There is a reason why people await weddings in summers. With fresh and blooming floral ideas and colorful decor details, Summer weddings are the best time of the year to attend an Indian wedding as you get a lot of design choices to pick from. You also get to style traditional dresses freely with innumerable colors, fabrics, cuts, patterns, and prints to style with. (Except for some hidden tips that we need to discuss). So here are some super lovely summer outfit ideas and different ways you can style for a gorgeous Indian wedding look. 

Summer fashion ideas and wedding outfits for women

Indian weddings are fun events to attend with all the rituals, ceremonies, food, and gatherings. But summer weddings can be fussy if you do not smartly pick lightweight and flowy summer outfit ideas. With special attention to the fabric and colors and a personal touch of styling as per the individual, the summer wedding outfits for female guests will let you experience the good side of summer outfits. 

Ruffles and Frills to your saree

  • Pick fabrics like organza, georgette, and chiffon, as their lustrous fabric adds a glistening shine to your Indian royal wedding look while keeping you breezy and flowy.
  • If it’s a daylight wedding, opt for light pastel colors like dusty rose, lilac, mint, or coral, with refreshing prints. Similarly deeper tones like pale mauve, evening blue, elm green, or copper orange, with embellishments and stonework over prints.
  • Add ruffles or frills to your summer wedding look to stay stylish yet flowy and free. 
  • A classic silk saree with zari woven work could be one of the traditional saree styling this summer, totally apt for summer outfit ideas in an Indian wedding.

Ruffle Saree Summer Outfit Ideas

Lightweight pastel Lehengas 

  • Lehengas with minimal threadwork embroidery, simple mirror work, or soothing prints.
  • Pick a pastel lehenga as that’s the current fad and pair it with a tonal or contrasting blouse. Add a touch of embellishments for a heavy blouse look.
  • Dupattas of net fabric, light embroideries, or simple zari borders can add summery vibes to your overall look.

Pastel Lehenga Summer Outfit Ideas

Hands-free Indo western style

  • Play with bold and playful tones while leaning on the warmer side of the color wheel. Tints like gentle yellows, soft blues, or earthy browns can be the summer outfit inspo.
  • Keeping a no-dupatta style, you can simply enhance your look with decorated capes, embellished jackets, or embroidered kaftans.
  • Adorned bottoms like flared pants, sharara sets, ghararas, dhoti pants, and palazzos, keep you comfortable yet wedding sorted.
  • Keep the top style minimal, summery, yet trendy like sleeveless, off-shoulder, strappy styles, or plunging necklines. 

Indo western style

How to style dress for wedding in summer for men

Men summer fashion is playing with breezy fabrics, colors, patterns, and prints. Men dress style can avoid tuxedos, suits, or blazers but can’t simply play with sleeves or cuts. Hence, among all the stylish dresses for men, picking out summer outfits has to be done smartly, and the following are the ways you can outshine in summer wedding outfits men.

Linen jackets to add style to summer attire for men

  • Nehru Jackets are the safest and most timeless summer outfit ideas as they give style while being a breather.
  • Add cotton and linen Nehru Jackets for men in zari and chikankari embroideries as the perfect summer wedding guest dress.
  • Can also invest in ones that have decorative buttons as they outshine in Indian weddings.
  • Comfortable dhoti pants can make for an ideal summer wedding look

Nehru Jacket Summer Men Summer Outfit Idea

Drape style to keep the look flowy yet stylish

  • Men dress style like side, front, or shoulder draped kurtas, cowl styles, and asymmetric kurtas do not bring extra weight yet add an unconventional style.
  • Pick solid colors or go ombre style as they highlight the drape pattern even better.
  • Flowy fabrics like silk, georgette, or satin, exude the drape look while being summer friendly.

Drape Style Summer Wedding Outfit Idea

Outfit Styling Tips for the Summer Brides

Palettes, Prints, Patterns! If you’re a summer bride, your summer outfit ideas must not get away from embroideries, dazzles, and exquisite motif patterns simply because of the humid weather. Instead, you can bring a summer wedding look to your Bridal lehenga. Here’s how!

  • Minimal and lightweight bridal lehengas in airy summer fabrics like tulle, chiffon, georgette, silk, chikankari, or linen.
  • Either go for a single long dupatta or two short dupattas (plus keep both of them light). Because the more the fabric the heavier you will feel.
  • Tied-up hairdos and minimal makeup are keys to a stunning summer bridal look.

Bridal Summer Wedding Outfit Ideas

Summer outfit ideas for the Groom-to-be

It’s the Groom’s special day too and though the best choice of groom outfit would be a coordinated one with the Bride’s lehenga, there are certain styling tips that you can add to look your best as a summer groom. Here’s what you need to know:

  • Mirrorwork, sequins, and other minimal embellishments in color tones known for retaining heat like powder blue, light pink, mint green, etcetera.
  • Wear silk pants or churidar with the groom’s sherwani as they bring lustrous shine with comfort that cotton misses out on. 
  • Add a tonal printed safa to add a refreshing summer tint to the groom's look while keeping the traditional vibe intact.

Groom Summer Wedding Outfit Ideas

Summer outfit ideas for an Indian wedding are all about poppy colors, lightweight fabrics, and creative styling. This way you dress trendy yet stay comfortable. Freely style in sleeveless and backless designs, keep fabrics like cotton, silk, georgette, linen, etc, in check and pick more of pearls, embellishments, and cut beads work to make it wedding eligible.