The wedding is always a grand affair in India and
the wedding industry is valued at 38 billion dollars. The income trends have
improved in India and weddings naturally are getting bigger with more grandeur.
The costs involved in Indian weddings are mainly contributed by jewellery. Wearing
precious metal jewellery is culturally customary and is considered auspicious.
Therefore, planning your wedding outfit along with jewellery is very important.
Here are some tips on how and where you should
expend your money for your wedding trousseau.
Plan
and Execute Early
Gold prices normally always go up though they are a
bit low and stagnant at the current time. In case you foresee a tight budget
plan your jewellery and spread it evenly in years. Any jewellery your parents
might have bought for your wedding is a boon as prices were really low 10 years
ago. Even if you do not plan on marrying for another 3 years start buying the
gold for your marriage.
Gold
Is a Best Friend
Diamonds are a girl best friend as stated by many
advertisement campaigns but gold is where the true value lies. The wedding
attire is actually known as ‘stridhan’ which literally translates to woman’s
wealth. Gold has a great financial value at all times contrary to gems which
may or may not give good returns when selling. A precious gem can also be of
zero value if it is chipped or cracked.
Heirloom
Pieces
Wedding jewellery stories are very important and equally
special. Use your heirloom jewellery and narrate the fascinating stories to your
friends during the marriage ceremony. If some jewellery is not bridal enough
for you, you can modify and modernize them to suit your style.
Create
Your Own Heirlooms
Choose timeless and classic pieces if you want to
leave a legacy behind. This will help your jewelleries to be useful for your
coming generations. Therefore, opting for diamond choker or a gold temple-style
necklace or a diamond tennis necklace makes super sense. Your kids and
grandkids will love you for doing this.
Choose
Jewellery First and Dress Based on Jewellery
Always buy your jewellery first and then choose your
dresses to match those jewellery. It should not be the other way round since jewellery
will last long but dresses will get old eventually. Normally wedding dresses
are seldom worn again but jewellery is worn multiple times in one’s lifetime.
‘Re-Use’
Value
Jewellery you bought for your wedding will be with
you all your life so choose jewellery which is versatile. Gold bangles, modern pendants,
statement earrings are something which can be used later for other occasions. You
can also create sets and earrings which are detachable and can be modified as
per need. Interchangeable jewellery is a modern invention and can help
immensely in your life.
Heavy
Prices!
A few years ago wearing anything else than precious
metal did not look good culturally. Now however people are wearing fashion jewellery
mixed with gold jewellery at the weddings. This is still frowned upon by
purists but maybe essential considering jewellery prices. This entirely depends
on your budget and your choice if you want to include fashion jewellery in your
wedding trousseau or not.
The
Balancing Act
Mix and match the finishes of your jewellery so that
you can use them with many different dresses. In today’s times there are other
colourful precious and semi-precious stones too if you want to experiment with
colour. Tanzanite is a blue stone which looks quite spectacular on platinum
base.
Use
Wedding Budget Judiciously
It is possible to make your wedding jewellery a bit light
and buy some additional little earrings and pendant sets which you will be
wearing regularly. Wedding jewelleries are normally heavy and people normally
wear them only on other wedding ceremonies. Little jewelleries are something
which we wear regularly and get our money’s worth. Wedding jewellery in India
is mainly considered as an investment for bad times.
Watches!
Expensive watches can act as jewellery as their
jewel studded bands look grand enough. Wedding shopping is the correct time if
you want to buy that expensive watch. This is very uncommon and can make you special
in your own way. Watches are normally used in daily life much more than a
diamond bracelet.
We hope the abovementioned points help you make the
right decisions for purchasing your wedding jewellery.
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