You can team these with elegant crepes and chiffons for an understated yet elegant look. Do make sure the colours you chose are different, you don t want to look the same through all the functions. A quick rule of thumb is, anything that makes your skin glow is good for you. Fairer skins have pink undertones and can carry off reds, purples, wines, blues and greens. While wheatish skins have yellow undertones and look best in earth colours, ochres, oranges, brick and rust shades.
Antique lace is a good bet for a cocktail function.
Gold lace as a sheath dress is immediately sexy, attractive and timeless. For your sangeet ceremony, you could go with a lacha in tissue and zardozi in a pastel shade. Sorbet colours like mango, peach, pista are great options for an elegant, subdued look. A mehndi ceremony requires a bright bride-like sari, in a wine or an ochre shade. Choose a banarasi or a kanjeevaram, with traditional motifs.