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✦ Rent from $49. Designer looks without the designer price tag.✦ Free US & Canada delivery on orders over $79✦ Dry cleaned & inspected between every wear
✦ Rent from $49. Designer looks without the designer price tag.✦ Free US & Canada delivery on orders over $79✦ Dry cleaned & inspected between every wear

Baraat outfits to rent or buy

The baraat is the arrival. Everyone is outside, the dhol is going, and someone is filming. Dress for movement and for photographs taken in full sun, not for a seated dinner.

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Green Lehenga and Gold Shirt, detail view 5. Available to rent from Wear Wali.

Women's Outfit

Green Lehenga and Gold Shirt

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Rent from $159

Black embroidered kurta, close up of the silver sequin border and scattered flower buti

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Black Embroidered Kurta with Ivory Gold Gharara and Mint Dupatta

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Rent from $49Buy $119

Black Embroidered Sharara, front view. Available to rent from Wear Wali.

Women's Outfit

Black Embroidered Sharara

Rent from $99

Black Silver and Red Asymmetrical Sharara, front view. Available to rent from Wear Wali.

Women's Outfit

Black Silver and Red Asymmetrical Sharara

Rent from $99

Black long shirt, close up of the full silver thread and sequin embroidery on the front

Women's Outfit

Black Silver Work Long Shirt with Champagne Dupatta

Rent from $49Buy $119

Dusty Rose Tissue Shirt with Wine Embroidered Trousers, close up of the work, detail 1

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Dusty Rose Tissue Shirt with Wine Embroidered Trousers

Rent from $159Buy $329

Fuchsia banarasi anarkali frock, close up of the gold woven paisley and pink crystal bead trim

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Fuchsia Banarasi Anarkali Frock with Crushed Gold Lehenga

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Rent from $159

Mauve Embroidered Shirt with Gold Lehenga, full length front view, South Asian occasionwear

Women's Outfit

Mauve Embroidered Shirt with Gold Lehenga

Rent from $99

Mint farshi lehenga with peach silk shirt and orange dupatta, full length front view with a mint choker and tikka

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Mint Farshi Lehenga with Peach Silk Shirt and Orange Dupatta

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Red banarasi long shirt with beige sharara and dark green dupatta, full length front view

Women's Outfit

Red Banarasi Long Shirt with Beige Sharara

Rent from $159

Red muqesh long shirt seated, close view of gold embroidered neckline, border panel and tassels

Women's Outfit

Red Orange Muqesh Long Shirt Lehenga

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Rent from $159

Sage floral lehenga with tangerine sequin top and striped magenta dupatta, full length front view

Women's Outfit

Sage Floral Lehenga with Tangerine Embroidered Top and Magenta Dupatta

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Rent from $99

Teal muqesh kurta seated, embroidered bell sleeves and wide palazzo with red to blue ombre dupatta

Women's Outfit

Teal Muqesh Kurta with Tangerine and Green Handwork

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Rent from $159

About baraat dressing

Baraat dressing is outdoor dressing. You will be standing, walking and probably dancing before you ever sit down, so the weight of a piece matters more than it does at a nikkah or a walima. A farshi or a sharara moves well on uneven ground. A heavily beaded trail does not.

Color is the other decision. The baraat is the brightest, loudest event of the wedding and it is almost always shot in daylight, so this is the day for saturated color: marigold, magenta, deep red, antique gold, emerald. Pale neutrals photograph beautifully and do badly on grass, so think about where you will actually be standing.

Keep the dupatta pinned. The baraat is the windiest part of a Pakistani wedding and the one where the most pictures get taken.

FAQ

Baraat questions

Wear something you can stand and move in outdoors. Shararas, ghararas and farshi lehengas work well because the volume sits off the ground rather than dragging on it. Saturated color photographs best in daylight, so marigold, magenta, deep red and antique gold all work. Pin your dupatta and pick a heel you can walk on grass in.

A sharara is the easier choice. The flared leg moves with you and nothing drags, which matters at an event held outdoors and largely standing. A lehenga works too, as long as the hem is not weighted with heavy beading. Both are available to rent for four days with cleaning included.

It is the most formal daytime event of the week. Guests dress at full occasion level, heavier than a dholki or a mayun and closer to what they would wear to the walima. The difference is that the baraat happens outdoors in daylight, so fabric weight and how a piece moves matter more than at an evening reception.

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