Every Indian girl fantasizes about the ideal wedding and the most enchanting bridal lehenga. However, some dreams come at a cost, and sometimes a high one. Wedding outfits may sometimes cost more than a kidney! But did you know that some of our B-town divas spent nothing on theirs? No, we’re not kidding. Take a peek at these desi celebrities who wore their mothers’ wedding outfits for their own.
Kareena Kapoor
Heirlooms not only have an antique charm, but they also have sentimental value. For her nikaah, Kareena Kapoor chose her mother-in-law, Sharmila Tagore’s bridal sharara, which she had worn to her wedding with Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi in 1962. The outfit belonged to Sharmila Tagore’s mother-in-law, Begum of Bhopal, and was nearly a century old!
Yami Gautam
Yami Gautam’s wedding was the literal definition of “positive vibes only.” For her bridal attire, she chose a saree that belonged to her mother. The traditional silk saree, which was 33 years old, had delicate gold work all over it. She completed her bridal outfit with a similar crimson dupatta given to her by her maternal grandma.
Gul Panag
Gul Panag married pilot Rishi Attari twelve years ago and promoted sustainable fashion before it was even considered cool. For her pheras, she looked stunning in pink as she recycled her mother’s wedding lehenga. Not just that, she even wore her mother-in-law’s lehenga for the sangeet ceremony!
Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza first saw her mother’s bridal saree when she was only a teenager. She had since decided that she would re-wear it for her own wedding one day. And guess what? She actually did! The badminton player wore her mother’s thirty-three old crimson saree.
Priyanka Gandhi
There’s just something about heirloom sarees that none of these modern lehengas have. Indira Gandhi’s granddaughter, Priyanka Gandhi, got married to Robert Vadra in 1997 in her grandmother’s gold silk saree. The saree was actually handed down from generation to generation.
This wedding season, save money and choose sustainability by recycling your mom’s old outfits!
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