The Moment the Lehenga Stops Feeling Like a Dream
It starts somewhere between the pheras and the first round of family photographs. The lehenga, which felt like a cloud in the trial fitting three weeks ago, has settled into its true weight. A heavily embroidered bridal lehenga, the kind with zardozi work from hem to waist, the kind you spent four months choosing, can weigh anywhere between five and nine kilograms. Nobody says that number out loud at the boutique. They talk about the fall of the fabric and the richness of the thread. They do not say: you will carry this on your hips for eight to twelve hours on the most photographed day of your life.
