THE NEW NORMAL OF NUPTIALS

Three couturiers share their predictions about bridal wear in the post pandemic era, only reinstating that there will be light after the lockdown.

- Nupur Sarvaiya

Rewind back to the start of 2020, it would be inconceivable to imagine editing wedding celebrations down to social distancing mandates. Today, it’s a given to a grim degree. The ‘happy occasion’, as we knew it, has had to form a union with the uncertainties of a pandemic. No question, the coronavirus outbreak has turned the bridal industry on its head. But what will emerge? Will our time in quarantine propel a paradigm shift in wedding wardrobes? Will minimalism continue to win the favor of brides-to-be? To get a better sense of what brides will dress like post-pandemic, I asked three celebrated couturiers, Manish Malhotra, Amit Aggarwal, and Suneet Varma, to share their blueprint on the road ahead. A collective consensus was this: some of your best-laid plans may have gone awry, but the bridal ensemble will be anything but prosaic.

The big realisation