The Gaye Holud is definitely the best part of a Bengali wedding! It’s the day everyone at the wedding gets to be silly, throwing holud (turmeric) at each other, dressing up in fun, colorful colors such as yellow, orange, red, and green, and dancing the night away.

Sara and Joel’s Gaye Holud had a traditional yellow and orange color scheme and they followed most of the conventional rituals. But for a little twist, they had a Thai buffet instead of the typical Bengali menu. Yum!

Sara:
“I know when I imagined my wedding, it included all the cultural events that are traditionally part of a Bangladeshi wedding, like the mehndi and the gaye holud, and Joel was also intrigued by all the traditions and was happy about the fact that we weren’t going to have a cookie-cutter wedding. I have to say, he and his parents were wonderfully supportive and definitely put up with a lot when it came to all the things we asked them to do.”

“So all the family and guests are going to come up and put tumeric on our heads and then they’re going to feed us a spoonful of dessert?”

“Um, everyone is going to feed us stuff?”

“Yup!”

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The Sari-Clad Bride absolutely loves fusion weddings, especially when the couple is as detail-oriented as Sara and Joel were! Sara combined her Bangladeshi traditions with Joel’s Filipino culture to create an ideal wedding day for both of them.

Let’s get started with an adorable mehndi night!

Sara and Joel invited their very close friends and family to share in one of Sara’s favorite parts of a Desi wedding: the Mehndni! Sara wore an adorable peagreen salwar suit, and let her hands take over the show.

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Our goal is to connect South Asians in America, and their non-South Asian friends, with our culture and heritage through fashion. We provide everyone with the opportunity to wear that fabulous Bollywood look at weddings, festivals, cultural celebrations, and formal social events. At Sari Closet, customers can borrow gorgeous saris, buy all of the right accessories and jewelry, and design the perfect look for themselves. And if they need advice or guidance, our sari experts, who we call “saristas”, are ready to help.

We prefer the term “borrow” because we strive to retain the culture of borrowing a sari from friends and family. Put another way, we want our customers to think of borrowing from Sari Closet as if they are borrowing from a friend–one with an extensive wardrobe.

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To get away from this brutally hot summer, we’ve mentally traveled to a winter wonderland full of crisp snow and cool breezes. To echo that sentiment, we decided to show you this breathtaking photoshoot by House of Talent studios and Singhar by Ayesha. For all our brides planning an engagement shoot in the winter, take cue!

Ayesha (Stylist)

“It was in February on a Monday and it wasn’t suppose to snow but it did and we weren’t sure if we were gonna do the shoot. But we went for it and it came out amazing!”
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New York City is a dream destination for lovers all over the world. So if your heart is set on a engagement shoot in Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square or any other magical New York City destination, here’s your chance! Photographer Yamoni Bari is offering one of our readers a free E-Shoot in the most amazing city in the world!

How To Enter:
Head over to The Sari-Clad Bride’s Facebook page at facebook.com/thesaricladbride and upload a lovey-dovey photo of you and your fiance onto our wall. In order to post on our wall, you must ‘like’ our page first and then upload a photo. Add an email address to the caption of your photo so that we can contact you if you’re the winner. Only entries submitted August 1-August 31 will be considered, so don’t waste time, head over to our Facebook page now!

What Do You Win?
- Engagement shoot with NYC-based photographer, Yamoni Bari, worth $500!
- 1 hour photoshoot on location in New York City
- 10 perfectly edited images

Rules and Restrictions:
- Relatives of The Sari-Clad Bride or Yamoni Bari Photography cannot apply.
- Tri-state area locals only (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania) .
- Couples with a set wedding date only.
- Only entries submitted August 1, 2011- August 31, 2011 will be considered.
- Winner will be chosen at random.
- Prize must be redeemed by December 1, 2011. Date subject to change by photographer.

To check out Yamoni Bari’s work, see his Facebook album or check out his website for more information!

Questions? Contact us at info@thesaricladbride.com. Good luck Bride-ettes!

Luna and Masud’s love story dates back to when Luna was just 17 years old. It took a long time for Masud to woo his lady love, but it was well worth it!

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It’s raining designer bridal fashion around here! First, we brought you Rekha’s drool-worthy sangeet Neeta Lulla lehenga and custom-made lehenga-gown for her reception, and today we bring you Luna’s Ritu Kumar masterpiece!

Here’s what photographer, Binita Patel, had to say about Luna’s ravishing bridal look:
“She looked like a Mughul princess from a time and place far far away. Exotic royalty almost. From head-to-toe, no detail was overlooked. I simply adored Luna’s Ritu Kumar dress and Michael Kors shoes. And not to mention that she’s already cute as a button!” Read more