The demand is not only from the metros, but also from smaller cities. Designer Neeta Lulla's clientele varies from NRI brides from the Middle East to industrialists' wives from Indore and Nagpur. Besides the metros, cities like Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune and Chandigarh have a Short Prom Dresses demand for Western long dresses. Though size 12-14 is considered ideal for a gown, it can lend height and stature to a well-built woman as well for its unique structure.

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Over accessorising an already embellished gown is a faux pas. Homecoming Dresses the right shoes, clutch bag, earrings and jewellery. Make sure your gown is floor length. A gown, like a sari, worn above the heel is a disaster. If you are on the heavier side, go for slim cuts in chiffon or georgette. A petite woman should go for a dramatic gown in taffeta or organza. You must be of above average height and slim for a gown to look good. Otherwise, go for a kaftaan gown or a sari-drape gown.

Away from home, Pongal and Uttarayani are celebrated in not so true Tamil or Uttaranchal style but with a dash of innovation to it. It may not be that original but the spirit remains as high as ever.

These away-from-home communities have settled here for long Pink Prom Dresses adapted in their own way. For instance, the sweets which are given to crows in Uttarakhand during Uttarayani, the harvest season, are distributed in the neighbourhood as crows seldom found here. While Pongal is fading its true essence of rangoli-making, the community feast and dishes is what the festival is all about now.

There are around 60,000 people from Uttarakhand in the Tricity. Bachan Singh Nagarkoti, president of the Kumaon Sabha in Chandigarh said, In our hometown, Uttarayani is celebrated for three days. There is a massive fair on the first day when ghughutia is cooked. Ghughutia is a sweet made out of flour mixed with gur and fried as round balls. These sweet balls are strung around as necklace on children. The next day early in the morning crows are called to eat ghughutia. This symbolizes welcoming all the migratory birds, who fly back after their winter sojourn, said Nagarkoti.

But calling crows here does not work, as Nagarkoti says, so we distribute the sweet as gift items within our community. While Uttarayani gets a different flavour in the city, Pongal celebrations have also been undergoing changes gradually. The festival implies that everything is new. At home, Purple Prom Dresses cook new rice in newly ripened sugarcane.
But this is not possible in Chandigarh. So we have been managing with whatever is available, said S Ekambaram, vice-president, Tamil Association, Chandigarh.

Also, rangoli-making is gradually fading away as markets have paper rangolis. The excitement is slowly withering and not many decorate home with rangoli. My grandmother used to make rangolis. Now we do not see this in many households in the city, said Ekambaram.