Decoding Designer Lehenga Designs For Women

There is something magical & magnificent about couture & designer wear. Cate Blanchett in Louis Vuitton dress or Angelina Jolie in a silver metal  by McQueen turn heads and create WOW! moments as they walk down the red carpet. People are mesmerised and entranced. Creativity & design in crafting stylish feminine dresses  & celebrities serenading in it defines the  world of  couture luxury. In this blog we will decode designer lehenga designs for women as well as blouse design that are luxury items.

Luxury Goods

As a matter of fact, High-end Luxury signifies status symbols and is a differentiator. Owning that unique Patek Phillipe watch, Lamborghini car, designer clothing and so on separates the owner from the rest of the pack.True Luxury is defined by a commitment & passion for creating an exceptional experience with a  superior product. High price, limited availability (only few of these available) and endorsement by celebrities are marks of true luxury.Above all, the product, price, personalisation , packaging along with a pampered  buying experience are a call out.

Designer Dresses at Indian wedding

 Indian Designer dresses and bridal lehengas in particular are one of the more coveted luxury items that many brides would dream of. Increasingly, these are coveted not just by Indian brides, but the world over. A wedding is a once in a lifetime occasion for many women, walking down the aisle in a designer lehenga is the ultimate dream.

 For instance, we all watched with awe & wonder when  Radhika Merchant married Anant Ambani, the Reliance scion in 2024. It was indeed the wedding of the year or the century, perhaps. The guest list had Narendra Modi, Mark Zukerberg, Bill Gates, Tony Blair and celebrities such as Kim Kardeshien and performers such as Justin Bieber & Rihana.

 It was most certainly a fashion extravaganza and an ostentatious display of some of the most beautiful designer dresses that Indian designers could create. It was a fashion parade of  Indian designers  all the way, as all the invitees paraded in designer lehengas. For example, the pink lehenga worn by Radhika Merchant was created by designer  Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla and inspired by artist Jayasri  Burman’s paintings. Further, it featured gold zardozi hand embroidered resham work.  Such was the extent of artistry & detailing that captivated the world.. Take a look at the blouse design  in the image for sheer creativity.

Indian Couture-Lehenga Designs for women

Ace Indian designers are being coveted worldwide. They are also being coveted by A-listers around the world. At the 2025 United States Presidential Inaugural Ball, Usha Vance  was wearing one of Gaurav Gupta’s creations.

Designer dresses near Qutub Mehrauli in Delhi

 Designers have their own boutiques in different towns for the well heeled clientele. Shop Khoj takes you on a tour through the lanes  in Qutub Garden, near Qutub Minar,Delhi. Several top designers have their stores here. The adjacent building is Ambawatta one where Manish Malhota, Nidhi Tholia ,Falguni & Shane Peacock have their store. Detailed write up of Top 5 designer stores and their offerings  for the season. can be found here.

But before we delve into the world of designers  let us explain some terms  here :

Banarsi silks : Banarasi sarees are up there in terms of fashion quotient..Read More

Bandhini Bandhej or Bandhini  are popularly  known as dotted sarees …Read More

Leheriya:  It is a traditional style of tie &dye clothing… Read More

Zardozi work : Zardozi embroidery is the glittery, heavily encrusted gold thread work on fabrics. Read More

Resham work : Embroidery on clothes is certainly a very popular craft in India..Read More

Gotta Pati : Gotta Patti simply means gold or silver ribbons attached by applique work…Read More 

Sequins : They make the dress look glitzy & glamourous with tiny sequins..Read More

Pichwai– Pichwai paintings incorporate, cows, peacocks, flowers and other forms of nature in the paintings . Read More 

Tulle -It is a fine net fabric made of silk or nylon,polyster or rayon. It is commonly used for veils, gowns & wedding gowns.  Further, the word ‘Tulle’ comes from France ,which is popular for lace & silks.

Organza– This is a plain sheer fabric made from silk originally from China. However deluxe silk organzas  are woven  in Italy & France.

Designer Lehenga for Women

Tarun Tahiliani

is a renowned fashion designer and set up  “Ensemble “, a  multi designer store, way back  in 1987  and set up his own studio in 1990 . He is well known for the use of heritage  Indian textiles and ethnic craftsmanship. Spanning 2 levels with a Left Wing and a Right wing, the shop features wedding lehengas on one side, with evening gowns, saris and sharars on the other.

TT as the eponymous brand is known, is renowned for exquisitely embellished wedding dresses. It is the traditional quintessential bride favourite.The current collection of dresses  has a  lot of wedding lehengas in velvet, Banarasi silk and satin with  worked borders in zardozi, pearl, & resham embroidery. With the can can skirt below , the lehengas really stand out. The vertical kalis (segments) on the lehengas are replaced with large squares in gold in some instances. Further, the colur schemes of these bridal dresses include light coloured ones, not just the traditional  dark coloured ones. Classic brocade lehenga, sequins lehenga, lehenga with crystals are all beautifully displayed.. He has also added a cape to the traditional lehenga choli(blouse)  wedding dresses .

Lehenga Blouse Design

The blouses can be corset blouses, off shoulder blouse with a cape, draped blouses and so on. For instance, long capes, long sleeves and  jackets that go with wedding dresses are new & trending. The sleeves in net fabric accessorised with beads & pearls are stunning . Further , the neck designs vary in each blouse and  the blouse can be paired with other garments as well. In a nutshell- The lehengas are colourful ,traditional & grand.

 Average Price Rs 3,00,000 -12,00000  for lehengas.

Anita Dongre-Lehenga designs for women

Floral themed lehengas dominate her showroom. Floral in the form of prints, embroidery work and so on. Clearly, she draws inspiration from the  Forts & Palaces in Rajasthan.For instance, several of these iconic heritage buildings in Rajasthan are known for  inlaid marble work in a triangle or square marble background  with floral motifs in the middle. Anita Dongre’s lehengas take inspiration from these age-old  architectural designs and replicate them on to the dresses. Further  Pichwai designs are also exquisitely copied on to the dresses.They are beautiful ,artistic &colourful. The lehengas are beautifully coloured in pink, green blue ,red & so on. They are colour coded and stocked . There is zardozi, resham embroidery,gota pati & mirror work incorporated in the dresses .

Blouse Design

The blouse designs are  are minimalistic and suitable for women with petite  figures. Long sleeves, short sleeves paired with different necklines add a great sense of drama to it.  She also stocks sarees, gowns, kurta sets  & so on. Prices will be Rs3,00,000-8,00,000 /piece on an average

Manish  Malhotra- Designer lehenga for women

is one of the reputed designers who has outfitted beautiful Bollywood brides. For instance ,Kiara Advani  wore one of his bespoke creations at her wedding . The bridal lehenga  had colour gradations in rose pink from light to dark  with 3 special dyes. The design had special dome-like structures  and was embellished with a lot of Swarovski crystals. Parineeti Chopra was another heroine who opted for a MM lehenga in a beige ivory  colour. It had  intricate hand embroidery sequins, with embroidery done in linear geometric patterns. It also featured a tulle framework dupatta with her husband Raghav’s name written on it with pearls.Both of these creations were outstanding and distinct.

 Kashmiri embroidery lehenga sets with acrylic mirror, thread embroidery &  sequins dominate his current selection.  What we saw was more monochrome dresses that  are the theme for this season. They are shaded in pink, lemon yellow, sea blue  colours. The collection does not  have floral  prints like some other designers but has more geometric patterns , embroidery  & sequins in ,pastel colours  with pearls & Kashmiri work .The clothes are stocked in separate sections  as  bridal  collection &  sangeet, reception collection.

Average price would be Rs 5- 16 lacs /lehenga,gowns◦

Falguni & Shane Peacock  -Lehenga designs for women

Their showroom is huge in the adjacent building. The clothes range from sophisticated to flashy & flamboyant  with  heavy work & unusual styling. There is incorporation of feathers and ruffles in the dresses. In short, the bridal lehengas are varied and do not follow any particular theme or discipline. There are lehengas in dupion silk with floral motifs, tulle base bridal dresses with gold foil & thread work. Then there are lighter lehengas in net fabric with silver foil & embroidery . In addition, they also add  huge mirrors, peacock & other similar  motifs in the dresses .This is a huge showroom with pastel coloured dresses on one side &  dark colours suitable for winters with beautiful motif embroidery on the other side. The blouse designs are again done with extra accessories such as ruffles. It adds a glamorous element to the entire outfit.

 The average price would be Rs 5-10 lakhs/lehenga.

Nidhi Tholia -Lehenga designs for women

 Firstly, she is a Jaipur based designer who uses a lot of  interesting Rajasthani fabrics & work in her design. Leheriya &Bandhej/Bandhini are fabrics from Rajasthan and they find a commanding presence in her collection. Her dresses are very colourful . Some of the grand dresses are done   with a lot of gold  & silver gotta pati(it is a special kind of work from Rajasthan,). For instance, there are raw silk lehenga sets with a lot of shimmering gold & silver gota work, intricate hand embroidery & marori work. There are  sharara sets with long jackets with zardozi work. The colourful lehengas, dresses  and blouse design are reflective of Rajasthan’s culture. Further,Un coordinated sets in velvet & satin with a lot of zardozi work, silk embroidered sets with beautiful scallops at the fringes in bandhni with minimalistic work and matched with organza dupatta are simple & elegant.

Blouse deisgn

Colourful parandis are attached at the back of blouses and  at the waist to add a rural/ethnic touch to them.The colours are bold such as red,orange, blue with mix & match as is evocative of Rajasthani women.

Average Price  Rs 2,00,000- 5,00,000 /lehenga

Copies of Designer Lehenga designs for women

 In conclusion, designer lehenga sets are magnificently expensive, being prohibitively out of range for most folks. However there are  several shops in Delhi and Jaipur that can make a replica for you in a couple of months. They even have a ready stock of some of the designer lehengas  & spectacular blouse designs.

Ranas in Johari Bazar Jaipur is a very well-known shop for bridal lehengas . They have a ready stock of replica designer lehengas for women.

Chandni Chowk  in Delhi has in fact several shops for bridal lehengas. OP Jawaharlal is where can get a replica of bridal lehengas done at ¼ th the original price.

 So go on, get a replica of designer lehengas  at the shops or rent one in the Lajpat Nagar store.