Home-Coming in Kandyan

This beautiful bride is dressed in red kandyan for her home-coming. The jacket has long sleeves with  work of the saree along the sleeve.

Bride In White Saree

This bride is dressed in a white saree mixed with gold work. The jacket is a beautifully done with whalebone and coded back. Jacket got a straight neckline and small sleeves.

Going-Away Saree

This going away saree jacket is in gold color. The  work is in red and it runs from the sleeve to the jacket front. It has a very beautiful back with a unique design.  

Kandyan Flower Girls

These Flower girls are dressed in short tops with puffed sleeves and skirts. There is a small work on the top. The skirts has a nice bow in the back and the it is connected to the front rose with a yellow strand.

Kandyan Bride

This bride is dressed in a traditional Kandyan. The Jacket has long sleeves and there is a work along the sleeve. The Jacket is whale bone style.

Surangi Kodithuwakku home-coming

  

This bride Surangi Kodithuwakku the famous  presenter’s home coming dresses were done by me. The long sleeved jacket has a coded back and a nice work on the front. The brides maids got short sleeved jackets. All the picture are from courtesy of www.gossiplanakanews.com

Bride in a going_away saree

              


This bride is dressed for her going-away. The back of this dress is criss-cross style. And it has coded from the same straps attached to the blouse. Here instead of the loops I added rings to give it a different look.

Sri Lankan bridesmaid dresses

This bridesmaids are dressed in blue and white mixed dresses. The tube-top style top has nice work on the top. A white band has used in the waist line to show the shape of the dress.

Sri Lankan bride in a white gown

 

This bride is dressed in a sugar white dress for her special day. This gown has a sweet heart neck line and the skirt is in the ball gown style. The front of this dress has an elegant bead and stone work. This dress is most suitable for a church wedding.

Bridesmaid in Kandyan

This bridesmaids are dressed in made-up kandyans.  The kandyans are in two colors. The saree jacket is as the same color as the saree border. Saree jacket has puffed sleeves and some stone work. The puffed sleeve is perfect for this bridesmaids as they are slim and have narrow shoulders. The jacket is done as a whalebone saree jacket and back is coded. This two colored kandyan has a yellow border  worked in pink and similar colors. But the other part is left plain.

Kandyan Flower Girls

These cute little flower girls are looking very beautiful and ready to go. The colors are not very heavy. Kids look always pretty with light or simple colors. Also I must say they are flower girls of a kandyan dressed bride. The dress includes a simply worked blouse and a puffed skirt.

Kandyan Bridesmaid

               

This Bridesmaid is dressed in a kandyan. This is a made-up kandyan in two colors. This kandyan doesn’t have lot of work done as the color red itself is very vivid. The shoulder has a nice work and it substitutes the broche.

Going-Away Dress

This going away dress is done in two colors. This dress is in one piece. The bustle skirt is in two colors and in two lengths. The top is worked with pink color stones and beads to match the skirt. The back of the top is coded.

Bride in a Choli

This bride is dressed in a Indian style Lehenga Choli. The whalebone jacket has a deep neck line and the skirt is fishtail style. Waistband has the heavily worked saree border.

Sri Lankan bridesmaids in saree

A Sri Lankan bridesmaid

These bridesmaids are dressed in red and black sarees.  Even though these are rarely used colors in weddings these bridesmaids look really stunning. The jacket is tube top style and has a red and black mixed stone work on the top border.

A Sri Lankan flower girl

flower girls frock

This halterneck flower girl dress is very comfortable for the kids. It has a stone worked wide waist band and a puffed skirt. Red is a color lot of brides won’t think of for the flower girls.  But it has come out really nice.

Bride in a Made-up Kandyan

This is a very traditional bride dressed in kandyan. The ivory and gold color saree jacket has puffed sleeves. And the shoulders are very minimal. But fits perfectly and doesn’t fall down. And also I have to say that this is a made-up kandyan. Made-up kandyans are very neat and elegant than the normal kandyan.

A sri Lankan Bride

A Sri Lankan Bride

             

   This is a bride dressed in a white and silver color saree.  It suits her skin tone very well.  This whalebone jacket is very elegant. The neckline of the jacket is unique. It started as a curved one but in the middle it goes straight. The worked saree piece has given an extra elegant to the blouse.

Flower Girls Frock

This is the flower girl dress was done for the same wedding, that I posted bridesmaids in my last post of “saree jacket-strapless”. The work is less than the bridesmaid jacket and two colors are similar. As always the work is not glued but hand sewn. This is a long dress and has puffed skirt.  Simple but pretty with the shining garment.

Saree Jacket - Tube top saree jacket

As I promised all of you I’m posting one of my May creations. This whalebone strapless saree jacket is created for bridesmaids.  The back is coded and has a simple work. Really nice colors calm but at the same time very stunning. This colors gives the precedence to the bride and clearly maids look pretty but won’t take the eye away from the bride. Lot of brides ask when thinking about a jacket like this “will it fall down?” The answer is NO. Sure if the maid is not very used to a dress that is really open like this, she will be at a unease first but few hours will take the edge of it.

HI ALL....

This is for all my regular visitors. I'm sorry for not updating the blog for a while. I'm busy these days with the May weddings. It is the wedding season. I'll put up new posts soon. Please leave your comments. It is always a pleasure to know what you think. Both positive and negative comments are welcome. See you soon. Thank you for all my visitors.

Bride in a saree

Saree jacket (back)

Sri Lankan Bride

 

  

 This bride is dressed in a white saree has worked with golden color. This jacket is a whale bone jacket and has a coded back. I have to say something about the sleeve. It is a small sleeve and if you have had a jacket like this may be you have the experience, that the sleeve always falls down from your shoulder. But in my jackets it never happens and I never get complains. It is a perfect fit.   

Bridesmaid saree color

     For lot of  brides this is a very difficult problem. What should be the bridesmaid saree color?, Should I pick a dark color or a light color?, What are my options?.

Most of all you have to pick a color you like, in the end it’s your wedding. The saree color of the bridesmaids will be the color of your flower girls and the flower arrangements.

You will want your bridesmaids to look pretty in the saree they wear, but shouldn’t highlight them more than yourself. These days bridesmaids are almost all the time dressed in two colors. So you can mix a light color and a dark color or two shades of the same color.

Light blue, pale green, yellow and lavender are mostly used colors. Also it is a good idea to ask your bridesmaids what color looks best on them. And consider their skin colors and be careful when picking colors for darker skinned maids.

For the lighter yellowish skin tones I consider cool pastel colors, royal blue, blue greens, lemon yellow and fuchsia(light purple). And for the darker skinned maids orange based reds, golden colors and turquoise are good colors.

If your function is at night darker colors suits the best. And most of all talk to your beautician and get advice and tell what’s in your mind and present your bridesmaids. He or she will give you considerable amount of advice.

Flower girls dresses

 

A flower girl dress

Flower girls

                  These flower girls are in the matching colors to the bridesmaids, I posted in my last posts. The yellow and golden color dress has a simple work on the top and it is in two pieces. And in the red one the work is very similar to the bridesmaid jacket and have a halter neck line. The skirt part is similar in both dresses and have a nice Rose in the front.

A SRI LANKAN BRIDESMAID

Stone worked saree jacket

Sri Lankan Bridesmaids

In my opinion bridesmaids add an extra elegant to your wedding.  The colors of their dress or saree depends on brides taste most of the time. This bridesmaid saree and the jacket are in two different colors. But the stone work and the flower bouquet has blend this two colors and gave it a nice touch. I must mention the work in the saree jacket. I don’t glue any stone or sequin, all are individually sawn  in to the jacket. For those who doesn’t know much about  the difference, the glued work tends to fall off, in the end of the day you will lose few stones.  Also it looks messy as the glue can be seen. On the other hand sawn work is durable don’t have to be scared to wash and also very neat.  In here work is not much expand but got a very rich look.

Sri Lankan Bride dressed in Kandyan

Sri lankan bride in saree jacket

                   This long sleeved whalebone saree jacket is done taking in consider  the bride’s body. She is very pretty and fuller than a size medium.  To make her look bit thinner this trick works perfectly. And I incorporated the work in the saree to the blouse for a maximum effect. I took these picture when she is getting ready for her big day. If I get the professional  pretty photos in future I will post them for sure.

Bridesmaid in Kandyan

Bridesmaid in Kandyan

Hand worked saree jacket sleeve

Side view

          

                        It is really up to the bride and to the beautician to decide how the bridesmaid should dress.  This bridesmaids are dressed in kandyan. These are made-up kandyans in raw silk. And I beautifully worked the borders and the saree jackets while blending two colors. As the bridesmaids shouldn’t highlight very much the work is not very heavy but noticeable. The colors are very alive and traditional.

 

what is a whalebone saree jacket?

(first fit-on trial)

As for many this is still a mystery, I thought of writing a bit about the whale bone saree jacket. First of all what is whale bone?, is it really the bone of a whale?, No . It is not a bone. It is a stiff hair like material in whales mouth. Anyway this material is not in use any more as whale killing has been banned.  A flexible plastic strip is used instead of the whalebone. This plastic strip holds the jacket in its place. This jacket is inspired by the Victorian time undergarment corset. Corset is worn by women and men at that time period to get thinner waist line. This under garment was worn by help of another person to tight it as much as possible. The modern saree jacket is not what it used to be as a corset but a very comfortable garment. This type of saree jacket is better looking and another method of making you look prettier.

How to choose a saree? (tips for a Sri Lankan bride)

    This is the most problematic decision for a bride. When choosing a saree bride should think about few important things.. 

Color scheme- If it is for your wedding day probably you  want to go in to a light color. Lot of brides prefer white or colors very close to white. For the going away and for the home coming it can be vary to your own taste. It is best to talk to your beautician and decide which color suites you the best.

Saree work- Choose a saree that matches your jewelry. For example don’t buy a sree has worked with gold incorporated if you are wishing to wear silver jewelries.  And you can decide how heavy the work to be. Heavily  worked sarees look good in the pictures and capture the eyes of your guests. But if it weights a lot it can be very difficult for you to enjoy your day.

Budget- One of the most important thing is how much you are wishing to spend on your saree. Keep that in mind it is the most important day of your life, but at the same time it is a saree you won’t wear after that. So don’t be shy to spend but spend it wisely.

Jacket piece- In most sarees we can see there is an extra piece of saree to cut out and use for the saree jacket.  Always control whether it is there or not. It is best to have it, in order not to get the color difference in the saree and the jacket.

  

A BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN A BEAUTIFUL DRESS

Sri Lankan Bridal by Ruvini Makalanda

      It is either a wedding or an engagement party, it has the same importance. This whalebone saree jacket was  done for an engagement function.  You can see how her body curves has been enhanced from the jacket. A  jacket incorporated with whalebone gives a very upright look. It also makes someone bit overweight looks thinner and slimmer. I recommend this type of saree jacket to everyone. 

          And I have to mention about the work on the jacket  too. The work in the saree has incorporated to the jacket, on the sleeves, in front and around the neckline. Back of the jacket is coded to get the perfect fit.

Bride to be......

Ruvini Makalanda

If you are a Sri lankan bride to be and you don't know how to get your dress done, then you are in the right place. From years and years of experience I can make your dream dress just the way you imagined it. A traditional saree jacket to a chiffon gown that can enhance your body and make your self gorgeous on your special day. Look is so important that is why we go into every single detail of a dress either it is a simple bead work or a heavy stunning stone work. There is also one more thing that is very important just as the look of your dress. That is how comfortable you are in it. If it's going to  make you itcy, too tight that you can't walk or difficulties raising your arm then you wont be able to enjoy your special day. So from my experiance I know how important it is to look good and also be comfortable at the same time. I take responsibility for all my work. Give me a call or come to my shop and we can talk about your desires and I'll make your dream dress a reality.