Just bead it: Fashion designers add lapper-style bead fringes to desi outfits

Fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee is known for his exquisite bridal wear that uses traditional Indian crafts. And the addition of glimmering beads on the saree pallu or a cape worn over an anarkali is just what the new-age bride needs.

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Loving the light-weight Benarasi lehengas? Add a sexy crop top embellished with pipe tassels for that extra bit of oomph like actor Ileana D'Cruz in this Payal Singhal number.

A wispy long stole, cigarette pants and a shimmery tunic with a beaded hem; Manish Malhotra gives the A-line kurta a hip spin

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Ridhi Mehra has added panels of beads all over the jumpsuit worn by Malaika Arora Khan.