Vijayalakshmi's Dress Code

For Newly-weds & Wedding Guests

You are going to a wedding. Or, it's your own wedding. And you are not decided on the dress code. Whether it should be traditional wear or more trendy. Whatever your taste and choice of fashion, one choice is easily made. To choose the right fit, the right wear and the right dress for the right occasion, you have to make a trip to the one and the only Vijayalakshmi Silks.

Vijayalakshmi Silks has always catered to the traditional needs of a wedding -creating outstanding and fascinating saris in different styles and weaves; now, it has also changed its outlook with the trends that are more current and in demand.

So while you'd still find unparalleled Kancheepurams and silks interwoven with other time-honoured patterns to create a new look - the store has also incorporated more contemporary fabrics and designs for the younger audience.

With the woman of today becoming more and more travelled and exposed to newer fashions, Vijayalakshmi Silks is striving towards catering to a woman who no longer is restricted to ideas and designs.

From a collection that ranges from khathan georgettes with minakari zari to red silk georgettes embellished with gota lace, you can find hand painted crepe silk saris with embroidered leaves and flower motifs and hand woven Benarasi silks.

If you feel that weddings are no longer a traditional ritual, you can choose from a lovely saris of silk georgettes brought to life with knitted embroidery or even the polka dotted kancheevarams with brocade zari borders or the khathan silk with zari uppada and geecha work done all over.

Check out some of the newest and most popular styles at the store: blue mango designs and the minakari zari, two traditional patterns refreshed by placing in on georgette; the red silk georgette with gota lace and sequins, an exclusive hand embroidered drape that is light in weight and yet gives a rich look and feel once worn; the Magenta polka dotted kanjeevaram with a brocade zari border, a fine example of a fusion of a royal heritage design with the contemporary. Even the green and maroon kanjeevaram with big zari turning border and mango motifs is considered to be a really popular style as these two colours are very auspicious for weddings.

For those who're attending a wedding, and need something different, there's a varied assortment of party and cocktail saris. The blue, black and grey hand painted crepe silk sari, the black silk georgette highlighted with gold tissue border, black sequinned border on blue textured printed georgette and hand embroidery or even the grey to black shaded and textured printed silks georgettes are ideal examples of what you can wear to a wedding.

With expert weavers from different parts of the country working towards creating designs that will impress the perceptive woman, Vijayalakshmi Silks ensure their styles never go out of fashion.

For a closer look at their wedding collections, drop by Vijayalakshmi Silks and Sarees on MG Road. Tel: 25587937/395; Vijyalakshmi Expressions, Ashoka Pillar Road, Jayanagar, Tel: 41312541/26574341.