Weddings are a serious and important affair and need careful planning and coordination. However all the planning, fussing and decision making is set aside when the time comes for the bride to get a wedding dress for herself. In Europe and the America’s the dress is usually a white gown and there is only one function. In Asia and more specifically South East Asia wedding dresses for the bride and even the groom are a series of multiple choices from color and design, to fashion, trend and culture.
The Chinese have their own traditional dresses with the belief that red color brings good luck. Their dresses are more than often made of silk and embroidered with flower patterns. The Kwa is a Southern Chinese formal wedding gown, heavily embroidered for brides and grooms traditionally wear a silk black coat over an embroidered dark blue dragon robe. Of course there have been new fashions and changes in the way people dress up for their weddings now.
However when someone talks about Asian dresses and clothing it’s the South Pacific Region that comes to mind. Pakistani and Indian wedding clothes are very heavy, colorful and there is more than one occasion for an Indian or Pakistani wedding. The traditional wedding clothes for men in India, Pakistan or even Bangladesh is the Sherwani, an . Men also wear colored kurtas with duppattas on mehndi’s and dances. On the reception or the Walima men usually go for a more formal and western suit and tie.
South Asian wedding dresses for women usually consist of shalwar kamiz, choori dar pajamas, angarkhas on mehndi’s and maayun’s. On her wedding day a bride usually supports heavy embroidered lehnga’s, gharara’s or saari’s in vibrant colors. These clothes usually have heavy bordered duppattas with either long or short shirts depending on the fashion. For women the wedding clothes are heavy and something they can treasure and remember forever. Asian wedding clothes are designed exclusively for each bride according to their specifications and usually go side by side with heavy jewelry to complement them.
