Courtesy of Contemporary Creations

Who are you?

Contemporary Creations
1907 Oak Tree Road
Edison, NJ 08820
973-759-4365
contemporarycreations.net
info@contemporarycreations.net

What do you do?
Mallavika: I provide event décor for weddings, corporate events, home parties, sweet sixteens and baby showers.  I do custom designing for the event with fabric draping and fresh floral arrangements are my forte.

Where are you based?
Mallavika: I am in the heart of the South Asian Market in Edison, New Jersey.  I have my showroom/flower shop at 1907 Oak Tree Road, Edison, NJ 08820.  I also have my home office in Iselin, NJ from where I operate all my meetings and paper work.

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Photo credit: BollywoodHungama.com

Bollywood’s sweetheart, Kajol Mukherjee, married fellow actor and long-time boyfriend, Ajay Devgan, on February 24th, 1999, right in the middle of a tremendously successful career. The Bollywood couple’s wedding was a simple Maharashtian wedding held at Ajay’s house. Kajol wore a beautiful, green Paithani sari as is the Maharashtian custom. (The Sari-Clad Bride loves it when celebrities get all traditional!)  Kajol and Ajay have been happily married for ten years now and have a six-year-old daughter, Nysa.

Photo credit: BollywoodHungama.com

Photo credit: BollywoodHungama.com

The Sari-Clad Bride recently had the opportunity to go shopping for gold in New York City –exact location: the infamous Jackson Heights a.ka. Desi Central! There are probably twenty or more jewelry stores in this Queens neighborhood and competition is fierce. The Sari-Clad Bride was on a mission to help her friend, Syeda, shop for bridal jewelry for her last-minute wedding the very next day (look out for a post on planning a quickie wedding, coming soon)!

We discovered a few jewelry shopping basics;

• Bridal sets prices depend on karat, weight, color, intricacy of design, and whether all-gold, semi-precious and precious gemstones.
• Gold sets with gemstones are usually more expensive.
• This summer, the price of 22-karat gold varies between 32.5 dollars per gram to 36dollars per gram–depending how well you could bargain (in which case, taking along a particularly annoying Auntie might help!).
• Tip: Pay in cash and you won’t have to pay taxes, which can be a hefty sum, considering the thousands of dollars one set costs!

Here are some traditional, 22-karat bridal sets our friend, Syeda, tried out.

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