Parineeti Chopra’s wedding stylists Nidhi Agarwal and Shraddha Lakhani decode her bridal look, react to trolling, comparisons with Alia Bhatt’s look and much more – Exclusive! | Hindi Movie News

Parineeti Chopra and Raghav Chadha tied the knot on September 24 in Udaipur. Their wedding was all things dreamy and straight out of a fairy-tale and fans can’t stop gushing over their love-filled photos. Parineeti’s minimalistic bridal avatar became quite a talking point – while a huge section loved it, some also drew comparisons to other Bollywood brides like Alia Bhatt. But Parineeti who looked every bit ethereal, knew exactly what she wanted.ETimes gets into a conversation with stylistsNidhi Agarwal and Shraddha Lakhani who curated all of Parineeti’s looks for her wedding. This duo spills the beans to us on what really went behind bringing it all alive, Parineeti’s brief to them, the trolling, comparisons and lots more! Excerpts:

Parineeti: ‘Don’t treat me like a heroine. I don’t mind looking like a bride’s maid’

Nidhi reveals that Parineeti wanted to just have fun at her wedding. She never wanted to be an over-the-top bride. “She said, ‘I want to have fun. Don’t treat me like a heroine. I don’t want anybody walking behind me, holding my veil, fixing my dupatta. Nothing.’ She said, ‘I want to be as comfortable as I can be. I will not wear heels for any of my functions. I will wear flats. Put me in sneakers if you can’,” says Nidhi. Shraddha further adds, “Even her mehendi was very minimalistic. She said, ‘It’s okay if I look like a bride’s maid and not the bride. But I want to be comfortable’. There was nobody to hold her veil or lehenga at the wedding, and that’s what she wanted. There are some brides who actually get rid of their veil after walking the aisle. But Parineeti just kept it all through.

Her bridal wear was NOT IVORY, it was Gold

While Parineeti’s lehenga seemed like ivory, her stylists reveal the truth. It was gold! “In terms of colour, we did experiment a little. I would say that we did consider some colors. But finally, even if you follow her otherwise, her aesthetic is very minimal, classy, clean. So, we stuck to that because we know that works best for her. Actually, a lot of people think it’s ivory, but her lehenga is gold,” says Nidhi. “Even for the embroidery and everything, she was so specific, as to how she likes geometric patterns and how it has to be, it can’t be too clustered – Parineeti was quite specific. So, I feel like overall, it was easy for us because she literally knew exactly what she wanted. She was not confused,” adds Shraddha.
They reveal that colours are always chosen keeping in mind the timing of the wedding, the set-ups and everything. Parineet’s wedding was a sundowner and her look needed to look good in the sun as well as in the evening once the sun sets. That’s how it was all planned.
The stylists say that even her roka outfit was light pink but everyone thought it was ivory.

On trolling, comparisons with Alia Bhatt’s wedding look, Kiara Advani-Sidharth Malhotra’s wedding video

Nidhi also steers clear on the trolling and opines, “I feel like no two brides look the same. I’m not being biased over here, but I personally feel, I don’t think any bride will use some other bride’s photo as reference because everybody is so different. People always know what will work for them. It’s something that you don’t think of overnight, right? I think almost all of us have always imagined this day and we’ve all known, we’ve all known either the colour, the look or the feel and it’s so personal to each individual. I also feel it’s very unfair to troll a bride’s look like this. If I look at all these photos, I don’t feel like one is trying to copy the other.”
Shraddha echoes her sentiment adding, “I feel, not everyone understood what the thought process was behind every look and it’s too easy on the internet to troll somebody or to write something. I feel like it takes a lot of effort, and one must try to understand what goes behind creating someone’s wedding look which is so special to them.”
They further add, “Also, the comparisons are far from the truth, which needs to come out. A lot of people are talking about her entry. She sung her own song. Who has done this before?”
A lot was also being said about Parineeti not wearing a ‘bindi’. Reacting to it, Nidhi says, “We have extensive trials to decide everything, the entire look and feel. And we just felt like we didn’t need a ‘bindi’ to complete her look. For us, it was complete as it is. I think Parineeti was a really cool bride.”

Raghav’s name on the veil and other customisations

“We worked a lot on the personalization bits. Her shoes were personalized. All her shoes throughout the wedding had their initials at the back along with the wedding date. Then her veil, had Raghav written on it. She wore her naani’s challa since she wanted to feel her presence by her side. And then, for her kaleeras, all her elements were actually customized, keeping their love story in mind. So, it was how they met, where did they meet, what was the first date. Then how did they manage their long-distance relationship. What are the common themes that they write on. All of these elements were then incorporated into her kaleeras,” reveal Nidhi and Shraddha.

Message for brides

Parineeti wasn’t pressurised by the fact that she is an actress, rather, she was a normal girl on her wedding day who just wanted to have a lot of fun. Keeping that thought in mind, her stylists have a message for brides. “We feel like a lot of brides should learn from this wedding. You cannot please everybody. You have to please yourself. Because in the end, it’s you who is going to look at these photos, ten years later, not the guests at your wedding or anyone else.”