A wedding day is an event which a couple would never want to forget but from last few years, Indians are making sure that not just D-Day but also the pre-wedding functions and other elements in the wedding is as perfect and memorable for everyone as it is for the bride and groom.
Here is the list of these fun wedding trends that are followed by the millennials!
Destination Weddings
India is blessed with an amusing tapestry of natural and artificial landscapes and it won’t be wrong if going to be married couples choose to get married in a location that is exotic and beautiful. Private wedding halls and municipal mandaps are losing its charm and resorts, beaches and cultural buildings (mahal) are becoming a thing now. Some of the popular wedding destinations in India include – Goa, Kerala, Jaipur, Hyderabad and hill stations of the north.
No Formality
It doesn’t matter if you have 1000 friends on FB, 100 friends on college WhatsApp groups or a big fat family located in different cities, the new generation exactly knows who is important to them. The trend of organizing intimate, small scale wedding has replaced the old days when a wedding was all about inviting everyone in the town and maintaining the prestige of the family. Millennials strongly favor cost-effective weddings and believe in living the moment with people they are close to.
Eco- friendly Theme
Similar to how wedding halls are losing their charm, the use of inorganic things like POP, thermal, cement, concrete and metal is also being ditched by the wedding planners and couples. The new trend of setting the mandap outdoors and keeping it all natural with floral arrangements and tree decorations encourages the weddings to become more cultural and eco-friendlier.
Grand Invite
Marriage is special for anyone and announcing the date of this auspicious day has become a grand affair altogether. From providing the guests with innovative gifts like pieces of artworks and wedding ‘to-do’ reminders to expensive sweets and dry fruits along with the invite, is considered a deed of gratitude. Special attention is given to the reusable packaging.
Pre-Wedding Photo-shoot
The bond of trust, excitement, and love is reflected in this foreign trend of photo-shoots. Pre-wedding photo shoots are becoming a modern ritual where to-be bride and groom come together and get this journey to their marriage captured in fun themes. From spunky to classy to grunge, couples decide the theme that relates to them as a couple.
Bridal trends
Brides of today are evolving and their tastes are evolving with them. New beauty trends like going for no makeup look, attire trends like choosing a bright colored lehenga over the usual red one, and other trends like ditching heels for sneakers and wearing shorts are making all the noise. Brides today are in all moods to up their wedding game with every passing year.
Mehndi with a Pinch of Creativity
An Indian wedding is incomplete without the Mehndi program. Bollywood movies have made the event look so exciting and fun that it cannot be taken not-seriously. Apart from its herbal ingredients and other cultural reasons to be applied, Mehndi today has become an artwork that brides design for themselves. From minimalistic designs to designs of their interests and stickers, brides are leaving no stone unturned to express their personalities through Mehndi. One such example of modern mehndi was when a bride made Game of thrones mehndi for her wedding!
Cool Photo Booths
Wedding is not only a special occasion for the bride and groom but also for the guests and families of the two. Nowadays, everyone is obsessed with their Instagram Feeds and does not want to compromise their wedding pictures for anything. Installments of themed photo booths like Instagram frames, trippy visuals, golden lights, etc., have made wedding photographs more memorable.
Varieties in Menu
Don’t be surprised if you see a long chain of food stalls at the next wedding you go to. With people getting married in different cultural backgrounds than theirs, the varieties on the menu tend to increase. In addition to Indian cuisine, weddings have started encouraging of “world on a plate”. Italian cuisine, Indian street food, gluten/gluten-free food, vegetarian dishes, non-vegetarian dishes, and diet friendly dishes are just some of the examples.
Couple Entry and Dance Performances
It won’t be unusual if we say that Bollywood has changed the way we see weddings today. Every bride and groom are the protagonists of their love story and they both deserve to be in the limelight. From buying the right phoolon ki chaddar or traditionally decorated umbrella to deciding the right music track, special planning goes behind the bridal entry. Similarly, for the groom, the decision is made between a bullet bike and a stylish car. As much as the couple is excited about their entry, the close friends of the two also prepare for a grand welcome. They choreograph, practice and finally dedicate a group dance to the beautiful couple.
