Lucknowi Chikankari Anarkali, Lucknowi Chikankari Saree, Lucknowi Chikankari Apparel: Chikan heavy Full Jaal Lehenga top and Choli with Mukesh/ Kamdani work

Chikankari Wedding / Bridal Lehangas

Chikan Gagra choli or Chikan Ghagra choli , which is also known as Chikan Lehenga choli, is the traditional clothing. Lehenga is generally worn by women from Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sindh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. It is a combination outfit of a Lehenga, tight Choli and a Dupatta.

Chikan Lehenga or Chikan Ghagra, is a form of skirt which is long, embroidered and pleated. It is worn as the bottom portion of a Gagra choli. It is secured at the waist and leaves the lower back and midriff bare.

Let your wedding attire be as special and grand as your wedding day! Lehangas, richly

embellished with awe-inspiring chikan work are designed tastefully not just in in traditional reds & maroons but also in contemporary pastel shades, for the brides who are innovative and experimentative. Let festive flamboyance be a part of you that so aptly reflects in your lehanga!

Chikan very heavy Full Jaal Lehenga top and Choli in

heavy Chikankari along with additional Mukesh/ Kamdani/ Badla work

Chikan hand embroidered heavy Lehenga with Pasley design

Additional Mukesh/ Kamdani/ Badla work in Chikan Lehnega

Heavy Full jall work on all over embroidered Chikan Lehenga

Another wedding dress form can be made with Chikan embroidered fabric which is Chikan Ghararas. Ghararas originated in Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh during the era of the Nawabs. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was considered everyday attire among Muslim women of Hindi belt particularly among women of Nawab and Taluqedars families. They were representative of the status of the person wearing them.

Although they are not worn as everyday garment today as they once were, they still remain as popular wedding attire among Muslim women of Hindi belt and also among Urdu speaking immigrates in Pakistan & Bangaldesh. Ghararas were also made popular in Pakistan & Bangladesh, in the 1950s and 60s with popular public figures like Fatima Jinnah and Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan wearing them.