India, Dec. 28 -- The new-age brides are thinking beyond the predictable lehengas for their D-day. Their choices are imaginative and experimental. This year, we witnessed some unique bridal looks that left us in awe. "My friend Feroze Gujral's daughter Alaiia wore a gold metallic corset for her mehendi, and I was so enamoured by the new-age brides and their choices," says designer Rina Dhaka. "Fashion doesn't adhere to only customs but something that expresses your personality," she adds.

Fashion designer Suneet Varma opines that the new rule is that there are no rules. "Brides today want to make memories. They don't want to look at their wedding album a couple of years later and feel bad about the vanilla lehenga they wore at their wedd...