It’s probably one of the most considered outfit changes—what will a bride wear as she goes from the wedding ceremony to the dance floor? For designer Shweta Kapur, who married entrepreneur Raghav Gupta earlier this month in New Delhi, the answer was simple: “I wanted to move away from the heavy wedding lehenga as soon as possible. My brief to Mohit [stylist Mohit Rai] and myself was simply to have fun with what I was wearing.”
The result was one of her own signature draped skirts that she paired with a scallop-edged silver blouse and finished with a silver dupatta and jade slippers. “It felt so light and comfortable—honestly, it felt like nothing compared to the heavier bridal clothes. Despite having volume and embroidery, it was so easy to move in, which was exactly what I needed to feel ready to party,” says the bride. And for the cocktail night the next day, it was an ivory sari with a pearl-embellished organza cape and pearl kaliras.
And the craziest part? She began planning her looks just two months before the big day. Read Butool Jamal's full conversation with Shweta Kapur about her wedding day.
