It’s that time of the year where you have to look your best. There isn’t an option! Indian wedding fashion is the trickiest. It’s a balance between looking smart and chic but not typical, dress up but not that blingy. Wedding dressing is always about the right balance ethnic with a twist. The biggest fight for women between all of these is the blouse. This is that one garment that can make or break your look — the right cut, the right fit and the right bling to get the right look.

Pre-wedding functions are becoming almost as important as the wedding day itself, the modern brides are making a style statement by blending the bling with minimalistic subtlety. Teaming a bright lehenga with a subtle choli or opting for a Benarasi dupatta or dupatta’s that has heavy embroidery. Your simple solid colour anarkalis or pretty straight kurta’s can be teamed with gorgeous Benarasi dupatta’s paired with big earrings. Earrings have been a major trend this year, so it should make its way to the bridal scene too.

For Sangeets, Brocade/ Benarasi Khimkhab skirts are trending the most this wedding season, styling them with typical saree/lehenga matching blouses are gone, pair them with white shirt style blouse with flared sleeves. Pump up the volume, but not in the way of a full skirt. You can try a full sleeve instead. Lack of time to get the fancy blouse made. Pair up your old traditional Gota or Leheriya lehenga’s with a new contrast colour blouse and bang on.

For receptions, a gorgeous hand-embroidered raw silk jacket when paired with a traditional Kanjivaram saree draped in a classic style makes sure that all eye balls are rolling towards you. Planning to wear a saree for wedding function? You already have a few traditional silk sarees from your grandmother / mother’s closet; none of them scream “young” but surely are the prettiest. Pairing them with a designer blouse changes the entire look of the saree— now you are all, chic and trendy, rather than the average traditional look.

You would like to wear that classy opera saree as this is always the perfect choice when you want to be noticed. Adding a contrast blouse with intricate hand embroidery will just make it the perfect look. A beautiful bottle green hand embroidered blouse from will add to the entire glamour.

The traditional sweetheart neckline or the modern off-shoulder blouse is best suited for every kind of woman whether shy, bold or contemporary. A rich and royal designer blouse will bring out the royal elegance within you. It will only do justice to that girl standing next to the bride in the photograph.

It is all good to give this fashion gyan but to solve a bigger problem “where do I get these awesome blouses?” and that too on-time for the wedding? V-Cut— the blouse expert has over 500 designs of blouses, from ready-to-wear designer blouses to made-to-order blouses to I-want-to-design-my-own-blouse.

Every detail of this collection oozes elegance and royalty. Rani-Sa as they call the collection have gorgeous blouses with vibrant colours like maroon, red, royal blue, green embellished with gold and silver zari or dabka work. This highlights the beautiful Indian embroidery and the painstakingly skilled craftsmanship.

The writer is founder, VCut