How to coordinate your bridal jewellery with your groom

By Nupur Sarvaiya19 February 2020

Want to coordinate your look with your to-be husband without compromising on personal style? Let your jewellery serve as the answer

They say that couples are likely to assimilate each others habits, and their fashion choices are definitely among the first things to be integrated. The top celebrity couples in the country, from Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli to Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh, offer enough sartorial evidence to back this claim, whether they’re heading out for date night in coordinated ensembles, or attending weddings in matching traditional wear. If you want to do like the stars on your wedding day, but are wary of looking too matchy-matchy, we have an easy solution. Just coordinate your jewellery choices instead of your entire wedding looks. Ahead, we list out the celebrity couples who complemented each other’s jewellery pieces on their wedding days, and pen down some tips to help you do the same for your own celebrations.

Sonam Kapoor Ahuja and Priyanka Chopra matched their bridal jewellery with their grooms’

In 2018, when Sonam Kapoor Ahuja tied the knot with Anand Ahuja, she accessorised her red Anuradha Vakil lehenga with stunning vintage jewellery, comprising a guttapusalu necklace, matching earrings and a multi-stranded mathapatti, all encrusted with pearls. To complement his bride, Ahuja styled his outfit with a layered pearl necklace. Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas also went down a similar route on their wedding day later that same year, with Jonas matching not one, but two of his bride’s jewellery pieces. Both stars wore multi-layered uncut diamond jewellery pieces, and Jonas also matched his sarpech with Chopra’s maang tikka.

How to ace the twinning jewellery look on your wedding day

Wearing the exact same jewellery design is one option. Look towards matching your wedding bands, or reach out for identical layered necklaces. Alternatively, the groom’s accessories, whether it’s a brooch or a sarpech, could have the same motifs as the bride’s, or could incorporate a design element that has been custom-made or monogrammed. For instance, if your bridal necklace or earrings include paisley motifs, your groom could opt for a paisley-shaped brooch that echoes with your choices.

Another subtle way is to keep the gemstones in tandem. For example, the precious stones in his polki sarpech and brooch can be identical to the gemstones in your polki set. You can also coordinate the colour—if your necklace has rubies, he can pick a layered necklace made with red beads. Grooms who’d rather take baby steps can incorporate the same gemstone from their bride’s jewellery into the buttons on their sherwani, bracelets or cufflinks. For your cocktail party look, your groom can opt for diamond cufflinks that mirror the design of your hair accessories. It’s subtle, but it does the trick.