Chuck those lehngas and flaunt some cool cocktail outfits for pre-wedding bashes

Weddings are usually about lehngas and saris, but you get a chance to bedazzle sans jewellery at the many events that lead up to the actual wedding ceremony. The so-called ‘cocktails’ hosted by the families of both the bride and the groom are currently the most popular events to flaunt fusion and skimpy western wear.

Guests get tired of the heavy lehngas and saris and want to wear something different for the cocktail event. That’s the day you can team up a kurta in details work with stuff like embroidered trousers, or go for a elaborately embroidered coat over a classy bikini top and a pair of pants.

Classically, a cocktail event would mean a black dress and formal black tie, but there is so much colour around that it is tough to ignor it during the wedding season.Halter-tops with hints of sequins or embroidery with silk pants embellished with crystals, layered skirts in fushcia pink or lime green.A well-fitted backless choli would go well with a layered skirt or black trousers, a bikini top under a richly embroidered ankle-length coat teamed with white or black pants.