a lehenga skirt with a funky jacket. You could even wear a blazer for that uber chic look.

An Indo-western dress for engagement has become extremely popular amongst the brides these days. It’s a great way to be your stylish self while being the pretty bride. 

Have more ideas on how one can style an Indo-western dress for engagement? Share them with us and other brides-to-be in the comments below.