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Go Desi This Festive Season: Fashion Tips

The festive season is on. After Durga Puja, Bakra Eid, it is time to prepare for Karva Chauth and Diwali. These are the two biggest Hindu festivals that are celebrated worldwide.

Karva Chauth is a fasting (vrat) that is done by married women. The vrat is performed whole day to pray for good health and goodwill of their husbands. After Karva Chauth comes Diwali. In this festival, every member of the house worships Goddess Lakshmi and welcomes her into the house. Diwali or Deepavali is the popularly known as the festival of lights. This is because every house is brightened with candles, diyas and beautiful rope lights.

On these festivals, women get decked up to celebrate the biggest occasion. In karva chauth, women love sringar and even buy special items like mehendi (henna), vermillion (sindoor) and jewellery to enhance their beauty and married look. To brighten up the festive mood, women wear red sarees or lehengas and look like a brides.

In Diwali, every member of the house wears new clothes before performing the Puja. Even in this festival, women love to dress like a queen. They wear heavy sarees or lehengas or other traditional outfits to celebrate the festival of lights.

If you do not know what to wear this festive season, here are few simple fashion tips for women to go desi. Check out the Zanaãya Couture collection by designer Shouger Merchant Doshi. Zanaãya Couture designs spell a perfect blend of traditional yet modern couture. She designs attires for brides and wedding goers who wish to look stylish and elegant. Her collection includes Floor-length Anarkalis, Zipper Sarees, Cocktail Lehangas. Also, she designs kurtas, suits, sherwanis for men.

Fashion tips for women to go desi this festive season:

Yellow and green lehenga

Yellow and green lehenga

This lehenga can be the best traditional outfit. The yellow blouse and green lehenga is a nice colour combination.

Smoky blue and grey lehenga saree

Smoky blue and grey lehenga saree

Saree cum lehengas are very much in. Try this trending outfit in elegant English colours.

The off-shoulder Anarkali Churidar

The off-shoulder Anarkali Churidar

Anarkali suits are back in fashion. In all the events, you can find celebs dressed in beautiful anarkalis churidars. Go creative by experimenting with the neck design and colours.

Pink and orange lehenga saree

Pink and orange lehenga saree

The festive season brings in bright colours. As bright colours like orange are trending, why not wear it? The pink lehenga is well blended with an orange dupatta. The stone saree pin finishes the look.

White and blue lehenga

White and blue lehenga

This is an excellent colour combination. White is an evergreen and a classic colour. You can try this elegant colour by blending with bright or dark colours.

Ash grey and white lehenga

Ash grey and white lehenga

Who says net is going out of fashion? You can try net lehengas or salwars this festive season. The ash grey lehenga with silver and orange border looks classic with the white blouse.

Purple and pink lehenga

Purple and pink lehenga

This is a bright colour combo that can be best carried by new brides or young girls. The silver work on the lehenga makes it looks Arabic.

White n pink gharara

White n pink gharara

If you want to look different and do not wish to wear a saree, lehenga or salwar, try a gharara. The Lucknowi look can be made stylish by picking up the perfect design for the kurti.

Story first published: Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 10:46 [IST]
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