The bride personalized her wedding lehenga by having family members sign her skirt.
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Simran Balar Khabiya Jain and Nikhil Khabiya Jain tied the knot on June 1, 2022.
For the ceremony, Simran wore a lehenga that her family members signed for a personal touch.
Her designer, Bratt-hew, included a side panel on her skirt for the secret notes.
Content creator Simran Balar Khabiya Jain and entrepreneur Nikhil Khabiya Jain, both 25, wanted every part of their June wedding to reflect their love story, from their dance performances to their outfits — including Simran's ceremony lehenga.They have been together for seven years.
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The Jains, who are based in Bangalore, India, are college sweethearts. They've been together since 2015, and they got engaged on March 31, 2022.The couple used their wedding festivities as a way to tell their love story.
They set their wedding for June 1, 2022, giving them two months to plan the two-day celebration. They infused their wedding with personalized elements like entering on a flower-covered boat to their Sangeet. Simran also started sharing their love story on her social media, which drew attention fo their approach to wedding planning.Nikhil and Simran during their engagement celebration.
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Every part of Simran and Nikhil's wedding reflected their relationship, from a Haldi with a flash mob featuring their friends to a Varmala where they performed a seven-minute dance retelling how they met.The bride and groom during their Haldi.
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Perhaps the most personal aspect of the nuptials was the lehenga that Simran wore to their wedding ceremony. The hot pink outfit was embroidered with intricate gold flowers, birds, and geometric motifs.The bride's skirt had a hidden compartment.
Inspired by the tradition of signing t-shirts in elementary school, Simran told Insider that she asked her lehenga designer for a favor: leave a panel on her skirt open so her closest family members and friends could sign her garment.Her family signed the ensemble.
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Six of Simran's loved ones signed the lehenga with their best wishes, making them part of her wedding day in a concrete way.The bride watching her loved ones sign her outfit.
Simran admitted that she did worry the open panel wouldn't look good, so she placed it on the side of the skirt. But all is well that ends well. She said she loved how it turned out.Simran didn't want the open panel to show for her entrance, so she placed it on the side of the skirt.
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Simran didn't tell Nikhil about the hidden detail on her skirt, making it a surprise for him.The outfit detail surprised the groom.
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Simran said she was emotional seeing her loved ones sign her lehenga. It made the wedding experience more real. Soon she was moving out of her family's home and starting her married life.The bride and groom at their ceremony.
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Since Simran posted about the custom lehenga on Instagram, she said that the designer of the outfit, Bratt-hew, has received multiple orders from brides requesting the same lehenga.Simran's idea sparked a trend and other brides have asked her designer for the same option.
Simran told Insider that her signed lehenga was one of her favorite parts of the wedding celebrations.The lehenga made the Phera more special.
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She said that she's especially grateful she'll have a keepsake from the wedding for years to come. "This lehenga will always be close to my heart," Simran said on Instagram of the special look.The bride on her wedding day.
