A wedding involves a lot of expenditure, right from the venue bookings, decor to the food, cards, gifts, and the trousseau – it all adds up to a helluva lot and hence cutting costs wherever possible is a wise decision. Keeping this in mind, we bring to you the best, affordable wedding shopping areas in Delhi.
1. Chandni Chowk
This oldest marketplace of Delhi is the place to get the best imitations of the trendy designer clothes at most affordable prices. From Anarkali and Sharara suits to the heaviest lehangas and sarees in latest designs and fabrics and even western dresses, you can be sure to find a wide variety of options to choose from in this market. However, before plan your shopping trip bearing in mind the fact that you will have to jostle through large crowd of shoppers which might trust your patience.
2. Karol Bagh
Karol Bagh is a lovely place for shopping specially for brides and grooms. This place is dotted with a number of shops selling variety of latest designer sarees and men’s wear. There are many shops like Meena Bazaar and Frontier Bazaar from where you can choose the best wedding dress for yourself. Among all, Ajmal Khan Road is known for trendy outfits from some of the well-known global brands. This market is also known for the elegant jewelleries and many other things.
3. Lajpat Nagar
If you still feel unsatisfied, Lajpat Nagar market offers a variety of wedding apparels. This market is known as a hub for all your needs, including wedding outfits, artificial jewellery and home decor. All of these things are available at moderate price. You don’t have to be much worried about the budget as they have options from lowest to as expensive as you want.
4. South Extension
If you are done with shopping of the bride and grooms, it is time for the family to buy stuffs. South extension market is a great place for family shopping and has something for everyone. You can buy here variety of outfits and that will be neither too pricey nor too cheap. The most famous shop here is Frontier Raas. The market offers an elaborate range of lehengas and sarees and has an excellent collection for other wedding functions too.
5. Rajouri Garden
Rajouri garden is an upscale market in the heart of the West Delhi. Stores like Bombay Selection, Shakuntalam, Lucky and many other will help you finding a budget friendly wedding outfit that is trendy as well. You will get here unique and beautiful Indo-western lehengas, gowns and Anarkali suits at very reasonable price. It can taste from Rs. 10,000 to 50,000.
6. ShahpurJat
Shahpur Jat is full of the disintegrated streets and leafy lanes that are dotted with numerous one-storey houses inhabited by Haryanvi Jats. It has become a hub for budding bridal and Indian-wear designers. This place is frequently visited for trousseau shopping in Delhi. There are several vintage apparel stores and eclectic jewellery boutiques, which are sited adjacent to the homes of turbaned locals. Some popular stopovers at this location are kanelle, Sahiba Singh and Collart.
7. Greater Kailash
Home of designer Satya Paul, the Greater kailash area is also a perfect venue of bridalwear shopping in Delhi. There are a number of boutiques and exclusive stores offering designer dresses to the shoppers.Chunmun, Studio XI. 06, Garg Fabrico, Vrinda, nalli Silk Sarees and Vero Moda are a few boutique which can satisfy your needs of the wedding events.
8. Hauz Khas
Of late, Hauz Khas has become a hub of ethnic and designer wear for wedding shopping. there are a number of boutiques which have come up to serve the desires of shopper for wedding only. Lehngas, blouses and other formal wear have been designed by the designers here that you will certainly love to shop there. There are places where some designers have put their wares jointly at a boutique.
9. Defence Colony
JJ Valayya, Tarun Tahilani, Studio Pride, Anjali & Arjun Kapoor, Anju Modi, Dolly J, Pallavi Puri, Mademoniselle Boutique are some known boutiques and designer wear stores. You can have a vintage look and lovely pastel shades here. You can get designs which are famous for their understated elegance and sophisticated tastes. Inspired by regal Indian designs, the collections are a wonderful splash of colours ranging from fuschia pink, reds, orange  to midnight blue and gold.
10. Malls
If you find the comfort of malls better than open markets, go to DLF Emporio for big labels like Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla, Kimaya, Falguni & Shane Peacock, etc. GIP Mall in Noida is another great place for wedding wear shopping. It houses Study by Janak, Bombay Selections, Meena Bazaar and Satya Paul among others.
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