India, May 1 -- Wedding flowers - a fleeting motif of a couple's celebrations - are being preserved by couples in a new way! This wedding season, newlyweds are opting to use the blooms to create wearable souvenirs - sarees, shirts, and ties. These are created using a technique called eco-pressing. After Reels showing the process started trending on Instagram, new couples began vying for such one-of-a-kind pieces.

"I wanted to wear something meaningful for my marriage registration," shares Harini Sundaralingam, a business analyst from Chennai. Her wedding garland thus got preserved into the saree she wore for the day: "It took 10-15 days to get the saree made and it came out extremely beautifully."

Bhumika Gusain, a Delhi-based designer,...