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Sunday, October 20 is Karva Chauth, which is celebrated every year on the Chaturthi of Krishna Paksha of Kartik month. Celebrated with great pomp in North India, this festival holds special significance for all married women and men. On this day, married women observe a strict Nirjala fast from sunrise to moonrise at night and pray to God for the long life and good health of their husbands.
Women observing fast on this day dress up like a newly-wed bride. She wears beautiful, colorful and trendy clothes. Before Karva Chauth, new trendy collections also come in the market. The markets are filled with beautiful jewellery, sarees and lehengas.
You too must be making special preparations to give yourself a special look this Karva Chauth.
So, today we have brought for you some unique ideas to decorate your wardrobe in a traditional and modern trendy manner.
If you are a newly-wed bride, a middle-aged woman or a mature woman, then what special look can you give to your attire on this day according to your age.
Expert – Pratiksha Aggarwal, Fashion Designer
For newlywed brides
Red saree is evergreen

Every woman definitely has a red colored silk, Banarasi, silk or satin saree in her wardrobe. This is a color which always remains in trend. Anyway, red color is a symbol of marriage, happiness and prosperity. It is considered auspicious for married women. So this Karva Chauth you can wear a red zari work saree with traditional jewellery.
There is something different about red Banarasi saree. Many celebrity women including Deepika, Anushka also wore red Banarasi saree once in their wedding.
Red ghagra and pearl blouse

A red ghagra with a beautiful blouse with pearls and zari work can enhance your beauty this Karva Chauth.
Anarkali Silk Kurta

You can also wear red silk Anarkali designed kurta. It is very much in fashion these days and gives comfort along with beauty.
For middle age women
This is not your first Karva Chauth. I have spent many years praying for my husband’s long life and a happy life together. But every year the happiness and enthusiasm of this festival is the same as that of the first Karva Chauth. However, fashion and styling also change with age. As far as beauty is concerned, it improves with age.
Gold metallic color is a confluence of grace and beauty.

No matter what you wear, today your life partner is going to give up on your timeless beauty. But this combination of gold metallic colors can be a good option for this day. There is not much glare in it and it is not at all dull either. Your beauty will come out more in these colors.
Light pink saree and golden work blouse

Pink color is also a timeless color. All shades of pink look great on women of every age, but they will look completely unique on you. Along with this, designer blouse with golden work will add to the beauty of the saree.
mint green and turquoise green color

Every shade of mint green and turquoise green color made by mixing green and blue colors looks very beautiful and classic. This color represents what it takes to maintain relationships with love, dedication and dignity for years. A kind of pause, happiness and peace. If you wear a saree of any of these colors then believe me, your husband will once again fall in love with you from head to toe.
peacock blue saree or ghagra

Although there are many shades of blue, but the unique shade of blue in peacock feathers, which is also called peacock blue color, is beautiful, trendy and fashionable. So this Karva Chauth you can wear a beautiful peacock blue color saree.
for mature women
Whatever the occasion, there is no match for traditional handloom sarees. Now even such sarees have started being woven on handlooms, which are a beautiful combination of tradition and modernity. From linen, mul cotton to beautiful combination of silk and linen, handloom sarees can add a new glow to both your age and beauty. See below, some beautiful ideas –
bordered linen saree

Linen sarees are quite in trend these days. Earlier they mostly came in white or light shades, but now handloom linen sarees woven with golden and silver borders are available in the market in all kinds of color combinations.
This Karva Chauth, you can wear a hand woven linen saree with golden or silver border in any beautiful color of your choice. Along with this, traditional jewelery will enhance your beauty.
Kantha work saree

Kantha is one of the oldest arts of Indian embroidery. Its history is 500 years old. There is also a story that once Lord Buddha and his disciples made a big cloth by joining many different types of clothes to cover themselves, which was very beautiful in appearance. Kantha embroidery started from here. The truth is that this is a wonderful art of its kind, which is mainly practiced in Bengal. Kantha work saree with embroidery in beautiful colors can also be a beautiful option this Karva Chauth. This saree will not only enhance your beauty but will also enhance your grace manifold.
Handloom Kanjivaram Saree

Every woman definitely has Kanjeevaram sarees in her wardrobe. This is such a saree, which looks great on everyone from a young woman to an elderly woman. When you will look at the moon in the sky and then at your moon, dressed in a beautiful Kanjeevaram saree of any color of your choice, his heart will want to surrender itself to you hundreds of times.