The Indian style of dressing has undergone a sea change over the past few decades. New and innovative variety in the Indian Jewelry is found these days. Yet it is worth noticing that despite all the modern innovations in jewelry, the antique and ancient designs continue to witness constant growth. Ironically, the market for jewelry reveals that the prices for antique jewelry has drastically risen a compared to other styles.

The creative jewelry designers make use of many precious stones and gems thereby giving it an absolutely finished look. Regardless to say, these gems are today available in all hues and colors. Youngsters, constituting a vital part of the population seem to have sustained the Indian ness of the jewelry. Many contemporary styles are today presented before the masses. Designers seem to import may stones and other precious gems from different parts of the world at the time of carving neckpiece or a bracelet. Despite all odds, Indian Jewelry gives a tough competition to other patterns of modern ornaments.

Kundan Jewelry, Antique Jewelry are a a fetish for the women across the globe. An Indian Saree or lehenga is incomplete without the Indian Jewelry. The neckpieces are earrings made out of gold and diamond give an ethnic look to the women. It seems that the rise of Indian Jewelry has given a sense of completeness to our teeming Indian women.

Jewelry being an all time favorite for the lass has indeed created immense demand. But only Indian styles of jewelry seem to have successfully sustained the demand for Indian jewelry. No other funky pendants, earrings or necklaces seem to have flooded the market as much as the Indian Jewelry.

For a majority of Indian families, Indian Jewelry is an integral part at the time of weddings. Without the exchange if ornaments, the Indian marriage seems incomplete. Another major reason witnessed for the rise in the demand for Indian jewelry is the increasing standards of living of the people. Today we have reached a stage wherein most of the people can afford and fulfill their craze and fetish for a perfect style Indian jewelry.

With the opening of the doors to globalization, Indian jewelry has been able to gain high regard and demand among people from different walks of life. And this pattern of recognition will double in times to come ad s a result of innovativeness and exclusivity of Indian jewelry.  The craftsmanship and a perfect blend of diligence and dedication in this field is bound to attract more audiences

Jewelry of India knows no bounds in its offerings to the modern world. This is because India is amongst the most innovative and diligent countries. The dedicated designers are experts in making jewelry whether it is simple jewelry or highly delicate ones with intricate designs. One of the most highly regarded Indian jewelry nowadays is kundan jewelry.

To begin with “kundan jewelry” is made of gold, which is highly refined and is aptly called kundan in India. For Indian jewelers, kundan is not only gold that is converted into a jewel but is also a type of setting on which they set precious stones. Adding further information kundan jewelry is that which is not only made of solid gold. Its center part is made of lac or natural resin.

Many people aptly consider kundan jewelry to be one of the old types of jewelry in India because the style on which it was made was earlier used and is not the same till date. In furtherance to this, kundan jewelry has many precious stones embedded on it. At present a wide variety of kundan jewelry is available in the market and it can be bought online. The spectacularly designed kundan jewelry is indeed a delight to the eyes. The common are those that have uncut diamonds and other precious stones set in gold. The commonly used gems in kundan jewelry are emeralds, rubies and sapphires.

To a very large extent purchasing kundan jewelry has today become attainable for people who fall under high-income groups. While in ancient times kundan jewelry was a possession of the kings and the queens.

It is worth mentioning that kundan jewelry requires immense attention since it involves extensive work and intricate designs. Some of the precautions include keeping kundan jewelry away from perfume, body spray or any other chemicals. Also, this type of jewelry should be kept away from water since water blackens the stone and diamonds. Thirdly, kundan jewelry should be stored on a level surface in a box. It should not entangle otherwise it might break.

It seems the old antique trends have made a significant difference in our current fashion trends. What the world considered passé is now getting worldwide acclaim.                                                 

Traditional jewelry to India is like what fish is to water. Just the very mention conjures up beautiful images of India’s ornate craft. Though there are numerous types of jewelry available in India, enameling and filigree have always attracted jewelry connoisseurs from both India and abroad. Indian jewelry ranks high among the world and is considered a landmark technique from India. Any final piece requires the combined skills of craftsmen, the designer, the goldsmith, the engraver, the polisher, stone setter and stringer. The main centers in India are Jaipur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Hyderabad, Kangra, Kutch and Kashmir. Indian jewelry is famous every where and among all ages. From brides to young college crowd  love to go with Indian jewelry giving them perfect look for perfect occasion. 

Brides and jewelry are synonymous to each other. Each passing day introduces a new style into rarefied spheres of haute jewelry for brides of today who posses what they desire. Brides have gotten bold and are adding colored accents to their bridal ensemble in the way of colored sashes and even color in their jewelry. Various passionate hues has been captured into making of authentic bridal jewelry with an inspirational difference. The Bridal jewelry includes those heavy traditional kundan necklaces, maang teekas, nath, maatha patti, ranihaar, bangles, rings, anklets, studded waistbelts, guluband, nosepins are now designed imbibing the traditional customs interlinked with modern techniques. The eclectic mix of tradition and modernity understands the need of today’s bride to be who prefers elegance yet never wish to surpass the generations of traditionalism.

The battlefield is the venue of the wedding and the contenders are the invitees. Each dressed in their best to prove their supremacy. In this ambience, for the bride to appear as ‘the one’ is indeed a very difficult task. Hence, she needs a careful strategic planning for the D-day.

The day which she has waited forever has come. From the fabric that goes into the exquisite ensemble for her perfectly worked out body to each jewel complementing her delicate collarbone, her hairstyle and her makeup, everything must be the finest. We offer you few guidelines for all occasions that can help you make your dreams come true.

The Pooja:

The look should be “Simple”. Long flowing frock suits or Anarkali Suits in rich materials like pure crepes and georgettes, or patialas worn with short kurtas would be perfect. These outfits will be more comfortable to sit cross-legged, apart from giving a lot of body to the garment. Whatever be the outfit, heavy embroidered odhnis with them are the must haves for the bride-to-be as she has to cover her head during the Pooja.

        The hues should be one of the ‘ultra bright’ like vermilions, fuchsias and burnt oranges. These colors suit almost everybody if accessorized well and with the right makeup. Soft warm pinks and peaches-depending upon the skin tone off the ‘bride-to-be’ would show off the radiance and keep the look simple. Hair left open or loosely tied are the best. The jewellery worn must be more yellow gold, as it is considered auspicious. Evergreen stones like rubies, emeralds and diamonds would be a more proper choice. Let the jewellery be minimal and delicate, with flashy earrings and bangles. Foot wear should be low-heeled.

            The Groom should opt for minimally embroidered or a pin-tucked kurta worn with open sandals. Shades like ivory and earthy ones will look nice especially when the bride is in bright shades. A kum kum tilak on the forehead completes the picture.

The Sagan/Engagement:

For this traditional occasion, keep your look a bit conventional. A fish kali lehenga is one such ‘ultra-feminine’ ensemble. It should be worn with stylized choli and structured dupattas. The other reigning attire this season is intricately embroidered suits. These are basically with long kameez and churidars. The highlight is the different type of embroidery which will cover the fabric completely or densely embroidered. As far as the colors are concerned, it is for you to decide which two parallel stories will run simultaneously. Pick colors from the ultra-bright family. Fresh colors like leaf green, Indian pinks, chromes and saffrons. The color story should be taken further to the makeup as well which should bring lot of color to your face. It is necessary to understand that makeup depends on the person.

                   Create your own unique combination and leave him guessing. Your hair needs to contribute in creating an aura of sensitive femininity. Avoid severe styles for this function at least. The look should make the person come alive and bring out the best aspects of your personality.

For our groom-to-be Chikan kurtas with sequins in deeper tones coordinated with mojris are a nice option.

The Cocktail:

The mood is FUN so has the attire got to be. Be unusual, be daring and go for fusion styles. The season’s tone is deep shades: Montana, a shade which echoes all the blues and greens of a peacock’s plumage, or a somber coca-cola, again reflecting a million browns in its depth or all brighter tones like neon yellows and saffrons.

The silhouette needs to be carefully chosen, it needs to allow enough freedom of movement so as to enable easy dancing. Clothing with a western element goes well with Italian jewellery. Rubies with ivory, emeralds with fuchsia, pearls with coke, tanzanite with black and so on. The makeup should add a touch of mystery to your face. After all, we need to make the other ‘million’ hearts realize their loss! Your footwear must be comfortable and coordinated since it is going to be much more visible compared to other functions.

       The metrosexual man of today needs to look stylish debonair. Being one of the bigger functions where you dress yourself in a western look, the opportunity must be exploited to the maximum. Classic suits with boring colors with striking ties are in.

The Wedding:

The time has come to transform your dreams into reality. You want to be royal, magnificent in the grandeur that only something traditional can provide. A properly styled circular or umbrella lehenga, a well-boned choli that fit you like a glove to accentuate your vital statistics combined with a heavy odhni with a broad matha patti.   

             Every community has its own kind of likings for jewellery. Marwaris love jadau while Gujratis prefer rose-cut diamonds. Punjabis, Sindhis and South Indians go for gold and diamonds, Maharashtrians choose only gold and Christians like delicate diamond jewellery.

Tip for jewellery: Long earrings and necklaces add height whereas huslis or close to neck necklaces cut height.

Hairstyles are restricted to styles which give you height and help balance the heavy embroidered dupatta covering your hair. Your footwear should be easy to slip on and off to avoid any struggle before sitting for the pheras and your look for the evening is complete.    

             A beige or fawn sherwani exquisitely embroidered with the saffa and pagdi. The saffa and pagdi must be color coordinated with your outfit. If at all any jewellery is required, a kundun brooch in the centre of the pagdi adds the nice touch.

Gone are the days when investment cash exchanged hands for a piece of jewelry. No longer is jewelry hoarded in ugly grey chests to be sold to meet requirements on a rainy day. Today men and women both enjoy wearing and flaunting jewellery. With this advent of wearable jewelry into the world of fashion there comes a need to have designs that are truly remarkable. These designs require being trendy and extremely wearer friendly.

The spirit of Utsav is infused with excitement. Our team of leading designers and craftsmen are happy to take challenges. Our constant quest for perfection thus gives birth to jewelry pieces that are immortal masterstrokes of art.

The range consists of shimmering pieces such as  Rings, Pendants, Earrings, Bracelets and Necklaces to multifunctional jewelery which can be adorned as scarf clasps, brooches, pendants, bracelets. The jewelry glamorous, sensual, intense, radiant, playful, playful, beautiful and most of all eternal. The assortment of designs has been crafted keeping the contemporary women and her multifaceted lifestyle in mind. An interesting blend of passion and fashion has led to trend setting pieces that promise to hypnotize.

Looking after the need of this segment that truly loves indulging in innovative types of jewelry at Utsav in  best possible prices.

Every bride want to look perfect on her D-day as its the most important day in her life. Today’s trend goes where both brides and grooms outfits are well planned and discussed and are matching to the partners outfits. Sometimes bridal shopping for the outfit can dictated by personal taste, favourite color, cuts etc but one should look to their complexion when selecting the right shade which complement her natural color. What looks superb on your dark skinned friend might look washed out on you if you are a fair skinned while by the same token, the wrong color choice could fail enhance your dusky beauty.

Dressing Tips for Fair Brides:

Suitable Colors : If you are a fair complexion then color likes True Red, Shocking Pink, Icy Aqua, Silver suits you best. For a fair bride thes colors suits the best.

Avoid Colors: Fair brides should avoid muted yellow based colors like orangey red, moss greens and teal blues. These colors lack sharpness and will make fairer complexions look pallid rather pure. So its better to avoid such colors.

Style tips: Fair brides always have deep winter characterstics that would suit colorings that are bright and cool. However,unlike darker complexion a fairer skin undertone can posses equalled clearity and coolness.

Outfits: A bright white and silver theme manipulates light to make skin look full of health with added silver threadwork, crystallised pearls and diamantes to maximize a radiant glow. A fair bride can experiment with various colors when it comes to her outfit colors.

Make up: Go with frosty whites and silvers or sapphires and cool blues on the eyes to frame rich brown eyes. For regal lips, an icy pink blended with a very subtle lilac adds a hint of demure femininity.

Jewelry: Western themed jewelry with pearls, silvers, platinum, white golds, diamonds or crystals. With such gems its better not to opt for over elaborate designs. If its there, ensure they’re concentrated, like in earings or dainty bracelets.

Dressing Tips for Darker Brides:

Suitable Colors : If you are a dark complexion then color likes Purple, burgundy, Deep Pink, Blue green.

Avoid Colors: Darker brides should avoid shades that are diluted such as orange tinged reds, rustic golds and mossy greens.

Style tips: Dusky skin tones call for intense fiery shades. But with black hair and brown eyes, the effect is just as dramatic with cool blue based hues. If you are more inclined towards colors that are are equally deep as your sultry complexion, you can wear it as the main color while injecting icy tones or bright winter shades.

Outfits : One can go for deep hot magenta with splashes of purple with embroideries like swaroski, threadwork, gems, crystals and brocades.

Make up: Darker skin tones suit variety of color combinations- such as hot pink with bluey green, bright burgendy and amethyst. But an icy aqua also adds extra spark to your look. Lips should be equally hot with a shocking pink to compliment your outfit.

Jewelry: Jewelled accesories that go best with silver, platinum, white gold, diamonds and crystals. They will stand apart from your skin color but its very important that nothing is over powered it.

Dressing Tips for Medium tanned Brides:

Suitable Colors : If you are a medium tanned complexion then color likes Orange Red, Mustard, turquoise blue.

Avoid Colors: Medium tanned brides should avoid icy silver, bright blue and shocking pink. Cool colors or those with blue base cast an unsightly shadow on sun kissed tones. Stay away from sharp icy colors beacuse they make medium brown complexion come across an harsh and musculine.

Style tips: One should opt for colors that are rich , warm and spicy. Warmer colors and those that are muted work best, either worn seperately, or as a combination to enhance skin tone. If you’re lucky enough to have hazel coloured eyes, they’ll brighten up instantly.

Outfits : A warm rich orange red color theme will look perfect- not only does it glam up meduim skin tones, but also abides by the expectations of the elegant traditional bride.

Make up: Earthy hues add further dimention to set eyes. A racy scarlet red teamed with earthy brown on the lids is in keeping with the traditional look or to diversify the palette, give eyes a brush of olive green with bronze and gold on the lower lids.

Jewelry : Antique jewelry goes well with the outfit. To keep with the earthly red tones, invest in antique copper plated pieces or weathered bronzes or gold finish to give off the definitive look.

While adhering to traditional dress and ornaments according to regional dress codes, trousseau today incorporate contemporary designs and fashions. The treatise on laws of life, there are no less than eight forms of marriage indicating the various stages in society’ progress.

Wedding garments are generally of rich materials such as silks and velvets and worked over heavily in gold trimmings or brocade. Colours are reds, pinks, and maroons. In fact, all the colours of the rainbow can be included for the Hindu bride, with the exception of white- the colour of widowhood- and black which is considered inauspicious. In India exceptions to this rule can be seen among the Parsis and the Catholics where white is a symbol of purity.

The trousseau of the Indian bride goes a step ahead of containing only clothes and ornaments. The quality and quantity of items given are dependent upon the financial status of the parents. Yet there are some ‘norms’ which are adhered to by all, from the humblest to the most aristocratic or the wealthiest. However, there is a marked difference in the gifts given to the bride of the north and her southern counterpart. The bridal trousseau from Punjab, Jammu, Uittar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan contain, besides the ubiquitous sari, the salwar-kameeze or the lehnga-choli which are heavily embroidered with thread. The chunri or veil in a bright red and multicoloured tie and dye bandhini design is almost mandatory. The Rajasthanis use it to cover the bridal bed on which the grooms sit for the tilak ceremony after the marriage and is later used as a veil by the bride.

Among the people of Uttar Pradesh it is used for the gath bandhan (tying the knot) ceremony during the marriage rituals. The brides of Bihar, however, are simply dressed in a new unstitched saffron or turmeric yellow sari but among the zamindars the sari undergoes a transformation. During a special ceremony specialists of bandhini are invited to make the chunri.

Phulkari, the traditional hand embroidery of Punjab is manifested in the trousseau in the form of a shawl or veil and muslin veils in a range of colours edged with gold, are also included.
The Jammu belle is dressed in tight trousers somewhat similar to riding breeches. The kurta is usually made up of velvet and heavily embellished with gold thread embroidery. The dress in olden days was stitched out of a specially hand-woven silken cloth. The bride’s kurta and chunni were usually of the same colour, an auspicious red or pink or maroon and the trousers could be contrasting green.
In Maharashtra brides wear a Paithani sari and shawl with its gold brocade border woven intricately with birds, flowers and geometrical patterns. Other woven saris from this
region, such as Chanderis, Indoris, Maheshwaris also form part of the trousseau with yellows, ochres and greens being the dominant colours.
The ensemble of the Muslim bride from Hyderabad is the zari-encrusted blouse with a skirt. The veil is edged with gold tassels and embroidered all over. Tissues and brocades are used in abundance.
The Tamil bride has a minimum of five saris worn during the various rituals of the marriage ceremony. For the main wedding rites, when the mangalsutra is given to her, she is dressed in the nine yards red and gold sari made on the looms of the famed Kancheepuram weavers of Tamil Nadu.

For the church wedding, the Mangalorean, Goan and other Christian brides of India wear white, with a veil on their heads. White too, is the traditional colour of the Parsi bride. Resplendent she could be in either an embroidered sari for which the community is famed or something as westernized as Chantilly lace. The ornaments worn during the ceremony come from the groom’s family. The Bengali bride’s jewellery is all in gold. Her bridal sari is of Benarasi silk with brocade weave and her veil is of tissue.

Besides clothes ornaments are the mainstay of the trousseau. Bangles, mangalsutras and toe rings are all symbolic of marriage. Among the Dogras of Jammu and Kashmir, the nose ring is important. It is usually a very large ring o f pearls and precious stones. Even after the marriage the nose ring is worn for most ceremonies.

The trousseau among the Bengalis is a two way deal. The groom’s family sends their gifts to the bride before the wedding. They are beautifully displayed on decorated salvers or cane baskets. Besides the clothes and ornaments there are trays of sweets, curd, and a fish that is artistically embellished with vermilion and is to be cooked and eaten on the wedding day. The brides trousseau is similarly displayed in the groom’s house. A vanity case is also an essential item especially in the north. It contains the seven adornments for ht efface – kajal, bindi, mehndi (henna), alta, kumkum, (vermilion), a silver comb, a container for perfume, and some missi - a lip colour which duplicates for lipstick.

Brides wardrobe contails lavish garments, heavy jewellery and lots more. Many online stores are coming up with these bridal collections and www.utsavsarees.com brings you the large collection of Indian bridal sarees, salwar kameez and lehenga cholis with designer jewelry collection.

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