Apart from the venue, the décor and the food, another thing that we spend on extensively in our big fat Indian weddings is on our dresses. The bride-groom dresses need to be colour co-ordinated, well fit and glittery, and they also need to be many! This is one of the best parts of Indian weddings, you get to wear at least 4-5 dresses for different ceremonies. There is mehendi, sangeet, haldi, shaadi, reception, bidaai so on and so forth.

On one hand where we still prefer wearing traditional colour dresses at our weddings, on the other people are going out of their way to try new things and themes as far as wedding dresses are concerned. The west has gone a little too ahead with this thing but surely they haven’t tried the following crazy and unique dressing themes yet.

The Filmy Funda

One thing where couples can play around and be creative is the one and only ultimate Bollywood theme. Bollywood has always been such a big part of our lives and fashion. I remember in the 90’s almost every boy I knew had the Hum Apke Hai Kaun Salman Khan suit or in the early 2000’s girls had the Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gam dress called the Kareena Kapoor pattern. So you can say this theme is for our movie buffs.Remember the famous Madhuri Dixit’s blue saree from Hum Apke Hai Kaun in the ‘didi tera devar deewana song’? Well, its dresses like these we will never forget.  Any Bollywood movies fan will recognise it. This is the beauty of this theme. We know are movies so well, thus, we have a long list of dresses to try from.

Bride and Grooms can go the famous Sooraj Barjatiya movies way or the Devdas way or the very recent Bajirao Mastani way.

Another unique dressing theme to try this wedding season is the Moghul theme. Moghul clothing style truly depicts art, class and creativity. The fabrics itself give away a historic feel. The Moghul style clothes are characterized by luxurious styles and is made with muslin, silk, velvet and brocade in dots, checks, and waves patterns. Well, finding a designer who will custom make this design will be a tedious job, but hey, it’s your wedding and it will only happen once. Moghuls had a style to accessorise their clothing. The bride and groom and try unique accessories like hats and jewellery. The beauty of the hats and the elegance of the pearls and stones in the jewellery truly will your wedding a once in a lifetime event.

The Victorian Way

The only victorian thing left in our country now is the victorian architecture. We have beautiful heritage building built in victorian style. Wouldn’t it be innovative to try out this theme at your wedding. Along with the dresses this theme also gives plenty of opportunity to incorporate it in different décor ideas as well. Right from the invitations, the stage, the guest sitting arrangement and bride and groom entry, there is so much that this theme can offer. Victorian dressing styles personify elegance and class. The laces, the satins and the pastel colours is the real charm of this style.

The wedding can have a victorian buggy for the bidaai ceremoy, the décor can be done in white roses and huge vicorian chandeliers. To add a little funk to your celebration you can also have a victorian ball. The guests will surely be thrilled to dress up in beautiful victorian style dresses and do a little qualtz or balldance. This unique theme is sure to make you feel every bit of an english lady all set to marry her Lord.

The Classic Black And White

The classic black and white combination can never ever go out of style and a black and white themed wedding surely has to be a class apart. Black symbolises power and white symbolises peace. This combination can be implemented in almost anything, the décor, the seating arrangement etc. On one hand when you cannot play with colours, on the other hand this theme gives you a whole range of options for styles and patterns.  Wearing a black lehenga can an extremely innovative way to dress up for your wedding and the twist can be added by the groom wearing a white sherwani or a suit. This theme might break the stereotypical notions of Indian wedding but the bride and groom and surely to be remembered for a long long time.

The Monochromatic Wedding

This ideas may seem a little difficult to imagine but can help your wedding look extremely creative and a class apart. The good thing about this theme is that you can use any colour! Everyone has a favourite colour. As kids we often used to think of wearing our favourite colours and lucky colours to our special events. So take any colour of your choice and add it all to your dresses, the décor and over all arrangements for your big wedding day. Colours like crimson yellow or dove white can add energy and elegance, if you love nature, you can go for green. If you wish to make cool like the sea you can go for blue. Every colour will set a theme of its own in your wedding celebrations. This theme might seem a little difficult to execute, but it will surely be something different.

The Cross Culture Chaos

This theme is surely set to create a lot of chaos and fun to your wedding. Imagine a bride dressed in a white wedding gown and the groom in a Maharashtra dhoti or the bride in a Kashmiri wedding dress and the groom in a south Indian white lungi. As crazy as this idea may seem, you are to set an example of creativity, innovation and also national integration with this theme. India is such a diverse country and there is a never ending list of wedding traditions and attires to choose from and cross it. This is crazy theme for those love struck crazy couples who want to go out of the way and make their big day memorable.

These were a few crazy and unique themes for the bride and groom to dress up differently and set a trend of their own. Add a little spice to the way we have always been dressing up for our weddings and break the monotony of typical colours like red and gold. Remember the to-be brides and grooms, this is your day so you need to live it up, spice it up and make it as memorable as you can.