Get Ready To Repurpose Your Wedding Clothes With These Mind-blowing Hacks

Indian weddings are famous for their jollification. The lights, the music, the food, the festivity, everything works together to add every possible charm to that particular day. But you know what makes it more memorable? That glamorous wedding day outfit! That beautiful piece of fabric that you might have chosen after weeks or probably months of searching. But what happens to that thoughtfully chosen outfit post-wedding? We just dry clean it and pack it in some corner of our wardrobe to never see the daylight again. 

But here’s how you can reuse it in more than one way, because no wonder it’s a shame to wear something so expensive just once and never use it again. Here we have listed different ways for you to upstyle your wedding outfit by reusing it and rocking every occasion, looking as beautiful as ever. What’s the wait for? Let’s get started!

1. Pair The Lehenga With A Shirt

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Need to attend a semi-festive event, but out of ideas for your outfit? Just pair your white shirt with that magnificent wedding lehenga, and you’ll be good to go. Pairing the skirt/lehenga with any contrasting skirt will instantly make you look trendy and casual. The simplest hack is to pair it with a white shirt as it easily goes along with any fabric, colour, or pattern. It will neither look too heavy nor too casual. You can even add some statement pieces like a chunky silver necklace, choker, and any other jewellery that goes best with its overall colour scheme. 

2. Mix And Match

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Yes, you read that right. Mix match your lehenga pieces in all contrasting colours, and you’ll have festive wear as quirky as yourself. A mix-match styling is the easiest way to turn your monochrome wedding clothes into a colourful outfit that you can wear during any occasion. You can go for darker colours or even black to give it a totally new look. This will help you repurposing not only your wedding outfit but other ethnic wear as well. It will be a simple look that will make you stand out beautifully every time. 

3.  Reusing The Blouse 

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That heavy blouse/choli is a statement piece in itself, and it won’t be fair to let it sit in some corner throughout your life, will it be? So use it to its full advantage! You can easily pair a heavy blouse with anything, and we mean anything. That iridescent embroidery can take the whole look to a new level. You can pair your blouse with a lighter, contrasting saree or even lehenga. You can even try it with palazzo pants, giving it a very peppy indo-western look. To add more jazz to it, you can throw in a layer of long cape jacket, and voila!

4. Tie-dye Gowns

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Here’s a way for the brides who married wearing an elegant white gown. You can upcycle that gown and turn it into something different. White is an adaptable colour. It can be easily turned into a different shade, so why not use that opportunity to the fullest? Use coloured dyes and give it a new look. You can even take turns in dying it into various shades of the same colours and give the fabric a nice ombré look going from lighter to darker or vice versa, according to your preference. You can take full liberty with the choice of colour and pattern of dye to give your wedding a transformation. 

5. Carrying The Dupatta Differently

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That’s another way of repurposing a wedding outfit. You can take just the dupatta and pair it with a Kurti set. It will require minimum effort but instantly change any salwar kameez or even Patiala suit into festive wear. The best option is to pick a colour contrasting to your dupatta. The dupatta will add a pop of colour and give a very chic look. Thus to say that your heavily embellished dupatta will always have your back. You can even choose to drape it in different ways along with pants, palazzo, or even dhoti and create a fusion of your own. 

6. Wear Your Lehenga As Anarkali

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You're in love with your bridal lehenga, and you don't want to part with it? We've got a solution for you! Just stitch that intricately designed heavy blouse and that lehenga skirt (maybe trim a little), and violá you have an Anarkali dress! You can consult for different styles, but you can never go wrong with the asymmetric design! If you wore a heavily embroidered saree on your big day, the most favoured option is to stitch that unstitched cloth into a beautiful anarkali suit. Whether it's box pleated or using some net sarees and turning it into a gathered-style anarkali, whatever design you pick, it's going to look exquisite!

7. Get A New Bodice

Forget that traditional choli of your lehenga! Dare to be different. Get yourself a couture bodice that will definitely turn your look into something eye-catching. A traditional red or maroon lehenga might look beautiful with a silver or gold bodice. Be it off-shoulder, a plunging neckline, or even a cape style, all of it can give you a chic and stylish look. Use a decorated crop top or a funky top with the right colour combination, and you're ready to rock that outfit again.

8. Make The Lehenga Light

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After weeks and months of going through dresses, you have selected that extra heavy lehenga with frills and laces. We all love that. But at the same time, if you want to reuse it, it becomes annoying, right? When you have to attend a more casual event, you can't wear those layered dresses. Shed those kilos! You can always remove the extra layers and get a new look instantly. Also, make sure that the length of your lehenga isn't bigger than your height. If it is, you can trim those and make them shorter to give you more room to dance your heart out.

9. From Lehenga To Saree

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Turning your lehenga to saree is actually very easy and extremely popular. There are a couple of ways to show off those beautiful designs. You can add a plain cloth to the skirt and keep it tucked inside, which is not visible. You can also drape your long dupattas around the skirt, make pleats out of it and gently pin it on the shoulder. Not to mention, you can reuse those gorgeous blouses and cholis with the new saree look. This wrap saree-style will give your outfit a flourishing new look accentuating your beauty wonderfully!

These are some of the few creative ways to repurpose an old wedding dress. Be it a saree, lehenga, or gown, you can easily restyle any of your wedding dresses into something new and unique. It is an easy and budget-friendly way of reusing old clothes and making them look as stylish as ever. So take those wedding dresses out from the wardrobe and use your creativity to put together something as elegant as yourself. What style did you like the most? Tell us in the comment box.