Traditional Jewellery Essay

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During the festivities and the umpteen weddings, people get decked up in ravishing heavy attires. Where women dress up in heavy outfits like lehnga, saari, or salwar-suits in a stylish way, men put on kurta pyjamas or sherwanis. But only a right kind of jewel pieces can add oodles of style and glamour to your favourite outfit. To make your ensemble stand out this season, ladies can jazz up their heavy ethnic outfits with glittering traditional jewellery having contemporary designs such as Chandballis, Kamarband, antique necklaces, mangtikkas, bracelets, kadas, bangles and hair accessories. Even this trendy colourful jewellery possesses the potential to accolade with western outfits. As Raksha Bandhan marks the onset of the festive season, this is the ideal time to start shopping jewellery that complements the outfit. Throw the spotlight on these timeless and exquisite …show more content…

If you have a slim waist to brag about, go ahead and invest in an elaborately designed kamarband to highlight it. This is one of the sixteen beauty enhancement ornaments (solah shringar) described in Vedic books. You must have seen these elegant kamarbands on the waistline of Kathak, Bhartnatyam and Odishi dancers. During Mughal era, it was considered as the sumptuous ornament that was used to adorn the noble waist of queens and princess. Made up of kundan, ruby, polka, amethyst, and many other materials, these kamarbands look great in low waist sarees and lehangas. The fashion of kamarband came back with a bang, especially when the Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty started flaunting sleek waistband on her delicate waistline. Currently, not only brides, but girls are wearing this traditional accessory on ethnic tops paired with pencil-fit jeans, cocktail dress, LBD and A-liners. Chunky

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