How to Choose Bangladeshi Bridal Dress?

By Biye Bazaar / 2018-12-09

Due to Bangladeshi weddings having many different events to deal with the formalities, confusion about dress selection is quite normal. This article will guide you to select the best Bangladeshi wedding dress for the right occasions.

Like it or not, Bangladeshi weddings will always have more than one event to conclude the marriage ceremony. On top of that, on every single event the groom and the bride have to try their best to look good and different. While groom dresses are relatively simple and easy to choose, the same is not the case with bridal dresses. Different types of bridal dresses are required for different types of wedding events. Brides do find themselves in frenzy when such complexity occurs. This article aims to suggest how to choose a Bangladeshi bridal dress for different wedding events like engagement, bride reception, main wedding and Gaye Holud.

Here It Starts, the Engagement


Arranging engagements with large ceremonies is yet to become a popular tradition in Bangladesh, but some families do like to celebrate everything in a festive manner. However, regardless of the engagement being celebrated massively or not, the bride needs to get dolled up. Saree is the most suitable Bangladeshi wedding dress for engagements. The bride should prefer Georgette or Jamdani Sarees for this occasion.



If Georgette is the preferred breed, then it shouldn’t be too much fancy as heavy work doesn’t look good on it. Also, it won’t be appropriate to wear red on engagement, as red is a color traditionally chosen for the main wedding event. Pitch, pink, purple or blue are much more suited to engagement. Engagement celebrations are mostly confined among family members, close relatives and friends. It’s not necessary to put on heavy makeup for smaller gatherings.

Here’s One for the Dances, The Gaye Holud

While Gaye Holud ceremonies are more famous for the dances these days, you can never ignore the bridal makeover and outfit for this occasion. Traditionally, yellow Sarees are the most famous type of Bangladeshi bridal dress when it comes to Gaye Holuds. If you haven’t worn Jamdani in your engagement ceremony, then this will be the perfect time to do so. The other options are available as well, but the best fit would be to use such Sarees made by traditional wooden looms.







Don’t use gold or silver ornaments on Holud, rather choose flowers of different kinds. You can easily purchase ornaments made of raw flowers for specifically Gaye Holud makeover purposes. Smaller flowers will look better with laces and beads. Make the outfit complete with colorful glass bangles.

Now the Main Part, The Wedding

Heavy and gorgeous outfit is required for the main reception and bride reception both. These are the fanciest events on any Bangladeshi wedding. Hundreds of guests come to attend these celebrations, and they expect the bride to look most beautiful. Heavy makeups and ornaments are preserved for these big days. You can either choose Saree or Lehenga for this main part depending on your preferences. Though lehenga is becoming more and more popular these days, Saree is yet to lose its place as the mostly used Bangladeshi bridal dress. Most famous breeds of wedding Sarees are Benarasi and Kanjivaram. Benarasi is the most gorgeous type of traditional Saree to be found in the country. These are hand-made, high quality colorful pieces of clothing. The silk used to weave a Benarasi are made by organic means as well. That’s why Benarasi is the first choice when it comes to choosing Bangladeshi bridal dress.

If you are going for lehenga instead of Saree, then red is a must to choose. Remember, only red lehenga has the bridal vibe into it. For jewelry and other accessories, try to keep a good color combination. Though gold ornaments were very famous for wedding receptions, nowadays gold plated ones and silver ornaments have become very popular.

Additional Accessories


Additional accessories are not given the deserved importance. But due to wrongly choosing these accessories like wedding shoes or bags, the total look of the outfit might seem too boring. Choosing the right bag for the bride is not an easy task to carry out.



The bag should be bought after everything else has been purchased. On that way you will be able to decide what kind of bag would be the best fit to the rest of your stuff. Currently the trendiest wedding bags are clutch bags. As Bangladeshi bridal dresses have heavy work on them, clutch bags can complement the overall outlook very well.

The Make Up

A bride doesn’t want to look bad regardless of all the beautiful dresses and jewelry. Makeup gives the finishing touch to the whole outfit. The general tradition is to go to reputed wedding makeup parlors and getting the job done. For home makeup, make sure your face is clean and washed before putting on foundations and stuff. Otherwise the makeup will make you uncomfortable and distressed.


Bangladeshi bridal dress looks awesome when the combination of everything falls into pieces. For getting the combination right, pre-planning the overall outfit and makeup is mandatory. Otherwise things will fall in a rush and the chances of messing everything up will increase. Another important thing to look at is the budget. Don’t get too overboard with the wedding dresses and ornaments and spend way too much. There is no point in spending so much money for just one week. As most of the ornaments and dresses bought for weddings are not used that too often, spending a lot of money is totally pointless. If you can strategize well and be careful, everything can be covered in a moderate budget.