5 Vogue brides tell us how they turned heirloom saris into new wedding looks
Rebecca Krishnan Ayer’s Swedish-Indian wedding in Skåne gave her mother’s tulle sari a new role. After walking down the aisle in a Sabyasachi sari and veil, she changed into a second bridal look created by Barcelona-based Katarina Grey, who reworked the tulle sari into a gown with a removable overlay.
The transformation allowed a textile from her mother’s wardrobe to enter a wedding set in the Swedish countryside, where Indian elements appeared through marigolds, bindis, Bollywood music and family jewellery.
Heirloom saris has always been garments with many lives. It can become a corset, a ghaghra, a gown, a potli, a private family project, a designer commission. They were cut, reconstructed and worn again, gathering new memories in the process.
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