Telenor Bridal Couture Week 2014

I followed some designs from Telenor Bridal Couture Week 2014, which took place in Lahore, Pakistan just over a fortnight ago, so thought I would post some of my favourite designers, and re-cap some of the other big names whose outfits I liked.

The collections are too big for me to re-post all of them here, so here are a few of my favourites, there's a lot of designers I recognised this year, and I loved the extravagance that some of them had. I noticed that longer hem-lines are still being showcased, although I also saw more shorter hemlines creeping in - as well as the fact that a lot of these designs were very heavy, making them perfect for bridal inspiration!

Faraz Manan - Bridal Collection

Ali Xeeshan - Mugal-e-Azam Collection

Mehdi - Bridal Collection

Umar Sayeed

Tena Durrani - Perenia Progressive Collection

Hajra Hayat - Empress Collection

Fahad Hussayn - Nautanki Rani Collection

Maria B. - La Roseraie / The Rose Garden

Mini Bindra - Rubaaiyat-e-Khayyam collection

Sahar Atif - The Sultanate Collection

You can also see more pictures of the different designers and their collections here and here.

My favourite collection was probably Maria B's Rose Garden collection, which seems light, whimsical and  very pretty. I can see a lot of influences - Great Gatsby, Renaissance and even some 90s and 80s designs, which make for a very pretty floral collection. I loved the pieces in this collection and thought it was very wearable, although a few other collection such as Umar Sayeed's colourful finale also looked beautiful, with some amazing pieces for a mehndi bridal!

What did you think of this collection? Which collection did you like best?

KAPRAY SHAPRAY: Deepika in Black & Gold by Abu Jani & Sandeep.

I really like this gold and black Abu Jani & Sandeep ensemble worn by Deepika at the beginning of this year, a gold and black embellished high neck kameez top with plain churidar bottoms, which is set off with very simple jewellery and make-up, and a very elegant hair-style. I'm not keen on outfits which are covered in bling all over, but this has been done very beautifully, and I'm a big fan of jacket-style outfits which look like sherwanis. I also think black and gold is a timeless and classic colour combination which can't go wrong, and certainly it has been well balanced out in this case.

I also noted that Pinkvilla had covered this same outfit, which was also worn by Aishwariya Rai but in a slightly different shape. While I think it looks nice on both actresses, I prefer the one worn by Deepika because the high neck and the updo hair-style makes it look more elegant, and I really like how the tiny splashes of orange are picked out by Deepika's red nails.

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