Weddings are occasions that are carried out with great pomp and splendor. The families of the bride and groom go through a lot of trouble to make preparations. A lot of time is spent on planning the costumes and jewelry for the bride and care is taken to ensure that exquisite jewelry is selected to match each outfit worn by the bride not only on the wedding day but before and after. Many customs and traditions have to be carried out in Indian weddings and it is necessary to ensure that the bride has her trousseau ready before the wedding.
The family of the bride purchase gold, silver and other precious stones for their daughter. She will also be presented with jewelry from the bridegrooms family. The amount of jewelry depends on each individual family. This is complemented by other gems and traditional looking Indian jewelry to enhance the beauty of the bride. Many jewelry stores are now mushrooming online to offer different types of costume jewelry to deck the modern bride.
Indian jewelry that is exquisite and fashionable is available to make up the bridal collection. These include necklaces, bracelets, arm bracelets, anklets, finger rings, hair accessories, nose pins and tikka or bindis. The materials are made from high quality gold or silver plated metals and freshwater pearls, garnets, zircon, American diamonds and other semi-precious stones. Now that there is a lot of cross-culture that has set in the past years, brides no longer dress up in traditional clothes. Fashionable designer wear is the choice as many brides prefer to wear clothes that are designed exclusively to suit them. These may be a mixture of East meets West or a bride may wish to wear bright colors such as blue-green, turquoise, maroon or golden yellow as against the traditional red and green that was normally worn.