wedding celebrations will culminate this weekend. The duo tied the knot on July 12, 2024, after a string of pre-wedding celebrations spread across four months. From the star-studded guest list to rare performances, the festivities have been causing a global stir.
The bride avoided a linear approach for her trousseau and picked a variety of couturiers and silhouettes. For the haldi ceremony, Radhika Merchant retired her extravagant pieces for an understated by Anamika Khanna. The bespoke creation comprised a modest and a diaphanous skirt.
Cut in rich silk, generously enhanced with floral thread work and in an easy silhouette, it's a quintessential Anamika Khanna piece. The multi-hued embroidery was emblazoned on the waist and the hem, and elevating it was a dreamed up using fresh flowers. Where it’s common for brides to adorn themselves in for the pre-wedding event, of course, you can’t expect Merchant to do anything with half measure.
Along with fresh floral jewellery, she went all out with a phoolon ki chadar dupatta by Floral Art by Srishti Kapur. “For Radhika's haldi, we collaborated with stylist Rhea Kapoor and Anamika Khanna to bring her vision of a quintessential Indian bride to life. Her fresh floral tagar jaal dupatta was made using the freshest tagar kalis (jasmine buds), yellow button daisies, Thai rui flowers and genda, showcasing a seamless cascade of lace-like work.
More than 90 genda flowers and countless tagar kalis went into making just the dupatta.” �.