10 Occasions Where You Can Flaunt The Extravagant Necklace - The Rani Haar!

Weddings for women is about having a great time, dressing up , yummy food, dancing and clicking loads of photographs! Hence women attending weddings are often found wearing vibrant colors and eye-catching jewelry in India. Not just the bride but the guests in attendance also wear beautiful jewelry. But kudos to Indian bride’s for carrying of the royal Rani haar with other layered necklace with élan. Gone are those days when women would stay far from bridal heavy jewelry. 21st century has seen the trend back with many fashion designers having their models wear heavy layered necklaces and rani haars with their bridal and couture attires.

Festive And Grand Occasions To Flaunt Your Royal necklaces:

Royal necklaces are a favorite when it comes to dressing OTT and a must include in Bridal jewelry ! And OTT is pure love given the occasion in question. A Rani Haar is one of those jewellery pieces that is considered essential to bridal jewellery across various communities.A rani haar or a Queen necklace is a long necklace which extends downwards and is made up of pearls,beautiful attachments and kundans. The length of the necklace be it two strands or multi layered necklace gives it a royal look. It is usually crafted with expensive precious or semi precious stones. But you can buy them at a thrift store , given the necklace will be made from artificial stones and metals. Bridal jewelry sets sold online often have a Rani haar along with a choker necklace and matha patti.

1)The Bride:

Indian bride’s love the traditional form of jewelry wear you get to wear loads of heritage heirloom pieces. they are quite expensive. The bride often wears vintage jewelry passed on from her ancestors or rents heavy royal jewelry for the Big day. Antique jewelry is also a favorite when it comes to wedding rings and wedding jewelry.  Muslim bride’s often wear Gold jewelry head to toe. But there’s one thing common all of the bride’s, and that’s the royal necklace ! Yes, the Rani haar is one thing bride’s love in India. The confidence they carry the heavy jewelry is astonishing. The rani haar just adds to the beauty of the whole bridal attire. The Rani haar looks best with Bridal lehengas in deep colors like gold, red, maroon, bottle green and hot pink! Many of my cousins consider a bride incomplete without this beautiful piece of jewelry! All of these make the Rani haar a must wear in bridal accessories.

The bride can also opt for a rani haar in her mehendi ceremony as all other jewelry like rings , bangles and anklets have to be skipped to apply mehendi and hence the rani haar can the center of attraction! Plus points for the rani haar as it looks marvelous when teamed up with fresh flower jewelry which a favorite in mehndi ceremonies.

2)Engagement Party:

Given its an engagement party and you are going to wear something flowy yet simple its the best occasion to make your jewelry stand out, wear a rani haar and you’ll be surprised as you will grab a lot of attention *wink wink*

3)Wedding guest:

At the wedding it is best we avoid heavy jewelry so the bride can be the show stopper at her big day but its not a crime to wear your rani haar if you are attending a wedding just make sure you skip other pieces of jewelry like rings and heavy bangles and keep your look minimalistic and let your rani haar be the center of attention. If you are a guest at an Indian wedding you are sure to attend a Mehandi ceremony and you can wear your simple polki rani haar on this sweet mehndi ceremony.

4)Celebration Parties:

Celebrations such as anniversary celebrations or birthday celebrations are also parties were you can flaunt your Rani haars. You can wear the Rani haar with your sarees and lehengas teamed up with crop tops. As celebrations include family members its best to opt for ethnic wear or western wear that is not much revealing. Now that you are going to wear ethnic wear why shy away from beautiful jewelry?

5)Festive Occasions:

Festivities be the best for we get to showcase the best of our ethnic wear. Be it sarees , ethnic prints skirts teamed up with crop tops or lehenga cholis, rani haar looks gorgeous on almost all of the attires. Just remember to not over do it as it is just a festive ocassion!

6)Eid:

Be it Ramzan or Bakri Eid, we muslims love to wear the best of outfits and style em with the right jewelry to look our best on Eid. Eid is all about jhumkas, jhoomar and haars ! What better occasion than Eid to flaunt that rani haar ? go for it girl!

Pearl jewelry is a favorite among the Eid festivities.As Eid means lot of bling , teaming the blingy outfit with pearl jewelry will balance out the whole look, hence its better you were a Pearl multi stranded rani haat with the Eid outfit. And go nude with makeup !

7)Diwali:

The festival of lights and you not shining like a star? Naah, get at the center of attention by pairing your lehengas and sarees with long  Rani Haars to create that perfect Diwali look.

Diwali is about ethnic wear and considering most of you will opt for sarees its best you go for long rani haars to gel with your saree blouse.

8)Karva Chauth:

If there is one occasion were a woman has the freedom to dress grandly its Karva Chauth! Bollywood actress like Sridevi and Divya Khosla Kumar are proof that you can look like a Goddess when you pair your saree with heavy royal jewelry ! This is the best time to wear your royal rani haars !

9)Family Gatherings:

During family meet ups we usually opt for light weight outfits which are striking in oneself. So its better to keep the outfit simple and adorn your neck with a Layered necklace or Rani haar like Raveena Tandon does it flawlessly.

Family gatherings like pooja and homecoming poojas are occasions were you get to wear ethnic wear. Keep your kurtas and blouses simple and wear your grand necklaces with em! If you are a jeans and kurta girl you can still pair your jeans,tee and coat look with a Rani haar!

10)Sangeet:

Dancing to Bollywood tunes on Sangeet? Bollywood dancing numbers often have pretty flowing dresses and lehengas worn by actresses and if your opting for the same look, add a little glamour by wearing a Rani haar with it ! Or better you could even wear Palazzo pants and a crop top and wear a beautiful layered pearl rani haar with it, sure to gran a lot of eyeballs!

The year 2016 is the year of extravagant jewelry , don’t shy away from flaunting those beautiful pieces. In the past most of the Thakurains( Rajasthani high class family women) were mostly seen adorning these Rani haars. But with changing times women have excelled everywhere and breaking stereotypes, this the best time where you can wear what you want! Go buy that Rani haar you were chancing upon since years and wear it like a diva because you are a QUEEN and you deserve a RANI haar!
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