Who would have thought that even weddings could take place virtually while 50 guests present in total for intimate weddings? Well, that's exactly what is happening these days. From DIY home decor to wearing her mom's saree, intimate weddings are all about personalising your celebration and enjoying to the fullest with your close family members and friends. Just like many brides if you're also facing an issue to shop your bridal lehenga, jewellery, and accessories for your upcoming intimate wedding and unable to travel due to global pandemic, then worry not cos we have a face-to-face shopping for you. 

Yes! Virtual shopping comes to your rescue wherein you can select and buy your dream wedding outfit (Yeah, Sabyasachi lehenga too!) and other wedding-related services on a video call in your budget. So, what are you waiting for? Go and start your virtual bridal shopping where Styl.Inc is here to guide you through this process!

Virtual Shopping For Your Dream Intimate Wedding

Indeed, intimate weddings have truly been a blessing in disguise. We got in touch with the wedding stylist, image management consultant, and founder of Styl.Inc, Meha Bhargava who said, "As a known fact Wedding Industry has always been a big one, India is all about the royal and rich ‘Big Fat Wedding’, but during the tough times of this pandemic COVID-19, we are seeing a trend of Intimate weddings taking over keeping norms of social distancing in mind. The time has come to live more consciously, more responsibly. Intimate gatherings are not only the need of the hour but also a lot more fun. Let’s face it, the bride and the groom are too zapped and overwhelmed to meet every person present that day. Hence, intimate weddings to the rescue."

➡️ What is Virtual Shopping?

We know that wedding shopping is a very stressful experience and especially even tougher in the times of the Coronavirus. Fret not, cos ShaadiSaga is here to help you with your bridal trousseau shopping. Meha Bhargava said, "Well, The over jealous brides of Instagram or the widely acclaimed social media frenzy makes a bride or a groom a tad bit ambitious in their rights. Being apart, being unique, and being completely crazy sometimes has become the need of the hour. Gone are the days when the bridal family had to have things sorted on their own, now you trust the professionals and let them take charge while you sit back and relax!" 

And, with this Styl Inc. got its virtual tool for brides across the globe who are having an Indian wedding and are looking at the convenience of professional Shoppers & Stylists to Style her and her family for the wedding day! Connecting vendors and clients virtually and helping them shop 'everything' for their wedding, Styl Inc. has Wedding Stylists, Personal Shoppers & Image Consultants under the guidance of the Founder, CEO Meha Bhargava with over 7 years of experience under her belt. 

Following their "No-Contact Rule" with their Virtual Shopping & Styling service for their clients, she said, "With our Virtual Shopping service, we take you through stores and subsequently are instrumental in choosing your desired outfits, concerning silhouettes as per your body shape, colours, customization with the designer, and then eventually inspecting your final outfit and finally shipping it off to you. The look is brought to life with jewellery, accessories based on the client’s request." 

➡️ Which wedding-related services can I avail from Virtual Shopping? 

From Chandni Chowk to Lajpat Nagar, wedding shopping is so much fun but at the same time, it's a tiresome process. While the government of India has a set of guidelines for an intimate wedding many designers have started giving their bridal lehenga services, wedding invites, jewellery, etc. virtually. Involving a lot of brainstorming, seating, and styling of each look your virtual shopping comes very handy as it is designed in such a way where brides and grooms who are getting married soon and who needs all the pomp and show, however, they might find it tedious or time-consuming and financially straining to come to hop on streets or especially coming to India. 

"Virtual shopping (i.e shopping on a video call) is the best usage of time we can do with our brides-to-be. At Styl.Inc, we not only provide wedding shopping services for the bride and groom but also the entire family. A service that was created keeping in mind our busy brides, but a very pivotal service in times of the existing pandemic. At Styl.Inc. we are opening ourselves to shopping for you, the minute the lockdown situation calm down in India. With all you lovelies sitting at home with a Wedding to plan, why not virtually plan your wedding looks and leave the shopping bit to us," revealed by Meha. 

So, here is the list of services you can avail from Video Call Shopping: 

1. Bride and Groom Styling 
2. Wedding Styling for the family 
3. Trousseau Shopping 
4. Personal Shopping 
5. Event Décor Styling 
6. Pre-Wedding Shoot Styling 
7. Personal Shopping 
8. Corporate Styling & Business Communication 
9. Image Management

➡️ What are the benefits of Virtual Shopping in the times of Covid-19? 

In this unprecedented times of Covid-19, one thing that comes handy for the brides who are planning their wedding soon is virtual shopping where you can buy everything with a click of a button. "Virtual Shopping as a service offering has been a constant with the company ever since its inception. We thought through our brides in various situations i.e. too busy to make the trip, or shopping in general, or the fact that its financially straining to take out a week to fly down to India, (it tends to set you back a lot staying in any of the metropolitans) before we came up with this service. Our first bride technically was shopped for only on Video Calls, and turns out before this lockdown we were shopping for a bride in Australia, virtually!" 

Not only this, but Meha also recommends a mini Image Image Management session to decode, styles, and silhouettes as per your body shape and a preferable color palette where brides you get an option of working with your designated stylist on: 

1. Mood Board as per each ceremony i.e. color palettes, themes, etc.  
2. Pre-structured shopping itinerary
3. Budgeting
4. Pre-planning the accessories, makeup, and a vibe you carry to each event

➡️ Which fashion designers & vendors can I connect with for my intimate wedding? 

Having a grand panel of designers on board Meha revealed, "During personal shopping, we work on a prior appointment basis with our ‘Elite Designer Club’. The same goes for virtual shopping. With us, you can stay informed about all the upcoming collections. Since we get first-hand information on all collection updates, we provide the same as well. That ought to make your virtual shopping process smoother."

Oh! Did I miss that you can also have a virtual chat (over texts, WhatsApp or video calls and emails) with the designer and take a sneak peek into their creativity and build yourself a custom outfit virtually! 

➡️ If any alterations are needed how do you take care of that? 

With proper measurements & experienced designers, they don’t see this a problem, and that's why hey always give extra hooks, linings &, etc. for minor alternations. For bigger alternations, they ensure to take the full responsibility to get that done & ship back the outfit within the period.

If you ever feel for some assistance, then you will always find Meha Bhargava, a Junior Stylist or Senior Stylist who will work day and night for your dream wedding in your budget! 

Final Words From The Stylist 

Meha Bhargava is one of the first, India based Consultants to have received training and experience directly under, veterans like Judith Rasband, a Certified Image Master (CIM) AICI, U.S.A, and the with the Singapore Chapter President Pang Li Kin (CIP) alongside a diploma from Istituto Marangoni, Milan. Being an Image Management professional and a Fashion Grad. from N.I.F.T, Delhi she holds the team together and has few tips for her brides-to-be who are getting married in 2020-2021:

• Wedding styling and Personal Shopping is a new concept in India that is growing at a fast pace. With busy lifestyles and the access and availability to various international and designers, everyone wants the most happening day of their lives to be extraordinary. Through my personal shopping and styling services, I ensure that every look created for each client hold to their personality and unique style aesthetic
• The global pandemic that we all have been hit with and the wedding industry in our opinion is one of the most affected, as social gathering is what makes for an essential Indian wedding. With a majority of the percentage of clients coming from across the world, we find ourselves in a fix with personal (face-to-face) shopping.
• With Virtual Shopping, we are relying on this service as a key offering to our Brides & Bridal Families who have no choice of travelling to India, to shop for the wedding.

Convinced with virtual shopping? So, go ahead and start planning for your dream intimate wedding!

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