Wedding jewellery shopping is inadvertently one of the most difficult decisions for the bride. Even before women find grooms, they have conjured up an image of how they will look on their wedding day. And jewellery plays a very important role in bringing that vision to life. But investing in jewellery is a time-consuming and capital intensive process that cannot be lightly, and for brides who are navigating this tricky space all alone, suggestions from bona fide experts are welcome help.
This was what stylist du jour Anaita Shroff Adajania had in mind when she hosted a masterclass as part of Vogue Wedding Atelier 2026 in association with Golubhai Badalia Diamond earlier this August. “For me, as a stylist, jewellery plays a very, very important part. I’m such a maximalist, which is why I think wedding styling comes so naturally to me,” shares Shroff Adajania. For the ease of brides-to-be or jewellery shoppers at large, we have condensed her styling workshop into bite-sized expert suggestions that are simply a click away.
Break up the set
The idea of wearing a necklace with matching earrings and hand jewellery is passé. The trick is to mix-and-match—even when it comes to wedding jewellery. Wearing a set is the jewellery equivalent of wearing a look head-to-toe, which could be interpreted as boring and unimaginative. “The beauty of breaking up a set is that everything can be worn separately,” shares Shroff Adajania. After the wedding, one can elevate a simple wedding dress by pairing it with ornate earrings; a brooch can be worn as a pendant; a mathapatti can be paired with a simple kurta to make it look more ceremonial. “It’s nice to have versatility from your jewellery, and find ways to wear them in different styles,” she says.
Match your jewellery to your personality
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“When I’m styling a wedding, I never force my clients to wear jewellery that they normally won’t,” shares Shroff Adajania. She encourages the wearer to lean on their personality to guide their jewellery choices. If a bride’s personal style is chic and classic, and she wants to explore options with diamond solitaires, she should not feel discouraged to do so just because solitaires were heretofore not considered wedding jewellery in India. For someone interested in solitaires, the stylist suggests turning to Golubhai Badalia Diamond for its expansive collection of diamond jewellery.
Have fun with jewellery
Investing in jewellery is a serious business but styling it need not be. “Let your personality shine the brightest when you’re wearing your jewelry,” suggests the stylist. She suggests forgoing the run-of-the-mill placement for something personalised and experimental. “If you like a brooch, you can wear it like a pin on a sari pallu. Or, if you wear your hair in a bun, it could be used to accessorise the back of the dress at the nape,” she says. According to Shroff Adajania, women could also have fun by borrowing from men’s jewellery. She suggests using a sarpench—originally worn by Indian Maharajas and grooms—as a clip-on accessory on the hip. It is interesting to note that for the Met Gala 2026, Shroff Adajania incorporated a 17th century sarpench into Isha Ambani’s blouse, designed by Gaurav Gupta. Mixing metal is also another way the stylist suggests to zhuzh up a look and to avoid making it look monotonous.
