Royal Purple Designer Lehenga Choliwith Gold Buti Work & Embroidered Net Dupatta

About this lehenga

Not every occasion calls for an outfit covered in work, and this piece is a good example of restraint used well. The base is a deep royal purple silk, and rather than embroidering the whole surface, the design scatters small gold floral butis evenly across the skirt in staggered rows. The spacing is what makes it work: enough to catch light as you move, sparse enough that the colour of the silk still carries the outfit.

All the density is saved for the hem, where a deep embroidered border in antique gold runs the full circumference with a scalloped upper edge that breaks into the plain silk above it. The skirt is gathered at the waist rather than panelled, which gives it a softer fall and noticeably less weight than our fully worked pieces.

The choli has a sweetheart neckline edged in gold, three-quarter sleeves worked with matching embroidery, and a fringe of pearls and gold beads along the waistline. The dupatta is purple net finished with a gold embroidered lace border along its length.

Fit and sizing

Available in AU sizes 6 to 20. The choli is supplied with margin at the seams so it can be taken in to your measurements, and sleeve and skirt length are set during your fitting. Because the skirt is gathered rather than panelled, length adjustments are more straightforward on this piece than on our bordered or beaded lehengas. Most alterations are completed within 7 to 14 days.

Styling notes

Purple takes both warm and cool jewellery, which gives you more freedom than most colours. Antique gold and polki echo the buti work directly; pearl picks up the fringe on the choli and keeps the look softer. Kundan with green stones is a classic pairing with purple if you want contrast. Because the neckline is a modest sweetheart with a gold edge, a shorter necklace or a simple pendant tends to sit better than a heavy layered set.

A practical choice

Customers often arrive wanting the most heavily worked outfit in the room and leave having chosen something like this instead, because it is the piece they can actually wear for eight hours. If you have a mehndi, a long family function or a full day of ceremonies ahead, the weight difference between this and a fully beaded lehenga is significant and worth feeling for yourself in store.